Grebenzen
Map with all coordinates: | Grebenzen | ||
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.jpg) South side of the Grebenzen from Althofen |
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| height | 1892 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Styria and Carinthia , Austria | |
| Mountains | Metnitz Mountains , Gurktal Alps | |
| Dominance | 14.8 km → Frauenalpe | |
| Notch height | 717 m ↓ Grattinger Sattel | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 1 '36 " N , 14 ° 20' 0" E | |
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| rock | Grebenzen-Pleschaitz- Kalk | |
| Age of the rock | Devon | |
The Grebenzen is an 1892 m above sea level. A. high, karstified plateau mountain in the Gurktal Alps on the border between Styria and Carinthia in Austria .
Surname
The name Grebenzen (around 1400 die alwen Grabenzen , 1468 Grebenczalm , 1494 Krawenzen ) is of Slavic origin and is derived from * krav'nica 'Kuhalm' or * greben'c '' Kamm (mountain) '.
location
The Grebenzen is located south of Sankt Lambrecht and north of the Metnitztal in Carinthia. Zeutschach is in the east . Maria Schönanger is located on the northern ridge of the Grebenzen .
The Grebenzen is separated from the neighboring groups according to the Austrian mountain group structure according to Trimmel by the following line: Metnitz east of Grades - Friesach - Olsa - Neumarkt - Urtelbach - Adendorfer Bach - Neumarkter Sattel - Thajabach - Sankt Lambrecht - Lambrechtbach - Auerlingsee - Gwerzbach - Ingolsthal - Rossbach - Metnitz east of Grades.
The Grebenzen is located in the Styrian Zirbitzkogel-Grebenzen Nature Park .
Huts
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Grebenzen Schutzhaus , also Grebenzenhaus ( 1648 m ) , accessed through the Grebenzenstraße from Sankt Lambrecht
- Mountain rescue hut (approx. 1760 m )
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Dreiwiesenhütte ( 1770 m )
summit
The highest peak of the Bergstock with 1892 m lies on the border between Styria and Carinthia and has no name in the ÖK 50 ( ). Occasionally the point Third Grebenzenhöhe is mentioned.
Other peaks:
- Second Grebenzenhöhe ( 1874 m )
- Grebenzen, also First Grebenzenhöhe ( 1870 m )
- Sharp corner ( 1818 m )
- Kalkberg ( 1591 m )
caves
There are several karst caves around the highest point. The largest cave is the Wilde Loch , the entrance of which is at around 1800 m ( ). The Wild Hole was mentioned as early as 1673 in the history of the monastery by Father Oddo Koptiks. The first ascent of the 33 m deep cave was made on July 29, 1856, and the heads of a red deer and an elk were captured. In the meantime, 13 species have been found in bat counts.
Ski Area
On the north side of the Grebenzen is the ski area also called Grebenzen. A total of 25 kilometers of slopes are accessible with a 4- seater chairlift and five tow lifts .
Web links
- Michael Lang: From St. Lambrecht over the Grebenzen to the sharp corner. Retrieved April 13, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eberhard Jurgalski : Complete table of summits in the Alps separated by 590 meters of re-ascent , December 12, 2008.
- ↑ Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying Austria: Grebenzen on the Austrian Map online (Austrian map 1: 50,000) .
- ↑ Manfred Trummer: Slavic Styria . In: Christian Stenner (ed.): Slovenian Styria: displaced minority in Austria's south-east . Böhlau, Vienna 1997, ISBN 978-3-205-98690-4 , p. 15–34 ( doc , uni-graz.at).
- ↑ Lukas Plan: Verbal description of the delimitation of the subgroups of the Austrian cave directory . Status: Jan. 8 2008. Ed .: Association of Austrian Speleologists. ( pdf , hoehle.org [accessed April 13, 2018]).
- ↑ Dreiwiesenhütte. Retrieved April 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Grebenzen - a mountain tells its story. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 13, 2018 ; accessed on April 13, 2018 . 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.
- ↑ Sigmund Aichhorn , Arnold Plankensteiner: The wild hole on the Grebenzen-Alpe and the animal remains found in it. In: Mitteilungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein für Steiermark, Volume 12 (1875), pp. 167–186. ( PDF; 1.2 MB )
- ^ Ski Grebenzen St. Lambrecht. Retrieved April 13, 2018 .
