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Schafalpenköpfe
The Schafalpenköpfe are a small mountain formation, consisting of three mountain, peaks, the First Schafalpenkopf, First (2,272 m), Second Schafalpenkopf, Second (2,302 m) and Third Schafalpenkopf (2,320 m). A 2.4-kilometre-long klettersteig of medium difficulty (grade C), the Mindelheimer Klettersteig, runs over them. Origin of the name The naming of the mountains as ''Die Wilden'', "the Wild Ones" probably comes from the valley of Kleinwalsertal to the north, because they do not appear to be of agricultural value from that side. They were first mentioned in 1783 as the ''Wilden Köpf'' in Blasius Hueber's Vorarlberg map. The name of "Schafalpenköpfe" comes from the south and refers to the rocky summits (''Felsköpfe'') above the alpine sheep pastures (''Schäfalpen'') of the Taufersbergalpe, an alpine meadow. The name first appears as ''Schäfalpenkopf'' and ''Schäfalpenköpfl'' in 1819 in an old survey sheet of the Bavarian State Office for Survey and Geoin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Schafalpenkopf
The First Schafalpenkopf () or Southwestern Schafalpenkopf (''Südwestlicher Schafalpenkopf'') is a 2,272-metre-high mountain in the Allgäu Alps. It is part of the Schafalpenköpfe and the Mindelheim Klettersteig. Location and surrounding area The border between Germany and Austria runs over the summit of the First Schafalpenkopf, simultaneously dividing the states of Bavaria and Vorarlberg. On the Bavarian side it belongs to the administrative areas of the county of Landkreis Oberallgäu, Oberallgäu and the market town of Oberstdorf, on Austria soil to the district of Bezirk Bregenz, Bregenz and the parish of Mittelberg (Vorarlberg), Mittelberg. To the northeast the Second Schafalpenkopf (2,302 m) follows the First, the two being separated by a 2,170-metre-high arête. It is the reference point for the First Schafalpenkopf's topographic prominence of 102 metres. Its topographic isolation, isolation is 500 metres, reaching to the Second Schafalpenkopf. To the south of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
