Gerzkopf

Gerzkopf
The Gerzkopf (right) seen from the Schäferhütte (2011)
height	1728  m above sea level A.
location	Salzburg , Austria
Mountains	Fritztal Mountains , Salzburg Slate Alps
Dominance	5.8 km →  Leckkogel
Notch height	415 m ↓  Langeggsattel
Coordinates	47 ° 25 '50 "  N , 13 ° 25' 50"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 25 '50 "  N , 13 ° 25' 50"  E
rock	Quartz sandstone
Age of the rock	Lower Triassic

The Gerzkopf is 1728  m above sea level. A. high mountain in the Fritztal mountains in the state of Salzburg . It is a gently sloping foothill of the Dachstein massif, wooded up to the summit . In terms of mountain breakdown, the Gerzkopf massif is counted among the Fritztal Mountains and the Salzburg Slate Alps , because it forms a medium-mountain break between the limestone Alps of the Dachstein and Tennengebirge , which opens up like a window to the Salzburg Pre-Alps .

From the Gerzkopf you have a good view of the southern wall of the Dachstein and the Bischofsmütze , the southern flank of the Tennengebirge, and also the main Alpine ridge of the eastern Hohe and western Niederen Tauern in the south.

Around the summit there is a very rare high moor, which is particularly protected as the Gerzkopf European protected area.

Shortly before the protection area is the shepherd's hut, which is managed during the summer. From this hut around 400 sheep are supervised, which stay in the vicinity of the summit until the departure on Rupertitag . At the top there is a large bell that was originally intended for calling the sheep together.

View from the Hunerkogel mountain station of the Dachstein Südwand cable car to the Fritztal mountains : on the left the long train of the Roßbrand , behind it the Hochgründeck , on the left the Radstädter basin ; in the middle the Fritztal , to the right of it the Gerzkopf; behind it the Dientner mountains behind the Bischofshofen-St.-Johanner basin ; in front the Rötelstein  ( 2247  m above sea level ) and the Torstein  ( 2948  m above sea level ) of the Dachsteinstock. On the horizon the main Alpine ridge with the Großglockner and Großvenediger

Web links

Commons : Gerzkopf  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gerzkopf European Protected Area in the nature reserve book of the State of Salzburg