Kreuzeckgruppe

Kreuzeckgruppe
	Overview map of the Kreuzeck group
	Polinik from the north
Highest peak	Polinik ( 2784 m above sea level )
location	Carinthia and Tyrol , Austria
part of	Central Eastern Alps
Classification according to	AVE 43
Coordinates	46 ° 50 ' N , 13 ° 8' E Coordinates: 46 ° 50 ' N , 13 ° 8' E
rock	Old crystalline
surface	605.4 km²

The Kreuzeck Group is a mountain group in the central Eastern Alps . Along with the Ankogelgroup , the Goldberg Group , the Glockner group , the Schober Group , the Granatspitzgruppe , the Venice Group , the Villgraten mountains and Rieserfernergruppe the Kreuzeckgruppe forms the largest group of Hohen Tauern . The Kreuzeck Group is located in Austria in the federal states of Tyrol and Carinthia . The proportion of Tyrol is limited to a small tip in the west of the group.

The highest peaks are Polinik ( 2784 m above sea level ), Striedenkopf ( 2749 m above sea level ), Hochkreuz ( 2709 m above sea level ) and Kreuzeck ( 2701 m above sea level ). The Kreuzeck group is mainly made up of gneiss and mica schist ; geographically it is bounded by the Mölltal in the north and the Oberdrautal in the south . To the west, the Iselsberg limits it to the Schober group .

The Kreuzeck group covers an area of 605.4 km², which is hardly populated and is used for alpine pasture and forestry.

In the Mölltal and Kolbnitz there are reservoirs of the power plants Fragant and Reisseck-Kreuzeck . The Raggaschlucht is worth seeing . Towards the Drau Valley there is the small Emberger Alm ski area .

Neighboring mountain groups

The Kreuzeck group borders the following other mountain groups in the Alps:

Goldberg Group (in the north)
Ankogel Group ( Reisseck Group ) (in the northeast)

Gailtal Alps (in the south)

Schobergruppe (in the northwest)

Kreuzeck with Glanzsee and Feldnerhütte
Hochtristen with Einsee
View from Kolbnitz towards the Kreuzeck group
View from Millstatt towards the Kreuzeck group
View from Mirnock towards the Kreuzeck group

literature

Manfred Posch : Reißeck, Kreuzeck. The most beautiful tours, Klagenfurt 2000, Kärntner Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, ISBN 3-85391-176-5
Rudolf Gritsch: Little Leader Kreuzeck, Reisseck and Sadnig Group. Rother-Verlag, Munich 1977, ISBN 978-3-7633-3243-4

Web links

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