Three sisters (mountain)
| Three sisters | ||
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 Little and middle sister seen from the big one |
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| height | 2053 m above sea level A. | |
| location |
Vorarlberg , Austria / Planken , Liechtenstein |
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| Mountains | Rätikon | |
| Dominance | 0.8 km → Garsellakopf | |
| Notch height | 53 m | |
| Coordinates , ( CH ) | 47 ° 10 '32 " N , 9 ° 34' 22" O ( 761 767 / 227155 ) | |
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| Type | rugged rock peaks | |
| First ascent | 1870 by John Sholto Douglass with a hunter Wieser from Frastanz . | |
| Normal way | over the Drei-Schwestern-Steig | |
 View from the Three Sisters over the Rhine Valley |
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The Three Sisters are three peaks in a mountain range in the Rätikon , a mountain group in the western central Alps . The main peak, the Big Sister , measures 2053 m above sea level. A. , the Middle Sister to the northeast of it reaches an altitude of 2048 m and the northeasternmost Little Sister is 2034 m high.
The first ascent was probably made by hunters, the main summit was conquered by tourists on June 10, 1870 by the Scottish alpinist John Sholto Douglass with a hunter Wieser from Frastanz. Big sister is celebrated often today.
Location and surroundings
The three peaks mark the state border between the Austrian state of Vorarlberg , municipality of Frastanz , and Liechtenstein , municipality of Planken . To the west to the Rhine valley and to the north to the Walgau , the three sisters form a striking appearance due to their forward position to the northwest and their rugged, rocky character.
The chain of the three sisters lies in the extreme northwest of the Rätikon . The Liechtenstein village of Planken is two kilometers to the northwest as the crow flies . Feldkirch in Austria is a good five kilometers north. The three peaks form a very pronounced ridge running in a north-south direction. To the west, the three-sister group descends into the Alpine Rhine Valley , to the east into the Samina valley . The Garsellikopf is located near the big sister with 2105 m height, further south the Kuegrat ( 2123 m ).
Bases and paths
The path of the first climbers from 1870 led from the east from the Samina valley over the Garsellaalpe through the eastern flank.
In the years 1897/98, the Dreischwesternweg was built from the Kurhaus Gaflei ( 1490 m above sea level ) to the summit . Suggestion for this came from the German and Austrian Alpine Club . The first part is known as the Fürstensteig , leads through the rock face of the Alpspitz ( 1996 m above sea level ) and was paid for by Prince Johann II .
Today the area is made accessible by an extensive network of paths. The Drei-Schwestern-Steig and the Fürstensteig are still the most climbed . The Feldkircherhütte at 1204 m above sea level serves as a base for an ascent of the Three Sisters Ridge from northeast to south over the Three Sisters Trail, which is equipped with safety ropes . A. An ascent from the northwest can be undertaken from the Gafadurahütte ( 1428 m above sea level ), above Planken. In the south, the Alp Gaflei, served by the bus, serves as a base for an inspection of the Fürstensteig to the Three Sisters. The main summit can also be reached via pure climbing routes in UIAA difficulty levels II to V- . The north face of the Middle Sister has difficulties up to UIAA VI-.
natural reserve
The part of the Three Sisters in Vorarlberg was added to the list of protected parts of the landscape in Vorarlberg in 1976 and is therefore under nature protection .
legend
The distinctive shape and name of the mountain is also the subject of a legend that is told a little differently depending on the region. According to the Vorarlberg legend, three sisters from Frastanz, who on Sunday instead of attending Holy Mass, went to the mountains to look for berries, were turned to stone by a Venetian as punishment. According to the Liechtenstein legend, which is very similar in its basic features, the sisters came from Schaan and were punished by Mary, mother of Jesus .
Literature and map
- Hermann Braendle: Rätikon Reader, wide sky, wild rock; Mountain hiking in the Rätikon . Bucher, Hohenems / Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-902679-15-4 .
- Manfred Hunziker: Ringelspitz / Arosa / Rätikon , Vom Pass dil Segnas to Schlappiner Joch , Verlag des SAC , Bern 2010, ISBN 978-3-85902-313-0 (= Alpine tours / Bündner Alps ).
- Günther Flaig: Alpine Club Guide Rätikon , Bergverlag Rother , Munich 1989, ISBN 3-7633-1098-3
- National map of Switzerland 1: 25,000, sheet 1136: Three sisters .
Web links
- Tour description on the Three Sisters on www.alpintouren.com
- Three sisters v. Amerlügen (2053 m) on tourenspuren.at
Individual evidence
- ^ Journal of the German and Austrian Alpine Association , Volume IV, Munich 1873, p. 102 ff.
- ↑ Alois Ospelt: Dreischwesternweg. In: Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein . December 31, 2011 , accessed June 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Günther Flaig: Alpenvereinsführer Rätikon , Munich 1989, pp. 211 ff., Rz 282 ff.
- ↑ Manfred Hunziker: Ringelspitz / Arosa / Rätikon, Alpine Tours / Bündner Alpen , Verlag des SAC 2010, p. 427
- ^ State of Vorarlberg: State of Vorarlberg - Protected Areas. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 24, 2018 ; accessed on April 12, 2020 .
- ↑ Dr. Albert Schädler : Liechtenstein customs and folk tales. (PDF, 1.4 MB) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 16 ; accessed on April 12, 2020 .
- ↑ The saga of the three sisters on tell.at