Kaiserschild
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 Kaiserschildgruppe over Eisenerz, on the left the Kaiserschildgipfel |
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| height | 2085 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Styria , Austria | |
| Mountains | Eisenerzer Alps , Ennstal Alps | |
| Dominance | 0.9 km → Hochkogel | |
| Notch height | 208 m ↓ west of Kaiserwart | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 32 '19 " N , 14 ° 49' 41" E | |
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| rock | Wetterstein lime | |
| Age of the rock | Triad | |
The Kaiserschild ( 2085 m above sea level ) is a broadly shaped mountain on the northern edge of the Eisenerzer Alps ( Styria ) and forms a double peak with the somewhat higher Hochkogel ( 2105 m ).
The Kaiserschildgruppe, to which the Kaiserwart ( 2033 m ) also belongs, forms an independent mountain range separated from the rest of the Eisenerzer Alps over the Radmerhals ( 1305 m above sea level ) in a north-easterly direction, which geomorphologically more closely resembles the Gesäuse Mountains with the Lugauer neighboring to the west is to be assigned.
The Kaiserschild (and other local field names) owes its name to the passionate hunter Emperor Maximilian I , who imposed the imperial hunting ban on the entire group and prohibited any hunting or even entering. This ban was made known by the emperor's coat of arms and inscription, hence the name. Maximilian also mentions this area in his writings Theuerdank and Weißkunig .
The two peaks can be climbed from the west and from the northeast through the sand pit. The starting points are the Radmertal and the mining town of Eisenerz with the Ramsau valley. Since 2006 it has also been possible to climb the Kaiserschild via an extremely difficult via ferrata ( D / E ) with a rope bridge .
Literature and Sources
- Via ferrata description in the ÖGV newspaper April 2006 (PDF file; 496 kB)
- Kaiserschild-Hochkogel-Group (PDF; 872 kB): Hiking guide of the Naturfreunde Eisenerz
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Hermann Scharfetter, Liselotte Buchenauer: Eisenerzer Alpen , 1978, Verlag Styria. ISBN 3-222-11096-4