Eichhamstock

Weißspitze, Seeköpfe, Großer Hexenkopf, Hoher Eichham, Kuhhaut, Wunspitze and Wunwand from the west

The Eichhamstock or Eichhamkamm is a mountain range in the Venedigerstock or in the Venediger group . The highest peak of the Eichhamstock is the eponymous Hohe Eichham .

location

The Eichhamstock extends in the southeast of the so-called Venedigerstock. It is bounded in the north by the Löbbental or the Löbbenbach , in the east by the Frosnitztal , in the south by the Virgental or the Isel and in the west by the Timmeltal or Timmelbach . In the east the Galtenscharte forms the border to the Frosnitzkamm , in the northwest the Wallhorn Törl marks the transition to the Wallhornkamm . The Frosnitztörl represents the border to the central Venedigerstock. The summits of the southern Eichhamstock also form the western part of the Virger Nordkette .

The Eichhamstock extends over three communities in East Tyrol. The western part of the Eichhamstock belongs to the community of Prägraten am Großvenediger , the northeast to the community of Matrei in East Tyrol and the southeast to the community of Virgen . The municipality boundary between Prägraten and Matrei runs between Weißspitze, Seeköpf, Großes Hexenkopf and Hohem Eichham while the municipality boundary between Matrei and Virgen runs between Hohen Eichham and the line Säulkopf and Rauhkopf. Large parts of the Eichhamstock, especially the summit regions, are located in the Hohe Tauern National Park .

summit

Großer Hexenkopf ( 3314  m above sea level ) Hinterer Seekopf ( 3234  m above sea level ) High armpit ( 3161  m above sea level ) High Eichham ( 3371  m above sea level ) Kleiner Hexenkopf ( 3191  m above sea level ) Kuhhaut ( 3190  m above sea level ) Niederer Eichham ( 3247  m above sea level ) Maurer Röte ( 2873  m above sea level )

Säulspitze ( 3137  m above sea level ) Column head ( 3209  m above sea level ) Rauhkopf ( 3070  m above sea level ) Vorderer Seekopf ( 3282  m above sea level ) Weißspitze ( 3300  m above sea level ) Wunwand ( 3061  m above sea level ) Wunspitze ( 3217  m above sea level )

glacier

The region around the Weißspitze and the Hohen Eichham is still heavily glaciated. The mighty glaciers of the Outer Mullwitzkees and the Frosnitzkees collide at the Frosnitztörl north of the Weißspitze . To the south of the Weißspitze, the Garaneberkees extends to the See- and Hexenkopf, which meets the small Malfrosnitzkees at the Kleiner Hexenkopf or the Seekopfscharte. Other larger glaciers are the Hexenkees between the Hexenköpf and the Hohen or Niederen Eichham, the Säulfrosnitzkees between Niederem Eichham and the Säulkopf and the Nilkees southeast of the Hohen Eichham. The small and large Eichhamkees west of the Hohen Eichhams, however, have already largely melted away.

literature

• Georg Zlöbl: The three thousand meter peaks of East Tyrol in the Hohe Tauern National Park . Verlag Grafik Zloebl, Lienz-Tristach 2007, ISBN 3-200-00428-2 .
• Willi End / Hubert Peterka : Alpine Club Leader Venediger Group ; Bergverlag Rudolf Rother ; 4th edition 1994; ISBN 3-7633-1242-0 .
• Alpine Club Map 1: 25,000, sheet 36, Venediger Group , ISBN 3-928777-49-1 .