Climbing rock

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Falkenstein , Saxon Switzerland

A climbing rock , regionally also called a climbing rock or climbing summit , is a rock , a rock wall or rock group that is permanently or temporarily released for climbing . Climbing rocks can be found in the climbing guide literature and are usually recorded and marked as such in climbing areas of the Alpine clubs . The term plays a role above all for climbing outside of the Alps and at the edge of the Alps. As a rule, special climbing rules (such as in Saxon Switzerland) and restrictions due to nature conservation regulations apply to climbing rocks .

Examples of climbing rocks in Germany are the Dohlenfelsen near Konstein (approx. 35 meters in altitude), the Asselstein (58 meters in altitude) in the southern Palatinate climbing area or the Falkenstein (approx. 100 meters in altitude) in the Saxon Switzerland climbing area .

Rock information system

The German Alpine Association (DAV) runs a rock information system with more than 3000 individual rocks in 28  climbing regions with around 250  climbing areas . The associated website is based on a WebGIS . It shows attractive climbing opportunities and also indicates climbing rocks and climbing areas that are particularly susceptible to disturbance or that are temporarily closed, for example due to bird breeding. The targeted control of sporting activities aimed at relieving the pressure on nature and landscape-friendly sport and areas that are sensitive to disruption. The system was funded by the DBU , among others .

literature

  • Rudolf Fehrmann : The mountaineer in Saxon Switzerland. Guide through the climbing rocks of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains , Verlaganstalt Johannes Siegel, Dresden 1908.
  • Christian Hacker: Climbing rocks from Vienna to Semmering , self-published, Vienna 1995.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Climbing in a natural way. In: www.alpenverein-bw.de. Deutscher Alpenverein Landesverband Baden-Württemberg eV, accessed on May 19, 2017 .
  2. ↑ DBU - rock information system - nature-friendly climbing | Area: Exemplary projects & priorities. In: www.dbu.de. Retrieved December 8, 2016 .

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