Giglachsen
| Lower Giglachsee | ||
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| Giglachseen from the southwest | ||
| Geographical location | Schladminger Tauern , Styria | |
| Tributaries | Giglachbach | |
| Drain | Giglachbach → Obertalbach → Talbach → Enns | |
| Data | ||
| Coordinates | 47 ° 16 '55 " N , 13 ° 38' 54" E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 1921 m above sea level A. | |
| surface | 16.5 ha | |
| length | 1 km | |
| width | 40-280 m | |
| scope | 2.8 km | |
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particularities |
fjord-like morphology |
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The Giglachsee , consisting of the Upper and Lower Giglachsee , are two mountain lakes in the Niederen Tauern in the Austrian state of Styria . They form the heart of the western Schladminger Tauern and are a popular hiking destination.
Location and surroundings
The Giglach Lakes are located in the municipality of Schladming , embedded in the valley of the same name between the Schiedeckkamm in the north and the Tauernhauptkamm in the south. Adjacent peaks are Steirische ( 2459 m ) and Lungauer Kalkspitze ( 2471 m ) in the west, Kampspitze ( 2390 m ) in the north and Znachspitze ( 2225 m ), Hading ( 2332 m ) and Freying ( 2131 m ) in the south. The lower Giglachsee lies at 1921 m above sea level. A. and extends over an area of around 16.5 hectares like a fjord over 1 km in a south-west-north-east direction. The Obere Giglachsee is much smaller with an area of about 3.5 hectares and is located at 1930 m above sea level. A. not far from the Preuneggsattels.
In the field of Giglachseen are two shelters which the PES supervised Ignaz Mattis Hut ( 1986 m ) on the north bank of the lower lake and the privately owned Giglachseehütte ( 1955 m ) at Preuneggsattel.
history
In the past, the landscape around the Giglach Lakes was shaped by mining , as evidenced by tool finds from pointed hammers and horseshoes . For centuries, silver , cobalt and other raw materials have been mined for centuries, particularly in the south-east of Vetterkar .
In the area of the north bank there was a copper mine, as can be seen in the maps of the Josephine land survey . The alpine houses out of the valley on the Giglachbach served as accommodation for the numerous miners. Today the Knappenkreuz reminds of the mountain blessings of bygone times on the route from Obertal to the Giglach lakes. The lakes were called Gigler Lakes in this epoch . The now dilapidated Giglachalm was at 1856 m above sea level. A. am Bachlauf and was first mentioned in 1418 as Albm Gugler in an arbitration award of the St. Peter monastery . The "Waldtomus" of 1760 recorded a pasture population of 96 cattle.
Ascent
The Giglach Lakes can be reached from all sides. The fastest ascent is a good hour from the end of the toll road on the Ursprungalm ( 1604 m ). From Hopfriesen in Obertal ( 1062 m ) the so-called Knappenweg leads to the lakes in 2½ – 3 hours. Further starting points (the Eschachalm 1215 m ) (via the Duisitzkarsee 2½-3 hours), rear Weißpriach (3½ hours), the Radstädter Tauern (4 hours) and the Hochwurzen ( 1850 m , on the Schladminger Höhenweg 5 hours). In addition, the driveway from the Ursprungalm is a popular mountain bike route.
Literature and maps
- Willi and Hilde Senft: The most beautiful lakes in Austria. Leopold Stocker Verlag , Graz 2005, pp. 166–167, ISBN 3-7020-1089-0 .
- Freytag & Berndt Vienna , hiking map 1: 50,000, WK 201, Schladminger Tauern - Radstadt - Dachstein , ISBN 978-3850847162 .
- Freytag & Berndt Vienna, hiking map 1: 35,000, WK 5201, Schladming - Ramsau am Dachstein - Haus im Ennstal - Filzmoos - Stoderzinken , ISBN 978-3707910872 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Digital Atlas of Styria: Basic Maps & Pictures. (No longer available online.) State of Styria , archived from the original on June 15, 2012 ; accessed on January 20, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b Franz Mandl: Alpine pastures in the heart of Austria. Dachstein Mountains. Lower Tauern. Salzkammergut. Dead Mountains. ANISA , Haus im Ennstal 2003, pp. 37–38. ISBN 3-901071-15-6 .
- ↑ Gustav Hießleitner: The zinc wall-Vöttern nickel cobalt ore deposit in the Lower Tauern near Schladming. A geological and mining survey. In: Berg- und Hüttenmännisches Jahrbuch Volume 77, Issue 3 (1929), pp. 104–123.
- ↑ Fritz Pribitzer: The mineral deposit zinc wall at Schladming in Styria (Austria) . In: Der Aufschluss, Vol. 7 (1956), H. 3, pp. 59-62.
