The Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern''Outline of the geology of Austria and selected excursions'', Volumes 34-35. Geologische Bundesanstalt (Austria), 1980. pp. 62/3 & 65. . (german: Rottenmanner und Wölzer Tauern) are a subrange of the

Austrian Central Alps The Central Eastern Alps (german: Zentralalpen or Zentrale Ostalpen), also referred to as Austrian Central Alps (german: Österreichische Zentralalpen) or just Central Alps, comprise the main chain of the Eastern Alps in Austria and the adjacent ...

within the

Eastern Alps Eastern Alps is the name given to the eastern half of the Alps, usually defined as the area east of a line from Lake Constance and the Alpine Rhine valley up to the Splügen Pass at the Alpine divide and down the Liro River to Lake Como in the ...

. Together with the

Radstadt Tauern The Radstadt Tauern (german: Radstädter Tauern) are a subrange of the Central Eastern Alps in Austria. Together with the Schladming Tauern, the Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern and the Seckau Tauern the Radstadt Tauern form the major range of mount ...

, the

Schladming Tauern The Schladming Tauern''Outline of the geology of Austria and selected excursions'', Volumes 34-35. Geologische Bundesanstalt (Austria), 1980. pp. 62/3. . (german: Schladminger Tauern) are a subrange of the Austrian Central Alps within the Eastern ...

and the

Seckau Tauern The Seckau Tauern or Seckau AlpsArnold, Rosemary, tr. James Hogarth (2000). ''Baedeker's Austria'', 4th ed., AA Publishing, p. 220. (german: Seckauer Tauern or ''Seckauer Alpen'') are a small subrange of the Low Tauern mountains in the Austrian C ...

the Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern form the major range known as the

Low Tauern The Lower TauernThe New Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol. 1, 2003, p. 86. or Niedere Tauern () are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps, in the Austrian states of Salzburg and Styria. For the etymology of the name, see Tauern. Geography ...

. The mountains are located in

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

in the federal state of

Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...

Peaks

* Rettlkirchspitze (2,475 m), *

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(2,474 m), *

Großer Bösenstein Großer Bösenstein (2,448 m) is a mountain of the Lower Tauern in Styria, Austria. It is located near the village of Hohentauern, which is the starting point for most climbs, and is the third highest mountain of the Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern s ...

(2,448 m), * Schoberspitze (2,423 m), * Kleiner Bösenstein (2,395 m), * Drei Stecken (2,382 m), * Hochweberspitze (2,370 m), * Hochhaide (2,363 m), *

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(2,363 m), * Sonntagskarspitze (2,350 m), * Gumpeneck (2,226 m).

Neighbouring mountain ranges

The Rottenmann Tauern and Wölz Tauern border on the following other mountain ranges of the Alps: *

Totes Gebirge The Totes Gebirge is a group of mountains in Austria, part of the Northern Limestone Alps, lying between the Salzkammergut and the Ennstaler Alpen. The name ''Totes Gebirge'' is derived from the German words ''tot'' meaning "dead", referring to ...

(to the north) *

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(to the northeast) *

(to the east) *

Lavanttal Alps The Lavanttal Alps (german: Lavanttaler Alpen, sl, Labotniške Alpe) are part of the Central Eastern Alps in Austria and Slovenia, between the river Mur in the north and the Drava in the south. The mountains are named after the central valley of ...

(to the southeast) *

Nock Mountains The Nock Mountains (german: Nockberge or ''Nockgebirge'') are the westernmost and highest mountain range of the Gurktal Alps in Austria, spread over parts of the federal states of Carinthia, Salzburg and Styria. Their appearance is characterised b ...

(to the southwest) *

(to the west) *

Dachstein Mountains The Dachstein Mountains (german: Dachsteingebirge) are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps. The term is used by the Austrian Alpine Club in its classification of the Eastern Alps as one of the 24 sub-ranges of the Northern Limestone A ...

(to the northwest)

References

Literature

* Hans Hödl: ''Bergerlebnis Wölzer, Rottenmanner, Triebener Tauern und

Seckauer Alpen The Lower TauernThe New Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol. 1, 2003, p. 86. or Niedere Tauern () are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps, in the Austrian states of Salzburg and Styria. For the etymology of the name, see Tauern The word ''T ...

. Die Wege zu den Gipfeln, Almen, Bergseen und Hütten.'' Steirische Verlagsgesellschaft, Graz, 2008, .

External links

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