The Sadnig, also called the Hoher Sadnig ("High Sadnig") to distinguish it from its subpeaks, the ''Vorsadnig'' ("Fore-Sadnig"), ''Kleiner Sadnig'' ("Little Sadnigh") and ''Mulleter Sadnig'' ("Mullet Sadnig"), is the mountain that gives its name to the subrange known as the Sadnig Group, the southern part of the
Goldberg Group
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, an
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mountain range in
Austria
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The name ''Sadnig'' goes back to the Slovenian word ''zadnji'' ("hindmost" or "last").
The Sadnig is located on the boundary of the
Großfragant,
Asten and Kolmitzen, three
side valleys of the
Möll valley. It is also the
tripoint
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of the municipalities of
Flattach,
Mörtschach and
Stall.
The Vorsadnig is a northern subpeak, 2,696 metres high. The Kleiner Sadnig (2,626m) lies to the east beyond a slight saddle. The Mulleter Sadnig (2,569m) lies to the north, separated from the Hoher Sadnig by the col of ''Sadnigscharte'' (2,484m). To the west below the ''Sadnigscharte'' (Asten side) is the mountain lake of ''Sadnigsee''. To the east below the ''Sadnigscharte'' rises the Sadnigbach, which empties downstream into the Großfragantbach.
The closing scene of the film
Seven Years in Tibet
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was filmed at the summit of the Sadnig.
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The Sadnig is usually climbed from the
Fraganter Schutzhaus mountain hut in the Großfragant valley or the guest house of ''Sadnighaus'' (a former
Alpine Club hut) in the Asten, both routes continuing via the col of ''Sadnigscharte''.
References
Mountains of the Alps
Two-thousanders of Austria
Mountains of Carinthia (state)
Goldberg Group