Dornbirn First
Dornbirner First (also only First or First Ridge) | ||
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View from the northern outskirts of Dornbirn to the Dornbirner First |
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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 |
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Coordinates | 47 ° 21 ' N , 9 ° 49' E | |
rock | lime |
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 | ||
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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 .
Hochälpele-Weißenfluh group | Winter shrub ridge | |
Mountains of rubble |
Hinteregger ridge Bizauer Hirschberggruppe |
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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 |
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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 ).
See also
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
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 .