Glatthorngruppe
| Glatthorngruppe | ||
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 View from the southeast of the Glatthorn group with the Türtschhorn , Glatthorn and Sonnenköpfle |
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| Highest peak | Glatthorn ( 2133 m above sea level ) | |
| location | Vorarlberg , Austria | |
| part of | Bregenz Forest Mountains | |
| Classification according to |
AVF 1977 SOIUSA : 22.I.1.a |
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| Coordinates | 47 ° 15 '55 " N , 9 ° 52' 47" E | |
| Type | Fold Mountains | |
| rock | Sandstone , marl | |
| Age of the rock | Upper Chalk | |
| surface | 20 km² | |
The Glatthorn Group is a mountain group in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg . It is named after its highest peak, the Glatthorn .
classification
Both the Alpine Club Guide "Bregenzerwaldgebirge" by Walther Flaig from 1977 and the international standardized orographic classification of the Alps (SOIUSA) assign the Glatthorn group to the Bregenzerwaldgebirge . Flaig also summarizes the Glatthorn group with the Zafernhorn and Blasenka mountains east of the Faschinajoch under the name “Faschinaberge”.
| Classification according to SOIUSA | ||
|---|---|---|
| part | II | Eastern Alps |
| sector | II / B | Northern Eastern Alps |
| section | 22nd | The Bavarian Alps |
| sector | 22 / A | Allgäu and Bregenz Alps |
| Subsection | 22.I | Bregenz Forest Mountains |
| Upper group | 22.IA | Western Bregenz Forest Mountains |
| group | 22.I.1 | Damülser Berge i. w. S. (Glatthorn-Mittagspitze chain) |
| Subgroup | 22.I.1.a | Glatthorngruppe |
The newer edition of the Alpine Club Guide by Dieter Seibert from 2008 sees the border between the Bregenzerwaldgebirge and Lechquellengebirge west of the Glatthorn group near Ladritschbach and thus the entire Glatthorn group as a subgroup Glatthorn - Zitterklapfen - Hochkünzel of the Lechquellengebirge. It differs on this point clear of the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps and follow the mountain range outline for the Austrian cave Directory by Hubert Trimmel from 1968, where the books as number 1119 Künzel tips - Zitterklapfen - Damülserhorn within the group Bregenzerwald - 1110 Rheintal - Walgau sorted is.
Location and boundaries
The Glatthorn Group is located in the center of the Austrian state of Vorarlberg , west of the Faschinajoch , between Damüls in the north and Sonntag in the Großer Walsertal in the south. All the peaks of the group are in the area of the municipality of Fontanella .
The delimitation of the Glatthorn group runs clockwise along the line Unterdamülser Furka - Bregetzbach - Argenbach - Brägazbach - Faschinajoch - Faschinabach - Seebergbach - Lutz - Ladritschbach - Hüttabach - Unterdamülser Furka. The Unterdamülser Furka connects the Glatthorn group with the Damüls mountains and the Faschinajoch with the Zitterklapfen group in the Lechquellen mountains .
| Freschengruppe | Damüls mountains | |
| Walserkamm |
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Zitterklapfengruppe (Lechquellen Mountains) |
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Stafelvedergrat (Lechquellen Mountains ) |
Summits and saddles
The following table lists the named peaks and saddles starting from the central Glatthorn outwards.
| Summit / saddle | Height m above sea level A. | ridge | annotation |
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| Smooth horn | 2133 | ||
| Lower horn saddle | 1850 | Northwest ridge | Height information inaccurate |
| Damuelser Horn | 1929 | ||
| Unterdamülser Furka | 1486 | ||
| Canyon saddle | 1950 | Northeast ridge | Height information inaccurate |
| Zwölfergrat | 1978 | ||
| Zwölferköpfle | 1850 | Height information inaccurate | |
| Rooster head | 1772 | ||
| Faschinajoch | 1486 | ||
| Upper horn saddle | 1950 | East ridge | Height information inaccurate |
| Faschina-Skiköpfle | 1968 | ||
| Sonnenköpfle | 1877 | ||
| Türtschhornscharte | 1979 | South ridge | |
| Türtschhorn | 2096 |
geology
From a geological point of view, the Glatthorn Group belongs to the Rhenodanubian Flysch , which was formed 97 to 65 million years ago when large amounts of sand were washed into a deep-sea channel and there were compressed into sandstone by the water pressure . During the later unfolding of the Alps , the mountain ranges were formed which, due to the relatively soft and slightly weathered rock - as in the Glatthorn group - are characterized by gentle, grassy and smooth slopes. The Glatthorn is the highest peak in the flysch zone in all of Austria.
landscape
The shape of the Glatthorn group is characterized by pronounced ridge lines converging in the shape of a star in the Glatthorn . The northwest ridge runs from the Glatthorn over the Damülser Horn to the Unterdamülser Alpe , after about 270 meters the northeast ridge branches off and ends in the Hahnenkopf . The east ridge runs from the Glatthorn to the Sonnenköpfle . The south ridge also runs from the Glatthorn over the Türtschhorn to Garsella , at the Türtschhorn a second ridge, the southeast ridge, branches off to the east.
The ravine between the northeast and east ridge is drained by the Faschinabach , the one between the east and southeast ridge by the Fontanellabach . Between the southeast ridge and south ridge, the Türtschbach flows south into the Lutz .
natural reserve
The Glatthorn Group lies entirely in the area of the Großes Walsertal Biosphere Park . Some areas, especially around the rivers, are designated as worthy of protection in the Vorarlberg biotope inventory , but are not expressly protected as nature or landscape.
Development and settlement
Apart from the Rotte Faschina , which is located on the yoke of the same name in the northeast of the mountain range, the Glatthorn group is only inhabited on the southern slope. There are next to the main town of Fontanella also the town of components meadow , Mittelberg and saw , furthermore the districts Senzaboda , floor stains and Buchholz that the community Sunday belong, as well as the rotting Türtsch which is divided between the municipalities of Fontanella and Sunday. A small cottage area is located in the area of Alpe Unterdamüls near the Furka Unterdamüler in the northwest corner of Glatthorn group.
With Gadastatt and Ladritsch there are two pastures on the slopes of the south ridge. The higher mountain meadows of the entire group are used by the Alps, namely (clockwise) by the Ischgavelsaalpe , the Stafelalpe , the Fatnellaalpe , the Stellialpe and the Türtschalpe .
tourism
The southern slope and the northeast ridge are equipped with a dense network of hiking trails, in the rest of the area there are only individual marked trails. The peaks of the Glatthorn and Damülser Horn are accessible via marked alpine paths. A mountain hiking trail runs along the entire northeast ridge from the Schluchtensattel to the Hahnenkopf . The Hahnenkopf itself can not only be reached with a chair lift, which is also operated in summer, but also via a path from Faschina over the Stafelalpe and the privately managed Franz-Josef-Hütte .
With stage R54, the Red Path of Via Alpina touches the Glatthorn group on the southern edge.
The Faschina ski area with two chair lifts, two drag lifts and a ski kindergarten is located on the southern slope of the northeast ridge.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Walther Flaig : Alpine Club Guide Bregenzerwaldgebirge . 1st edition. Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-7633-1203-X , marginal numbers 860-870, p. 357-361 .
- ↑ a b c d Sergio Marazzi : Atlante orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA - Suddivisione orografica internazionale unificata del Sistema Alpino . 1st edition. Priuli & Verlucca, Scarmagno 2005, ISBN 88-8068-273-3 (Italian, abstract [PDF; 1.6 MB ; accessed on December 26, 2016]).
- ↑ Dieter Seibert : Bregenzerwald and Lechquellen Mountains. Alpine Club Guide alpine. 1st edition. Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-7633-1095-1 , Glatthorn - Zitterklapfen - Hochkünzel. Tour 565 Glatthorn, 2133 m, S. 138 (also 566 from the Faschinajoch over the east ridge ).
- ^ Günter Stummer, Lukas Plan: Handbook on the Austrian cave directory including the Bavarian Alpine region . Ed .: Association of Austrian Speleologists and karst and speleological department of the Natural History Museum Vienna (= Speldok . No. 10 ). Vienna 2002 ( hoehle.org [PDF; 2.1 MB ; accessed on November 5, 2016]).
- ↑ a b c d e basic maps & pictures. In: Vorarlberg Atlas4. State of Vorarlberg, accessed on November 1, 2016 .
- ↑ J. Georg Friebe: On the geology of Vorarlberg - an introduction with special consideration of karstifiable rocks . In: Vorarlberger Naturschau . No. 15 . inatura, Dornbirn 2004 ( PDF on ZOBODAT [accessed on October 26, 2016]).
- ↑ Introduction to the geological zones of Austria
- ↑ Flora & Fauna. In: Vorarlberg Atlas4. State of Vorarlberg, accessed on November 1, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c Sports & Leisure. In: Vorarlberg Atlas4. State of Vorarlberg, accessed on November 1, 2016 .