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Ãœbergossene Alm
The Übergossene Alm is the summit region of the Hochkönig (2,941 m) in the Berchtesgaden Alps. It contains the remains of a glacier that used to cover almost the entire summit plateau; in 1888 around 5.5 km2 of the plateau was covered by an ice sheet. Since then the glacial surface has melted until it now covers just 1.5 km2 and the glacier has split into three, small crevasse-free areas. The name of the glacier goes back to a local legend. High plateau and its perimeter mountains The ''Hochkönig'' is the southernmost and highest mountain block in the Berchtesgaden Alps. Unlike the Watzmann massif about 20 kilometres to the north, it has a plateau that tilts gently towards the north and covers about 15 km2. Only in the south does it fall steeply away in rock faces up to 1,000 metres high (the ''Mandlwände'').Zitiert nac''Die übergossene Alm am Hochkönig''auf SAGEN.at The edge of the plateau is formed by several high two-thousanders in the sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Land Salzburg
Salzburg (, ; , also known as ''Salzburgerland''; ) is an Austrian federal state. In German it is called a , a German-to-English dictionary translates that to ''federal state'' and the European Commission calls it a ''province''. In German, its official name is , to distinguish it from its eponymous capital Salzburg. For centuries, it was an independent Prince-Bishopric of the Holy Roman Empire. It borders Germany and Italy. Geography Location Salzburg State covers an area of . It stretches along its main river — the Salzach – which rises in the Central Eastern Alps in the south to the Alpine foothills in the north. It is located in the north-west of Austria, close to the border with the German state of Bavaria; to the northeast lies the federal state Upper Austria; to the east the federal state Styria; to the south the federal states Carinthia and Tyrol. With 561,714 inhabitants, it is one of the country's smaller federal states in terms of population. Running through the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Großer Bratschenkopf
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 surname include: * Alfred Grosser (1925–2024), German-French writer, sociologist, and political scientist * Arthur Grosser (active from 1987), Canadian physical chemist and actor * Jamey Grosser, American motorcycle racer * Jorge Grosser (born 1945), Chilean runner * Lily Grosser (1894–1968), German-French activist * Maximilian Großer (born 2001), German footballer * Maurice Grosser (1903–1986), American painter, art critic, and writer * Pamela Großer (born 1977), German actress * Peter Grosser (1938–2021), German football player and coach * Philip Grosser (1890–1933), Ukrainian-American anarchist and anti-militarist * Thomas Grosser (1965–2008), German footballer * Tim Grosser (born 1942), Australian cricketer See also * Gross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glaciers Of Austria
A glacier ( ) or () is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation (melting and sublimation) over many years, often centuries. Glaciers slowly deform and flow due to stresses induced by their weight, creating crevasses, seracs, and other distinguishing features. Because glacial mass is affected by long-term climate changes, e.g., precipitation, mean temperature, and cloud cover, glacial mass changes are considered among the most sensitive indicators of climate change. There are about 198,000 to 200,000 glaciers in the world. Catalogs of glaciers include:World Glacier Inventory* World Glacier Monitoring ServiceGlobal Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) Glacier Database Glaciers by continent ...
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Salzach
The Salzach (Austrian: [ˈsaltsax]; ) is a river in Austria and Germany. It is in length and is a right tributary of the Inn (river), Inn, which eventually joins the Danube. Its drainage basin of comprises large parts of the Northern Limestone Alps, Northern Limestone and Central Eastern Alps. 83% of its drainage basin () lies in Austria, the remainder in Germany (Bavaria). Its largest tributaries are Lammer, Berchtesgadener Ache, Saalach, Sur (river), Sur and Götzinger Achen. Etymology The river's name is derived from the German language, German word ''wikt:Salz#German, Salz'' "salt" and ''Aach (toponymy), Aach''. Until the 19th century, shipping of salt down the ''Salzach'' was an important part of the local economy. The shipping ended when the parallel Salzburg-Tyrol Railway line replaced the old transport system. Course The Salzach is the main river in the States of Austria, Austrian state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg. The source is located on the edge of the Kitzbühe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torsäule
The Torsäule () is a very steep, about 500-metre-high limestone formation on the eastern flank of the Hochkönig massif in the Berchtesgaden Alps. The imposing column (''Torsäule'' means "gateway column"), which bears a summit cross, lies immediately north of the ascent route to the Hochkönig from the Arthurhaus, a thousand metres below, and measures about 500 × 200 metres at its base. In an east-west direction it looks like a giant column, but on reaching the high plateau of the Übergossene Alm it slowly disappears below the local horizon. Its south face which tapers towards the top is almost vertical, whilst the other faces have average gradients of about 60 to 80°. Structurally, the Torsäule rises in front of the mountain ridge which the high plateau of the Hochkönig massif and its plateau glacier bound on the eastern side and which opens like a rock arena in a semi-circle facing the column and looking towards the Salzach valley. The Torsäule rises, as the crow fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schoberköpfe
The Schoberköpfe are several ridge-shaped peaks, arranged along the eastern edge of the Hochkönig plateau in the Berchtesgaden Alps, and which lie in a semi-circular arc that opens towards the east facing the Salzach valley: * Southwestern Schoberkopf (''Südwestlicher Schoberkopf'', http://www.austrianmap.at/ BEV 1:50,000 series.) * Eastern Schoberkopf (''Östlicher Schoberkopf'', 2,666 m) * ''Teufelskirche'', also called the ''Teufelskirchl'' (2,520 mAlbert Precht: '' Alpenvereinsführer Hochkönig''), a rock tower in front of the Eastern Schoberkopf. The relatively steep, 200-300-metre-high south faces drop into the scree-covered ''Eiskar'' and climb up again opposite into the striking, isolated pillar of the Torsäule 2,588 m. Somewhat west of the arête, near the ''Schoberschartl'' gap (2,579 m), ends the plateau glacier of the Übergossene Alm, which covers part of the Hochkönig summit region. Ascents The first known tourist ascent of the Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hochseiler
The Hochseiler (also ''Hochsailer'') is a mountain, , in the Hochkönig massif within the Berchtesgaden Alps. It lies on the boundary between the districts of Zell am See and St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian state of Salzburg. The summit can be gained from the north along the ''Mooshammersteig'' path or from the Teufelslöcher over the Übergossene Alm along the southeastern arête (climbing grade Many climbing routes have grades for the technical difficulty, and in some cases for the risks, of the route. The first ascensionist can suggest a grade but it will be amended for the ''consensus view'' of subsequent ascents. While many cou ... I–II). Literature * * Albert Precht: ''Alpenvereinsführer Hochkönig''. 1st edn., Bergverlag Rother, Munich, 1989, . {{Commons category Two-thousanders of Austria Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Salzburg (federal state) Berchtesgaden Alps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamkopf
The Lamkopf (also ''Lammkopf'') is a mountain, , in the Hochkönig massif within the Berchtesgaden Alps. It lies in the Zell am See in the Austrian state of Salzburg. The peak can be climbed from the north the crossing between the Hochkönig and the Hochseiler or Übergossene Alm (climbing grade easy). The first summit cross A summit cross is a Christian cross on the summit of a mountain or hill that marks the top. Often there will be a summit register (''Gipfelbuch'') at the cross, either in a container or other weatherproof case. The practice originated in the Ge ... was erected in 1960, but destroyed by lightning in 2011. In 2013 a new summit cross was erected.Maria Riedler''Ein neues Gipfelkreuz für den Lammkopf (2846m).''SalzburgerLand Magazin Literature * . * Albert Precht: ''Alpenvereinsführer Hochkönig''. 1st edition, Bergverlag Rother, Munich, 1989, {{ISBN, 978-3-7633-1259-7. References Two-thousanders of Austria Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two-thousander
Two-thousanders are mountains that have a height of at least 2,000 metres above sea level, but less than 3,000 metres. The term is used in Alpine circles, especially in Europe (e.g. German: ''Zweitausender''). The two photographs show two typical two-thousanders in the Alps that illustrate different types of mountain. The Säuling (top) is a prominent, individual peak, whereas the Schneeberg (bottom) is an elongated limestone massif. In ranges like the Allgäu Alps, the Gesäuse or the Styrian-Lower Austrian Limestone Alps the mountain tour descriptions for mountaineers or hikers commonly include the two-thousanders, especially in areas where only a few summits exceed this level. Examples from these regions of the Eastern Alps are: * the striking Nebelhorn (2,224 m) near Oberstdorf or the Säuling (2,047 m) near Neuschwanstein, * the Admonter Reichenstein (2,251 m), Eisenerzer Reichenstein (2,165 m), Großer Pyhrgas (2,244 m) or Hochtor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city and state. Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has Austrians, a population of around 9 million. The area of today's Austria has been inhabited since at least the Paleolithic, Paleolithic period. Around 400 BC, it was inhabited by the Celts and then annexed by the Roman Empire, Romans in the late 1st century BC. Christianization in the region began in the 4th and 5th centuries, during the late Western Roman Empire, Roman period, followed by the arrival of numerous Germanic tribes during the Migration Period. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Face
In geography and geology, a cliff or rock face is an area of rock which has a general angle defined by the vertical, or nearly vertical. Cliffs are formed by the processes of weathering and erosion, with the effect of gravity. Cliffs are common on coasts, in mountainous areas, escarpments and along rivers. Cliffs are usually composed of rock that is resistant to weathering and erosion. The sedimentary rocks that are most likely to form cliffs include sandstone, limestone, chalk, and dolomite. Igneous rocks such as granite and basalt also often form cliffs. An escarpment (or scarp) is a type of cliff formed by the movement of a geologic fault, a landslide, or sometimes by rock slides or falling rocks which change the differential erosion of the rock layers. Most cliffs have some form of scree slope at their base. In arid areas or under high cliffs, they are generally exposed jumbles of fallen rock. In areas of higher moisture, a soil slope may obscure the talus. Many cliffs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
