Kanisfluh
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 View from the Lugen parcel in Au to the Kanisfluh |
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| height | 2044 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Vorarlberg , Austria | |
| Mountains | Bregenz Forest Mountains | |
| Dominance | 1.9 km → clippers | |
| Notch height | 405 m ↓ Wurzacher Eck | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 19 '54 " N , 9 ° 55' 37" E | |
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| rock | Jurassic Limestone ( Helvetica ) | |
| particularities | Landscape protection area | |
The Kanisfluh is a largely isolated mountain massif in the central Bregenz Forest Mountains ( Austria ) between the places Mellau and Au . The legendary Kanisfluh is the most famous mountain and landmark of the Bregenzerwald and is under landscape protection .
Location and summit
Coming from the north, its striking rock face dominates the valley of Schnepfau and the Bregenz Ach , whereas the grassy southern slopes slope down comparatively gently to the valley.
The main summit Holenke is at an altitude of 2044 m above sea level. A. and can be climbed via a comfortable mountain hiking trail ( T2 ). Other peaks are the Hohe Stoss ( 1806 m above sea level ), the Runde Kopf ( 2014 m above sea level ) and the Sonnenspitze ( 1965 m above sea level ). However, these can only be reached without a path and sometimes require advanced mountaineering skills. In the north flank stands the Wirmsäule (1534 m), a rock needle.
Panorama from the summit of the Kanisfluh
Edelweiss on the Kanisfluh, Holenke in the background
The summit cross
Boundary and neighboring mountain groups
Both in the current Alpine Club Guide based on Dieter Seibert (2008) and in the previous version based on Walther Flaig (1977), there Damülser Berge and Kanisfluh , and also in the SOIUSA structure according to Marizzi (there subgroup b) the Kanisfluh is part of the Damülser Mountains group assigned because they form a common ridge.
The mountain group structure for the Austrian cave directory according to Trimmel leads the Kanisfluh as a completely separate group due to its geological independence (No. 1117). It circumscribes itself:
- in the north and east Bregenzer Ach up to Au to the eastern Bregenzerwald Mountains ( Hirschbergzug and Mittagsfluhstock )
- in the south Argenbach to Argenzipfel to the Zitterklapfengruppe of the Lechquellengebirge
- in the west of Argenzipfel Graben (Leuebach) and the way to the Oberen Alp (Oberälple) - Sattel (height about 1635 m ) of the connecting ridge to the Klippern - way to Wurzachalpe - way and ditch to the inn Hofstetten - Bregenzer Ach near Mellau, to the Mittagsspitz group , the Damülser Mountains in the strict sense
geology
The Kanisfluh is a typical limestone, but it does not belong to the ceiling system of the Northern Limestone Alps , but is formed from Jurassic limestone of the Helveticum , which is more closely related to the Swiss-French Jura Mountains than to the Wetterstein or Dachstein limestone of the Eastern Alps.
Spine on the northern slope of the Kanisfluh
Vertebral column from the hale
Culture
From 2010 to 2012 there was a statue of Antony Gormley's Horizon Field project just below the summit of the Holenke .
Word origin
In 1340 the name "Kalendis" was used in a document, a name that is known from Graubünden . The name "Fluh" is the Alemannic word for "rock face" and refers to the steep rock face in the north.
A legend, on the other hand, tells of an immigrant from the Swiss canton of Valais from around 1400 named Canisio. Before he could fetch his bride from his homeland, she had died and in sad memory he brought some sticks of edelweiss from her grave and planted them on the slopes of the Holenke. Kanisfluh is said to be derived from the name Canisio.
Gravel mining
The Rüf company has plans to mine gravel at the foot of the Kanisfluh. Gravel mining is not a problem for regional geologist Eva Vigl, as you would only scratch the surface, which would prevent the Kanisfluh from becoming unstable. However, the municipality of Schnepfau wants to prevent 800,000 m³ of rock from being mined over the next 30 years. The state authority is checking whether Schnepfau can put the area under nature protection. In the course of the discussion about gravel mining at the foot of the Kanisfluh, the Greens are in favor of placing a large area of the Kanisfluh under nature protection.
“An intervention like gravel mining would be a permanent wound in the landscape and is therefore not permitted. The Kanisfluh is also the capital for tourism in the Bregenzerwald "
Web links
- Wirmsäule , say.at
- The spirit on the Kanisfluh , say.at
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vorarlberg puts Kanisfluh under protection. In: vorarlberg.orf.at. ORF , June 4, 2020, accessed on June 4, 2020 .
- ↑ Dieter Seibert : Bregenzerwald and Lechquellen Mountains. Alpine Club Guide alpine. 1st edition. Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-7633-1095-1 , p. 59, 125 .
- ↑ Walther Flaig : Alpine Club Guide Bregenzerwaldgebirge . 1st edition. Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-7633-1203-X .
- ↑ a b Doris Rinke: Natural wonder hike Argenschlucht-Auer Ried, Au-Schoppernau Tourism .
- ↑ Vorarlberg.orf.at. Retrieved September 1, 2017 .
- ↑ vol.at. Retrieved September 1, 2017 .