Kampenwand
| Kampenwand | ||
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 At the foot of the Kampenwand |
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| height | 1669 m | |
| location | Bavaria , Germany | |
| Mountains | Chiemgau Alps | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 45 '22 " N , 12 ° 22' 0" E | |
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| rock | Wetterstein lime | |
| Age of the rock | Triad | |
| First ascent | 1841 | |
The Kampenwand is a 1669 m high mountain peak in the Chiemgau Alps . Its summit cross is the largest in the Bavarian Alps and can be seen from afar.
In winter there is a small ski area here, in summer the area for hang gliders and paragliders . The mountain is also popular with climbers, hikers and mountain bikers. The south side of the mountain in particular offers numerous climbing routes of all difficulty levels.
Naming
The name is derived from their appearance: the jagged summit ridge is reminiscent of the crest on the head of a rooster. Thanks to its distinctive profile and exposed location, the Kampenwand can be seen from afar, for example from the ramp of the A8 motorway on Irschenberg .
A famous Bavarian shaking rhyme also contributes to the high level of awareness of the Kampenwand :
"I like to go to the Kampenwand when I know my Wamp'n."
"I would like to go to the Kampenwand if I could do it with my big belly."
Location and surroundings
The 1,669-meter eastern peak of the Kampenwand is on the district Hohenaschau the town of Aschau , 420 m north of the border with the district Schlechinger forest the community Schleching . 5950 m in the south the 1813 m high Geigelstein borders the Kampenwand and in the north at the foot of the Chiemsee the municipality of Bernau am Chiemsee . The Chiemsee is 8236 m as the crow flies north of the summit (Irschener Winkel near the mouth of the Bernauer Achen).
summit
- Kampenwand main summit 1669 m
- Kampenwand east summit 1664 m with the 12 m high summit cross
- Hochplatte 1587 m
- Disc wall 1598 m
- Bauernwand 1580 m
- Sonnwendwand 1512 m
- Sulten 1486 m
- Gedererwand 1351 m
- Haindorfer Berg 1122 m
- Adersberg 991 m
Cable car
The Kampenwandbahn , built in 1957, leads up from Aschau . The valley station is at 620 m and the mountain station at 1470 m. The travel time with the four-person gondolas is around 14 minutes.
In the vicinity of the mountain station there are numerous alpine pastures with refreshment stops.
Summit cross
The summit cross on the east summit, also called the Chiemgau cross, was erected in 1950 by citizens of the community of Höslwang to commemorate the Chiemgau victims of the two world wars . The wooden cross, which had existed since 1923, had been destroyed by a lightning strike a few years earlier, so it was agreed to erect a new cross. This was welded together piece by piece from scrap iron and transported with two mules and several helpers to the rock faces in the summer of 1949 and then pulled up to the summit using a hand winch. The inauguration with church blessing took place on August 26, 1951. Since then, a service has been held every year on the last Sunday in August. The illumination of the cross, which takes place a few days a year, has been made possible by a solar system since 2003. The summit cross is twelve meters high, the highest mountain cross in the Bavarian Alps.
Web links
- Kampenwand cable car
- Hiking and mountaineering near Kampenwand and Steinling Alm
- Description of the hike with photos
- Avalanche warning service Bavaria - measurement data, measuring station: Kampenwand
- Description of the hike with GPS route and photos
Individual evidence
- ↑ Geological map of Bavaria with explanations (1: 500,000). Bavarian Geological State Office, 1998.