Dornbirn First

Dornbirner First (also only First or First Ridge)
	View from the northern outskirts of Dornbirn to the Dornbirner First
Highest peak	Mörzelspitze and Leuenkopf ( 1830 m above sea level )
location	Vorarlberg , Austria
part of	Bregenz Forest Mountains
Classification according to	AVF (1977): 5 ; SOIUSA : 22.I.4.a
Coordinates	47 ° 21 ' N , 9 ° 49' E Coordinates: 47 ° 21 ' N , 9 ° 49' E
rock	lime

View from Schauner over Kehlegg to part of the First

View of the First from the Hochälpele

View from the Staufenalpe (1100 m above sea level) onto part of the First

View over the ridge from the top of the slope

View over the First from the Mörzelspitze

The Dornbirner First (also Firstgrat , Firstkamm or just First ) is a mountain ridge in Vorarlberg . According to the Alpine Club division of the Eastern Alps as well as the international standardized orographic division of the Alps (SOIUSA) , it is one of 11 or 13 subgroups of the Bregenzerwald Mountains .

Name derivation

First means the " first " or " supreme " and is found in a similar form and meaning z. B. in engl. : " First " ( angels .: " Fyrst ") or in swedish : " först (a) " and in this context is also related to the word prince . In mountain ridges, “First” denotes a series of peaks of a mountain range and is therefore another word for mountain ridge (e.g. Churfirsten ), but can also designate a single, protruding mountain (e.g. First mountain ( 1617 m above sea level). A. ) in Fraxern or First in the Bernese Oberland ( 2167 m above sea level ) or hill (e.g. Einfirst in Hohenems ).

The word "First" generally designates a ridge edge and can be found e.g. B. also as a term for the upper cutting edge of two roof surfaces ( roof ridge ), in geology it describes the layer in direct contact with the reference horizon ( hanging wall) and in mining the tunnel roof ( ridge ).

classification

Classification according to SOIUSA
part	II	Eastern Alps
sector	II / B	Northern Eastern Alps
section	22nd	The Bavarian Alps
sector	22 / A	Allgäu and Bregenz Alps
Subsection	22.I	Bregenz Forest Mountains
Upper group	22.IA	Western Bregenz Forest Mountains
group	22.I.4	First-Hochälpele-Gaißkopf chain
Subgroup	22.I.4.a	Dornbirn First

Location and boundaries

The ridge lies like a crossbar between the rear Bregenzerwald (height Mellau ) and the lower Alpine Rhine valley (height Dornbirn ) and extends from southwest to northeast. The border between the Dornbirn district and the Bregenz district runs partly directly on the ridge of the Firstes . The borders of the municipalities of Dornbirn, Mellau and Reuthe meet at the Hangköpfle .

The delimitation of the Dornbirner First runs clockwise along the line Hottersattel - Rotenbach - Bregenz Ach - Mellenbach - Haslachbach - Fluhlöchle - Gunzenach . The Hottersattel forms the connection to the Hochälpele-Weißenfluh group and the Fluhlöchle to the Freschen group .

Adjacent groups or subgroups
	Hochälpele-Weißenfluh group	Winter shrub ridge
Mountains of rubble		Hinteregger ridge Bizauer Hirschberggruppe
Freschengruppe		Damüls mountains

Summits and saddles

The following table lists the named peaks and saddles from southwest to northeast.

Summit / saddle	Height m above sea level A.	annotation
Drainage holes	1610	Height information inaccurate
Salzbodenkopf	1765
Salt bottom saddle	1590	Height information inaccurate
Mörzelspitze	1830
Laubachkopf	1564	on the western side ridge of the Mörzelspitze
Leuenkopf	1830
Goselkopf	1791
Upper saddle	1733
Guntenkopf	1811
Guntensattel	1680	Height information inaccurate
Hangköpfle	1729
Hilltop	1746	on the eastern side ridge of the Hangköpfles
Hottersaddle	1250	Height information inaccurate

Development, use and tourism

Plans to create a public transport connection to the Bregenzerwald through the First or to develop the First for tourism with a cable car were discussed again and again, but never reached a specific planning phase.

Cultivated Alps lie on both sides of the ridge, most of which are still bumped in summer today.

The First and each of its peaks require surefootedness, a head for heights and alpine equipment with good mountain boots. The entire ridge can be walked lengthways in about eight to ten hours (with ascent). Good physical condition is required. Particular caution is required when it is wet.

The closest hiking base is the Freschenhaus ( 1846 m above sea level ).

literature

Dieter Seibert : Bregenzerwald and Lechquellen Mountains. Alpine Club Guide alpine. 1st edition. Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-7633-1095-1 , p. 82 ff .

Web links

Commons : Dornbirner First - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ See Johann Christoph Adelung in the Grammatical-Critical Dictionary of High German Dialect, Vienna 1811 edition on the keyword “Firste”.
^ Official and advertising gazette of the municipalities of Hohenems, Götzis, Altach, Koblach and Mäder , No. 17 of April 27, 2002.
^ ^A ^b Walther Flaig : Alpine Club Guide Bregenzerwaldgebirge . 1st edition. Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-7633-1203-X , p. 283-294 .

[1] See Johann Christoph Adelung in the Grammatical-Critical Dictionary of High German Dialect, Vienna 1811 edition on the keyword “Firste”.

[2] Official and advertising gazette of the municipalities of Hohenems, Götzis, Altach, Koblach and Mäder , No. 17 of April 27, 2002.

[flaig-3] A ^b Walther Flaig : Alpine Club Guide Bregenzerwaldgebirge . 1st edition. Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-7633-1203-X , p. 283-294 .