The Hörner Group () is a mountain range within the

Allgäu Alps The Allgäu Alps () are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps, located on the Austria–Germany border, which covers parts of the Germany, German states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg and the Austrian states of Tyrol (state), Tyrol an ...

, up to , near Fischen im Allgäu in the county of

Oberallgäu Oberallgäu is a Districts of Germany, ''Landkreis'' (district) in Swabia (Bavaria), Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Unterallgäu and Ostallgäu, the Austrian states State of Tyrol, Tyrol a ...

, in the German state of

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. It is part of the Nagelfluhkette Nature Park.

Geography

Location

The Hörner Group is in the western part of the Allgäu Alps, west of the

Iller The Iller (; ancient name Ilargus) is a river of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is a right tributary of the Danube, long. It is formed at the confluence of the rivers Breitach, Stillach and Trettach near Oberstdorf in the Al ...

valley. To the northeast is

Sonthofen Sonthofen is the southernmost Town#Germany, town of Germany, located in the Oberallgäu region of the Bavarian Alps. Neighbouring Oberstdorf is situated 14 km farther south but is classified as a market town. In 2005, Sonthofen was awarded ...

, to the east, Fischen im Allgäu, and to the southeast,

Oberstdorf Oberstdorf (Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Oberschdorf'') is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality and skiing and hiking town in Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps. It is the southernmost settlement in German ...

. The B 19 runs by to the east, from which the

Kreisstraße A Kreisstraße (, or 'county road') is a class of road in Germany. It carries traffic between the towns and villages within a ''Districts of Germany, Kreis'' or district or between two neighbouring districts. In importance, the ''Kreisstraße'' ...

OA 9 branches off west from Fischen im Allgäu running through Obermaiselstein, via the Riedberg Pass and through

Balderschwang Balderschwang is a municipality in the district of Oberallgäu in Bavaria in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the ...

to Hittisau in

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. North of the Hörner Group is the

Nagelfluhkette The Nagelfluhkette is a mountain range located in Bavaria, Germany and Vorarlberg, Austria, bordering on the northern edge of the Allgäu Alps. It has a maximum altitude of 1,834 m above sea level. Its name derives from the rock type Nagelfluh. ...

Villages

The settlements of

, Bolsterlang, Fischen im Allgäu, Obermaiselstein and Ofterschwang at the foot of the Hörner Group, market themselves as ''die Hörnerdörfer'' - the "Hörner villages" represented by a municipal association, the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hörnergruppe''.

Mountains

The Hörner Group comprises the following mountains, listed with their height in metres above

Normalnull ("standard zero") or (short N. N. or NN) is an outdated official vertical datum used in Germany. Elevations using this reference system were to be marked (“meters above standard zero”). has been replaced by (NHN). History In 187 ...

(NN):

Rivers and streams

Watercourses in and around the Hörner Group are:

Literature

*''Überschreitung der Hörner''. In: Josef Immler: ''Geh' mit mir durch die Allgäuer Alpen.'' Immenstadt 1996, 8th edn., pp. 46–48 * ''Vom Ofterschwanger zum Bolsterlanger Horn – Höhenwanderung auf dem Panoramaweg''. In: Manfred Kittel: ''Bergwandern mit Kindern im Allgäu.'' Bruckmann Munich, 1993, pp. 139–140, * ''Kleine Hörnertour'' und ''Große Hörnertour''. In: Uli und Dieter Seibert: ''Skitouren Allgäu'', Steiger-Skitourenführer, Augsburg 1996, pp. 50–53.

References

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