Dachstein south fall and Edelgriess glacier
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Natural monument of the Dachstein south fall and Edelgrieß glacier
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 Edelgrieß from Edelgriesshöhe |
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| location | Ramsau , Upper Styria , Austria | |
| Area / extent | 225.7 ha / 1900 m | |
| Identifier | NDM No. 784 (St-GB-014) | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 28 ' N , 13 ° 38' E | |
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| Sea level | from 1893 m to 2868 m | |
| Setup date | 1965 | |
| administration | State of Styria / Gröbming branch | |
| particularities | Geotope | |
The natural monument Dachsteinsüdabsturz and Edelgriessgletscher is a protected area on the Dachstein in Styria , in the municipality of Ramsau .
Location and landscape
The area is located near the border triangle Styria - Upper Austria - Salzburg . The protected area extends southeast of the Dachstein summit , on the main ridge from the Hunerscharte to the Koppenkarstein ( 2868 m above sea level ), and then down below the Hohen Gamsfeldspitze past into the Edelgrieß high valley , and below the (Niederen) Türlspitz into the stone field below the Dachstein south wall hut . It covers 225.71 hectares .
History and scope of protection
The natural monument was designated in 1965 as NDM No. 784 (nature conservation book: St-GB-014 / Ramsau am Dachstein).
The natural monument is an important geological site, it shows a complete cross-section through the rock sequence of Triassic Dachstein Massive: When Südwandhütte are Werfener layers , the base layer of the entire Limestone Alps , then follow the footwall Gutensteiner dolomite , Steinalmkalk , Hallstatt lime , Raminger lime and Wettersteinkalk in the Türlspitz Group, Wettersteindolomit in Edelgriess and Dachstein limestone in massive and banked formation in Koppenkarstein. In addition, the Edelgriess glacier is also expressly mentioned, which represents the Ice Ages . It is the only glacier in Styria, but today it is only preserved as a small remnant of the glacier on the Koppenkarstein, some of the Edelgrieß is still dead ice .
The area is excessively large for the natural monument class - which usually only represents small-scale natural structures - but together with the neighboring natural monument Dachsteinsüdwand in the west (NDM No. 783, which is about the same size) it is intended to emphasize the coherence of the geological evidence of the time.
The area is located in the buffer zone of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Cultural Landscape Hallstatt – Dachstein / Salzkammergut ( WHS 806 ), which honors “natural landscape” as well as “evidence of human activity”, and also belongs to the nature reserve north-western part of the municipality of Ramsau am Dachstein (plant protection area, NSG 02c ) and to the Dachstein – Salzkammergut landscape protection area ( Salzkammergut-Ost , LS 14a ), which means that it is under very strict and comprehensive protection. On the Upper Austrian side, the European and nature reserve Dachstein ( bird protection and FFH area , AT3101000 / EU02 , N098 ) borders.
Development
The Dachstein Südwandbahn cable car runs through the protected area and crosses the steep walls. At the summit station on the Hunerkogel, the Dachstein Skywalk was built in 2005 , a viewing platform that protrudes into the south walls, supplemented in 2013 with the stairs to nowhere and a suspension bridge, and thus offers an extraordinary overview of the protected area. Mountaineers can also access the Hunerkogel mountain station via the Rosemariestollen . The very difficult Irg via ferrata has been leading from Edelgrieß to the Großer Koppenkarstein since 2004 .
Thanks to this development, even for the inexperienced, the natural monument is one of the most visited natural phenomena in the state, and represents the Dachstein as one of the landmarks of Styria Space for priority nature conservation measures
media
- Universum: Schladminger Bergwelten , ORF, 2013, Part 1 Of peaks and chamois ; Part 2 Between centuries and hundredths of a second ( weblink shop.orf.at ; on flora and fauna as well as skiing and climbing).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Gerhard W. Mandl (author chapter 2): Pilot project "Karstwasser Dachstein" . Volume 2: Karst hydrology and risk of contamination of springs . In: Geologische Bundesanstalt (Hrsg.): Archive for deposit research . tape 21 (= monographs volume 108 - M-108). Vienna 2001, 2.4 Geological natural monuments in the Dachstein region , 8.Dachsteinsüdabsturz and Edelgriessgletscher , p. 41 ( Online [PDF; accessed on April 10, 2014] there also more precise area delimitation; rock layers largely quoted verbatim). pdf ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Ordinance of the Liezen District Authority of August 30, 1965, published in the Grazer Zeitung of September 10, 1965, Item 37, p. 367 (GZ. 7 N 9 / 70-1965); Decision of the Expositur Gröbming from November 16, 2011 (GZ 6.0-42 / 2008)
- ↑ see Roman Moser: The Edelgriessgletscher - the only glacier in Styria. In: Communications of the natural science association for Styria. Volume 100, Graz 1971, pp. 105-110 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
- ^ Manfred Straka, Land Steiermark (Ed.): Atlas of Styria. Explanations of the Atlas of Styria . Verlag Akademische Druck- u. Publishing house, 1953, ISBN 978-3-201-00860-0 (3-2100860-5), p. 163
- ↑ Christian Schuhböck, Elfriede Iby, Alliance for Nature (ed.): Austria's World Heritage: cultural monuments and landscapes under the protection of UNESCO . Brandstätter Verlag, 2002, especially p. 74.
- ↑ See airy suspension bridge opened on Dachstein , steiermark.orf.at, July 30, 2013
