Edelweißspitze
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 View from the Fuscher Törl to the Edelweißspitze |
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| height | 2572 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Salzburg , Austria | |
| Mountains | Glockner group / Hohe Tauern | |
| Dominance | 1.13 km → Kendlkopf | |
| Notch height | 84 m ↓ notch to the Kendlkopf | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 7 '25 " N , 12 ° 49' 52" E | |
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The Edelweißspitze is 2572 m above sea level. A. high summit of the Glockner group , northeast of the Großglockner , in the Hohe Tauern .
General
It forms the highest point of the toll Grossglockner High Alpine Road , which can be reached via the Edelweißstraße as a cul-de-sac from the Dr.-Franz-Rehrl-Haus (Restaurant Fuschertörl), a little below the Fuscher Törl .
history
The summit was originally 2577 m high and was previously called Poneck , Leitenkogel or Bergerkogel . In the west, the Piffkarschneide, a narrow ridge, runs from the summit down towards the Ferleitental. Under this ridge there is a steep wall called the edelweiss wall . The southeast slope of the Edelweißspitze towards the Fuscher Törl, on which the Edelweißstraße was built, was named Edelweißleite in 1935 .
When the Edelweißstrasse was being built, the client, Franz Wallack , came up with a name for the Poneck summit and, based on the two existing Edelweiß names, came up with the current name Edelweißspitze .
Summit development
At the highest point, a stone tower with an oval base was built next to a parking lot, from which you have an excellent all-round view of 37 three-thousand-meter peaks and 19 glacier fields in good weather. There is a "Bikers Point" for motorcyclists in this observation tower. Boards in four languages provide information about the three international Großglockner automobile and motorcycle races in the 1930s.
The Edelweißspitze originally had a height of 2577 m , the difference to today's height was removed when the summit car park was built.
To the northwest below the summit is the Edelweißhütte , a restaurant with accommodation.
There is also a webcam on the Edelweißspitze that sends live images.
hikes
From the Dr.-Franz-Rehrl-Hütte , which is at the junction of the Großglockner High Alpine Road - Edelweißstraße at 2,450 m , a steep footpath leads to the Edelweißspitze in about half an hour.
From the Edelweißspitze you can get to the northeast in about 2½ hours via the Kendlkopf ( 2587 m ) to the Baumgartlkopf ( 2623 m ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to amap.at and Sagis
- ^ Willi End , Hubert Peterka : Alpine Club Leader Glockner and Granatspitz Group . Bergverlag Rudolf Rother , Munich 1990, ISBN 3-7633-1258-7 (margin number 1502).