Glockner group

Glockner group
Location of the Glockner group
Glockner group from the southeast
Highest peak	Grossglockner ( 3798  m above sea level )
location	Carinthia , Salzburg and Tyrol , Austria
part of	Central Eastern Alps
Classification according to	AVE 40
Coordinates	47 ° 5 '  N , 12 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 5 '  N , 12 ° 42'  E
rock	Tauern window
surface	637.8 km²

Map of the Glockner Group from 1876

The Pasterze with the Großglockner in the center of the picture and the Johannisberg half right in the back

The Großglockner is the highest peak in the Glockner group and Austria

Aerial view of the Glockner Group (2010)

The Glockner Group is a mountain group of the central Eastern Alps and is located in the middle part of the Hohe Tauern in the course of the main Alpine ridge .

The Glockner Group is located in Austria in the federal states of Salzburg , Tyrol and Carinthia . The three federal states collide on the summit of the Eiskögele ( 3423  m above sea level ).

The highest peak of the Glockner group and at the same time the highest peak in Austria is the Großglockner ( 3798  m above sea level ), which gives the mountain group its name. Major parts of the Glockner Group belong to the core zone of the Hohe Tauern National Park . The Pasterze , the largest glacier in Austria, can also be found in the Glockner Group .

Boundary

The boundaries of the Glockner group are defined as follows: Salzach from Uttendorf to Taxenbach; Rauriser valley to Wörth; Seidlwinkltal; Hochtor ( Grossglockner High Alpine Road ); Tauernbach; Möll to the confluence with Moosbach; Moosbach; Peischlachtörl; Peischlachbach; Kals am Großglockner ; Kalser Bach; Dorfer Valley; Dorfer Lake; Kalser Tauern ; Weisssee; Weißenbach; Grünsee; Enzingerboden; Stubachtal; Uttendorf .

Along with the Ankogelgroup , the Goldberg Group , the Schober Group , the Kreuzeckgruppe which Granatspitzgruppe , the Venice Group , the Villgraten mountains and Rieserfernergruppe the Glockner group is the largest group of Hohen Tauern .

Neighboring mountain groups

The Glockner Group borders the following other mountain groups in the Alps:

• Kitzbühel Alps (in the northwest)
• Salzburg Slate Alps (in the northeast)
• Goldberg Group (in the east)
• Schobergruppe (in the south)
• Garnet group (in the west)

summit

All named three-thousanders in the Glockner group:

• Grossglockner , 3798  m above sea level A.
• Kleinglockner , 3770  m above sea level A.
• Glocknerwand , 3721  m above sea level A.
• Teufelshorn , 3680  m above sea level A.
• Great Wiesbachhorn , 3564  m above sea level A.
• Romaris wall heads , 3511  m above sea level A.
• Teufelskamp , 3511  m above sea level A.
• Schneewinkelkopf , 3476  m above sea level A.
• Johannisberg , 3453  m above sea level A.
• Eiskögele (Glockner Group) , 3426  m above sea level A.
• Klockerin , 3425  m above sea level A.
• Hinterer Bratschenkopf , 3413  m above sea level A.
• Vorderer Bratschenkopf , 3401  m above sea level A.
• Großer Bärenkopf , 3396  m above sea level A.
• Hoher Tenn , 3360  m above sea level A.
• Middle Bärenkopf , 3358  m above sea level A.
• High dock , 3348  m above sea level A.
• Hohe Riffl , 3338  m above sea level A.
• Fuscherkarkopf , 3331  m above sea level A.
• Schneespitze , 3317  m above sea level A.
• Hohenwartkopf , 3308  m above sea level A.
• Small Wiesbachhorn , 3283  m above sea level A.
• Sinwelleck , 3281  m above sea level A.
• Gramul , 3276  m above sea level A.
• Vorderer Bärenkopf , 3249  m above sea level A.
• Schwerteck , 3247  m above sea level A.
• Kellerskopf , 3239  m above sea level A.
• Luisenkopf , 3207  m above sea level A.
• Hocheiser , 3206  m above sea level A.
• Kitzsteinhorn , 3203  m above sea level A.
• Hoher Kasten , 3189  m above sea level A.
• Schattseitköpfl , 3182  m above sea level A.
• Upper Fochezkopf , 3159  m above sea level A.
• Kleiner Tenn , 3158  m above sea level A.
• Gamsspitze , 3157  m above sea level A.
• Breitkopf , 3154  m above sea level A.
• Totenkopf , 3151  m above sea level A.
• Bauernbrachkopf , 3125  m above sea level A.
• Schwarzköpfl , 3124  m above sea level A.
• Zwingkopf , 3117  m above sea level A.
• Free wall box , 3114  m above sea level A.
• Schwertkopf , 3099  m above sea level A.
• Racherin , 3,092  m above sea level A.
• Kempsenkopf , 3090  m above sea level A.
• Long wall , 3087  m above sea level A.
• Grieskogel , 3,066  m above sea level A.
• Blue Heads , 3,061  m above sea level A.
• Freiwandspitz , 3,034  m above sea level A.
• Water wheel head , 3032  m above sea level A.
• Kreuzwandspitze , 3031  m above sea level A.
• Spielmann , 3,027  m above sea level A.
• Zollspitze , 3024  m above sea level A.
• Brennkogel , 3,018  m above sea level A.
• Rifflkarkopf , 3,016  m above sea level A.
• Cellar wall , 3010  m above sea level A.
• Kristallspitzl , 3005  m above sea level A.

Panorama of the Glockner group and the Grossglockner, taken near the Oberwalderhütte (2973 m)

tourism

The area is well developed for tourists: the Großglockner High Alpine Road (and its detour to Franz-Josefs-Höhe ), the road from Uttendorf to Enzingerboden, the bus transfers to the reservoirs near Kaprun and the toll road from Kals am Großglockner to Lucknerhaus make it possible to join to penetrate far into the mountains by car and public transport . A large number of alpine huts offer hikers and mountaineers accommodation:

• Glocknerhaus , 2132  m above sea level A.
• Hofmannshütte , 2444  m above sea level A. (closed since 2005)
• Oberwalderhütte , 2973  m above sea level. A.
• Salmhütte , 2644  m above sea level A.
• Schwarzenberghütte , 2267  m above sea level A.
• Ebmatten-Fürthermoaralm , 1803  m above sea level A.
• Erzherzog-Johann-Hütte , 3454  m above sea level A.
• Gleiwitzer Hut , 2172  m above sea level A.
• Glorer Hut , 2642  m above sea level A.
• Heinrich Schwaiger House , 2802  m above sea level A.
• Krefelder Hut , 2295  m above sea level A.
• Stüdlhütte , 2801  m above sea level A.
• Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Haus , 2363  m above sea level A. (Burned down in 1997 and rebuilt in historical form.)
• Fuschertörlhaus ( Dr.-Franz-Rehrl-Haus ), 2445  m above sea level. A.
• Lucknerhütte , 2241  m above sea level A.

Energy generation

The Austrian energy industry and ÖBB use the water from the Glockner Group to generate electricity at the Kaprun , Franz-Josefs-Höhe (Margaritze reservoir) and Enzingerboden (Weißsee, Tauernmoossee) locations .

cards

• German Alpine Club: Alpine Club Card 40 Glockner Group. 9th edition, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-928777-87-4 .

literature

• Wolfgang Pusch: "Traffic jam under the summit cross and loneliness above the clouds - alpine possibilities in the Glockner group" in: Berg 2007 (Alpine Club Yearbook , Volume 131) with Alpine Club Map 40 by Glockner Group, ISBN 3-937530-15-0 , pages 280–285.

Web links

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

swell

1. ↑ ÖK50 www.austrianmap.at
2. ↑ Emperor Franz Josef House. Retrieved June 19, 2014 .