Hochgründeck
| Hochgründeck | ||
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 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 |
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| height | 1827 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Pongau , Austria | |
| Mountains | Fritztal Mountains , Salzburg Slate Alps | |
| Dominance | 8.2 km → Koglalm | |
| Notch height | 874 m ↓ Wagrainer Höhe | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 23 '3 " N , 13 ° 15' 59" E | |
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| Type | Inner alpine low mountain range (forested) | |
| rock | Grauwackenzone / Werfener layers ( Slate Alps ) | |
| Age of the rock | Ordovician - Lower Triassic (approx. 450–250 mill. A) | |
| Normal way | Bischofshofen - Ronachbauer am Buchberg | |
The Hochgründeck is a mountain ( 1827 m above sea level ) in the Salzburg Pongau and one of the highest forested mountains in Europe. There is a shelter and a church on top of it. It is valued in the region as a popular panoramic mountain. With the establishment of the Erz der Alpen Geopark , the Hochgründeck is the destination of one of five hiking stages on a themed trail.
geography
The Hochgründeck belongs to the Fritztal Mountains in the eastern part of the Salzburg Slate Alps in the Grauwackenzone . The summit is located at the intersection of the municipal boundaries of Bischofshofen , St. Johann im Pongau and Hüttau . From the summit region there is a sweeping panoramic view: to the north the view goes to the Tennengebirge , to the west to the Hochkönig , to the southwest and south to the Hohe Tauern (to Kitzsteinhorn , Großglockner and Wiesbachhorn ) and to the east to the Radstädter and Schladminger Tauern as well as the Dachstein and the Gosaukamm .
The Raidlgraben rises at around 1600 meters .
Development
The normal route to the Hochgründeck leads from Bischofshofen over the Buchberg . A longer ascent option is available from St. Johann im Pongau , among others . The refuge, the Heinrich-Kiener-Haus , is open in the summer season, from Christmas to Epiphany and by appointment.
Not far from the hut is the Hochgründeck Church of Peace , which was built between 2003 and 2004 on the initiative of the hut owner Hermann Hinterhölzl . Archbishop Alois Kothgasser consecrated the church on September 5, 2004 to the saint and patron saint of the woodcutters Vincent of Valencia . In the church there is a relic of Saint Edith Stein .
literature
- Erich Seefeldner : Salzburg and its landscapes. 1961, publishing house "Das Bergland-Buch".