Lassing Alps

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Lassing Alps
Highest peak Hochstadl / Kräuterin ( 1919  m above sea level )
location Lower Austria / Styria , Austria
part of Lower Austrian Limestone Alps  ( Trimmel )  / Ybbstal Alps  ( AVE ) ; Northern Limestone Alps
Classification according to Bohm  43 / 11.4; Trimmel  1810
Lassingalpen (Austria)
Lassing Alps
Coordinates 47 ° 41 ′  N , 15 ° 4 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 41 ′  N , 15 ° 4 ′  E
Age of the rock Middle Triassic to Upper Jurassic (230–150 ma)
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The Lassing Alps (also Lassing Alps ) are the southernmost, alpine mountain range of the Ybbstal Alps in Lower Austria and Styria .

On the concept of the Lassing Alps

The group has been named since the 19th century, and was introduced by August von Böhm in  1887 in his classification of the Eastern Alps with the number 43 (or 11.4) as a subgroup of the Austrian Alps  (11), and can also be found as such in Meyers 1888 as a group of the main ridge of the Austrian Alps (No. C4d) or group 12 of the Eastern Alps in Meyers 1905. Originally, it was understood to mean the entire high limestone Alps from the Enns to the Erlauf , north of the Hochschwab group and south of the Hollensteiner Alps .

Hubert Trimmel took up the group for his mountain group structure for the Austrian cave directory of 1962, but left out the most south-westerly sub -group , the Stangel group , and assigned it as the Cold Wall  (1741) to the Hochschwab, as it lies south of the Salza.

According to the use of Trimmel's classification, the term is primarily used today in Austrian geology, hydrography and biology.

Boundary and neighboring groups

According to Trimmel, in whose system they form subgroup number 1810, the Lassing Alps are delimited:

In this strictly orographic structure, the Lassing Alps are represented within the boundaries of the Ybbs / Ois, Erlauf and Salza rivers.

Are classified as a subgroup of the Lassingalpen to the main group of Niederösterreichischen Limestone  (Trimmel no. 1800), the major unit Northern Limestone  (Nr. 1000). According to the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps  (AVE), they belong to the Ybbstal Alps , the limestone-high alpine southern part of which they represent.

structure

The Lassingalpen is divided primarily by the Lassingbachtal from the southwest into the center, largely south along the state border, and the Ybbs Oberlauf Ois from the north. They are divided into six characteristic subgroups (indicated by the group's outer boundaries):

The group crosses the Lower Austria – Styria border entirely in an east-west direction, which means that about half of the area is in each of the two federal states. This border, where it runs in the area of ​​the Zellerhut on the ridge line, also largely forms the watershed between Salza (to the Enns ) in the south and Ybbs and Erlauf (both independent Danube tributaries) in the north. The catchment area border of the latter two runs over Planeck - Ötschergipfel - Zeller Rain.

Nature and tourism

Map of the Eisenwurzen and Lassing Alps

The Lassing Alps are a largely natural region. Except for the karst and alpine summit regions, the whole area is densely forested and largely uninhabited.

The entire Styrian part belongs to the Wildalpener Salzatal nature reserve ( NSG-a02 ), the greater part of Lower Austria to the Ötscher – Dürrenstein landscape protection area ( LSG 11 ), the northern part of which forms the Ötscher-Tormäuer nature park ( NPK 8 ). The core area of ​​the group is the Dürrenstein wilderness area ( IUCN Ib wilderness area ), as a buffer for the Rothwald (Strenges Naturreservat IUCN Ia), a primary forest that has been proven to have been untouched by forest since the last Ice Age ( remains of the primeval forest). The Lassingalpen thus represents an important biosphere corridor of a network of protected areas, which today stretches almost completely from the borders of Vienna to the Dachstein ( Econnect project ). The rivers surrounding it are also exceptional. The Salza is one of the last largely free-flowing major rivers in the Eastern Alps - only the upper Soča in Slovenia and the upper reaches of the Lech in Tyrol are of comparable quality. The gate walls of the Erlauf are also an important natural landscape. There are also numerous other smaller natural valleys, gorges, and also important caves.

In terms of alpine tourism, the area is relatively well developed, although it is known as an “insider tip” with the exception of the Ötscher, and is also known as an easy hiking and mountain biking area. Access to the wilderness area is only permitted on guided tours. The Salza is a center of white water sports (kayaking, rafting). There are also two small ski areas, Göstling- Hochkar and the Ötscher Bergbahnen Lackenhof.

Today, the area is indicated by several surrounding tourist regions, by the Eisenwurzen / Verband Eisenstraße - Ötscherland region in the north, the Mariazeller Land in the east, and the Gesäuse region , which is experiencing an upswing with the new national park, in the west.

literature

  • Josef Steffan, Werner Tippelt: Ybbstaler Alps . 1st edition. Rother Bergverlag, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-7633-1228-5 .
  • B. Spengler: Contributions to the geology of the Hochschwab group and the Lassingalpen. In: Jahrbuch der Geologische Bundesanstalt Volume 72, Vienna 1922, pp. 155–182 and Part II (final) Volume 75, Vienna 1925, pp. 273–300 ( Part I (PDF; 1.3 MB); Part II , both pdf, geologie.ac.at)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The group is said to be named after the Lassing (Lassingbach) , a tributary of the Erlauf, with the famous Lassingfall near Mariazell on the Ostend: Lassing . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 12, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1908, p.  212 .
    The river itself is not within the group, however, the Lassingbach to the Salza appears possible , which comes from the center of the group, which would correspond to the usage of the mountain group naming at the time. (Two other streams there to the Salza are also called Lassing [ bach ], Mendlingbach and Holzäpfelbach .)
  2. ↑ Alps. Classification of the Eastern Alps: C. Northern Limestone Alps. 4) Austria. Alps. In: Meyers Konversationslexikon. 4th edition. Vol. 19th Annual Supplement 1891-1892 , Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1888 ff, p. 16.
  3. ^ Alps [2]: Geographical classification of the Alps. Eastern Alps. 12) The Austrian A . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 1, Bibliographical Institute, Leipzig / Vienna 1905, p.  366 .
  4. ↑ Stangl  ( 1592  m above sea level ), border to the Hochschwab Hinterwildalpen - Schwabeltal
  5. ↑ a b The characteristic valley of the Mitteraubach in the north-west (Kienberg - Gaming - Lunz), which the B 25 follows, does not matter, as the region around Gföhler Alm and Polzberg already shows pre-Alpine character and is one of the Ybbstal Pre-Alps
  6. ↑ the Türnach group does not go back to Böhm, but was created independently by Trimmel because of its geological characteristics
  7. ↑ NSG-a02 Wildalpener Salzatal - Bez. Liezen, Bruck ( Memento of the original from April 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.verwaltung.steiermark.at archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , administration.steiermark.at
  8. ^ Econnect - Restoring the web of life
  9. ↑ Hochkar.com
  10. ↑ Ötscher Bergbahnen - Lower Austria ski area
  11. ^ Kulturpark Eisenstraße-Ötscherland - Association for the promotion of tourism and the Mostviertel-Eisenwurzen cultural property
  12. ^ Mariazell Online
  13. ↑ Gesäuse National Park Alpine Region