The Tschingelhörner (also spelled ''Tschingelhoren'') are a chain of mountain peaks in the

Glarus Alps The Glarus Alps (german: Glarner Alpen) are a mountain range in central Switzerland. They are bordered by the Uri Alps and the Schwyz Alps to the west, the Lepontine Alps to the south, the Appenzell Alps to the northeast. The eastern part of ...

, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of

Glarus , neighboring_municipalities= Glarus Nord, Glarus Süd, Muotathal (SZ), Innerthal (SZ) , twintowns= Wiesbaden-Biebrich (Germany) } Glarus (; gsw, Glaris; french: Glaris; it, Glarona; rm, Glaruna) is the capital of the canton of Glarus ...

and Graubünden. They are composed of several summits on a long ridge, of which the highest is named ''Grosses Tschingelhorn'' (2,849 m). The mountain is located between

Elm Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the flowering plant genus ''Ulmus'' in the plant family Ulmaceae. They are distributed over most of the Northern Hemisphere, inhabiting the temperate and tropical-montane regions of North ...

and

Flims Flims ( rm, Flem) is a municipality in the Imboden Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The town of Flims is dominated by the Flimserstein which one can see from almost anywhere in the area. Flims consists of the village of Flims (called ...

, west of the Segnas Pass (2,627 m). East of the main summit is the Martinsloch, a 6-by-18-metre (20-by-60 ft) triangular breakthrough, or hole, through which the sun shines at particular times of the year. The mountain is part of the Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Tschingelhörner on Hikr
Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Switzerland World Heritage Sites in Switzerland Mountains of the canton of Glarus Mountains of Graubünden Glarus–Graubünden border Two-thousanders of Switzerland Flims {{Graubünden-mountain-stub