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 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

Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern 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 Centr ...

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 Schladming 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 states of

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the ...

and

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 ...

. Its highest peak, at 2,862 m is the

Hochgolling The Hochgolling (2,862 m) is a mountain of the Eastern Alps, located on the border of Steiermark and Salzburg (state), Salzburg, Austria, near the ski resort of Schladming. It is the highest peak of the Lower Tauern range. A hiking rather than a ...

Location

The Schladming Tauern are located in the middle of the Low Tauern between the

Sölk Pass Sölk Pass (el. 1788 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Austrian Alps in the ''States of Austria, Bundesland'' of Styria. It crosses the Niedere Tauern and connects the Mur River valley with the Enns River valley. The pass road is a secondary ...

in the east and the top of the Tauern Pass in the west. The name comes from the town of

Schladming Schladming is a small former mining town in the northwest of the Austrian state of Styria that is now a popular tourist destination. It has become a large winter-sports resort and has held various skiing competitions, including most notably the ...

in the Enns valley.

Neighbouring ranges

The Schladming Tauern border on the following other mountain ranges of the Alps: *

(to the east) *

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 south) *

(to the west) *

Salzburg Slate Alps The Salzburg Slate Alps (german: Salzburger Schieferalpen) are a mountain range of the Eastern Alps, in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Situated within the greywacke zone, they could be regarded either as part of the Northern Limestone Alps or of ...

(to the northwest) *

Dachstein Hoher Dachstein () is a strongly karstic mountain in central Austria and the second-highest mountain in the Northern Limestone Alps. It is situated at the border of Upper Austria and Styria, and is the highest point in each of those states. Pa ...

Mountains (to the north)

Subdivision

The Schladming Tauern are divided into six subgroups which are (from west to east), the: * ''Seekarspitze Group'' between the

() and the Oberhütten Saddle (): ** Großes Gurpitscheck () ** Gamskarlspitze () ** Seekarspitze () * ''Kalkspitze Group'' between the Oberhütten Saddle () and the Lignitzhöhe () : ** Hundstein () ** Vetternspitzen () ** Styrian and Lungauer Kalkspitze () * ''Hochgolling Group'' between Lignitzhöhe () and Waldhorntörl (): **

() **

Kasereck The Kasereck, at , is one of the highest peaks of the Schladming Tauern and thus also the Lower Tauern. It is the most prominent summit on the crest that runs from the Hochgolling southwards and separates the valleys of Göriachtal in the west and ...

() ** Elendberg () ** Zwerfenberg () ** Hocheck () ** Greifenberg () * ''Hochwildstellen Group'' between the Waldhorntörl () and the Lanschitzscharte () : **

Hochwildstelle The Hochwildstelle or Hohe Wildstelle is a mountain, , and the second highest peak in the Schladming Tauern as well as the highest mountain entirely on Styrian territory in Austria.Waldhorn () ** Deichselspitze () ** Hohes Schareck () * ''Preber Group'' between the Lanschitzscharte () and the Hubenbauertörl () : ** Roteck () ** Preber () ** Predigtstuhl () * ''Knallstein Group'' between the Hubenbauertörl () and the

(): **

Großer Knallstein Grosser or Großer is the masculine nominative singular form of the German adjective "gross", meaning "big", "great", "large", "tall", and the like. It is part of many placenames, especially of mountains. It is also a surname. People with that surn ...

() ** Ruprechtseck ()

References

Literature

* Peter Holl: ''Alpenvereinsführer Niedere Tauern'', Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munich, 1983.

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