Latemar
| Latemar | |
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 Latemar shown in red on the Dolomite map |
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 Latemar from Lake Karersee |
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| Highest peak | Diamantiditurm ( 2842 m slm ) |
| location | South Tyrol , Trentino ( Italy ) |
| part of | Dolomites |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 23 ' N , 11 ° 34' E |
| rock | Sciliar dolomite |
The Latemar is a mountain range in the Italian Dolomites between South Tyrol and Trentino . It is one of the smallest and least developed for tourists in this mountain range. The highest point of the Latemar is the 2842 m slm high Diamantiditurm .
Location and surroundings
The Latemarstock rises in the western Dolomites, where the group forms the border between South Tyrol in the northwest and Trentino in the southeast . In the west of the Latemar is Obereggen , a fraction of the municipality Deutschnofen (Nova Ponente), from which the western slopes of the mountains are opened up for skiing by the Ski Center Latemar . To the north of the mountains is the place Karersee (Carezza), which belongs to the municipality Welschnofen , the closest settlement. It is located at Karersee (Lago di Carezza), one of the main attractions of the Val d'Ega . In the northeast, the Karerpass separates the Latemar from the Rosengarten . Parts of the Karersee ski area extend from the Karer Pass to the northeastern foothills of the Latemar. On the Trentino side of the Latemar are the Fassa Valley (Val di Fassa) and its continuation, the Fiemme Valley (Val di Fiemme). In the southwest of the mountain pass is Reiterjoch (Passo di Pampeago, 1983 m ), which connects the harrow to the Val di Fiemme and Latemar from the 2492 m high Zanggen (Pala di Santa) separates the the Fiemme Mountains is attributed.
The Latemarstock borders the Valsorda in a horseshoe shape , a side valley of the Fiemme Valley, which drains the mountain range to the southeast. The highest mountains are in the northern ridge, which drops to the north with steep rock faces to the Latemar forest and the Karersee. To the south towards the Valsorda these mountains are much flatter and mainly characterized by flanks covered with debris. Crossings over this ridge are the Große Latemarscharte (Forcella Latemar Grande, 2650 m ) and the Rotlahnscharte (Forcella dei Campanili, 2685 m ). To the south of the Kirchtagweidspitze ( 2616 m ) the ridge stretches to the south, with the Laste di Valsorda di sopra there is an extensive plateau here. It can be reached from the west via the Erzlahnscharte (Forcella Forcellone) and Gamsstallscharte (Forcella dei Camosci) passages. The southern end of the Latemar is the less touristically important massif around the Cima Feudo.
summit
| German name | Italian name | Height in m |
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Diamantiditurm (Great Latemarturm, Westliche Latemarspitze) |
Cimon del Latemar (Torre Diamantidi) |
2842 |
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Latemarspitze (Eastern Latemarspitze) |
Schenon del Latemar | 2800 |
| Eggentaler Horn | Corno d'Ega | 2799 |
| Col Cornon | 2757 | |
| Stair wall | Cima di Valsorda | 2752 |
| Erzlahnspitze | Cima del Forcellone | 2749 |
| Reiterjochspitze | Paion | 2705 |
| Cima Feudo | 2672 | |
| Cima di Valbona | 2663 | |
| Kirchtagweidspitze
(Church day pasture) |
Punta della Chiesa
o del Pascolo |
2616 |
| Zan de Montagna | 2576 | |
| Poppekanzel | Le Pope | 2473 |
| Monte Toàc | 2319 |
geology
The Welschnofen plateau that surrounds the Latemar is largely made of porphyry and is characterized by gentle shapes that contrast with the rocky peaks with forests and alpine pastures.
The peaks of the Latemar consist of Schlern dolomite , a rock from the Ladinium (Middle Triassic ) about 230 million years ago. The rock shows a clear bank , which indicates the deposition of the sediments in a shallow lagoon surrounded by a reef . Due to the marine origin of the sediments, mainly ammonites and mussels can be found here on fossils . The rock of the Latemar, which is related to that of the Marmolada massif, is little dolomitized compared to the neighboring Rosengarten massif, i.e. poor in magnesium. This manifests itself in a great fragility, so that the massif is not very suitable for climbing . Extensive rubble heaps can therefore be found under the walls of the Latemar.
The Felslänk rockfall area above Lake Karersee is particularly well-known, and its large quantities of jumbled and stacked boulders can be accessed through the Labyrinthsteig , one of the most famous hiking trails in the area. According to a legend, there was once a fertile alpine pasture area here, which was devastated as a punishment for the sinful shepherds who lived there. Since then, the “skirmish bricklayer” is said to have lived in the rock towers above the banter, who builds his wall here, but which keeps collapsing again and sends rockfalls towards Lake Karersee. Anyone who dares too close to the rock walls to watch the bricklayer at work will be chased away by falling rocks.
A special feature of the Latemar are the numerous magmatic passages that run through the limestone. These are mainly basalts that stand out clearly from the surrounding sedimentary rock due to their dark color. They come from the Middle Triassic, when the entire Dolomites were subject to increased volcanic activity. The lava penetrated the mountain range and finally covered it completely. The soft magma rock eroded quickly, thus promoting the strong fissures of the massif. In particular, the share of ravines, gullies and nicks is therefore to find this rock.
history
The name Latemar can be traced back to 1100 in a border description of the dioceses of Brixen and Trento . It is derived from Lactemara , a short form of the old Ladin cresta de Lac-te-mara , which can be translated as "mountain ridge over the lake in the Kar" and already refers to the view of the massif from the Karersee, which is still popular today. A derivation from the German name "Leitmayr" has been considered in isolated cases. Another theory sees the origin of the name in the Ladin Lat-mar (Moa, mar or mar = mud , lat = milk), ie “milk mud” or “milk lahn ”, which is supposed to refer to the light cones of rubble on the north side of the mountains . Lat could also be derived from the Latin latus (broad), in this case Latemar could be translated as “Breitlahn”. The gravel flows of the Latemar were of mining importance from early on. There are numerous legends about mining on the Latemar, which is also reflected in place names such as Erzlahn or Knappenstube . The extent of the mining is unclear, but many caves, for example at the Kirchtagweidspitze, are often referred to as old tunnels. In addition to finds of hand tools, there is evidence of the processing of several metals such as silver , lead and copper up to the 15th century in the area, iron-containing ores were also found here. In a variant of the legend of King Laurin's rose garden , the Latemar plays a role, here he appears as a wise old dwarf who warns King Laurin of the conquest of his empire.
In the 19th century, Ferdinand von Richthofen and Edmund Mojsisovics were the first scientists to study the Latemar. Alpinistically the group for a long time remained untapped, as they stood in the shadow of the popular already at that time rose garden massif. With the first ascent of the Latemarspitze (1884) and the Diamantiditurm (1885) by Gustav Euringer, a mountaineer from Augsburg, and other ventures such as Demeter Diamantidi and Ernst Platz , the tourist development began, which finally began with the construction of the road to the Karerpass and the subsequent construction the hotel village there experienced a great boom in 1896. In addition to the tourism pioneer Theodor Christomannos , Josef Pichler and Hanssepp Pinggera from Sulden were other important developers. The painter Edward Theodore Compton also traveled the area at this time.
In 1980 the Rifugio Torre di Pisa (also Latemarhütte , 2671 m ) was opened, the only managed refuge of the Latemar to this day. In 2009 the Latemar was declared part of the Dolomites World Heritage by UNESCO .
Bases and paths
The view of the Latemar massif from Lake Carezza is one of the most famous landscapes in the Dolomites. Nevertheless, the mountains themselves are not very well developed for tourism and are one of the loneliest mountain groups in the Dolomites. One reason for this is the very fragile rock, in contrast to the neighboring Rosengarten massif, which means that the Latemar is hardly of any importance for climbing. Of the higher Latemar peaks, only the Latemarspitze is accessible via a marked trail and is often climbed. One of the most famous tours of the Latemar is the crossing of the massif from the Reiterjoch over the Latemarspitze to the Karersee, which can be done either on a marked hiking trail or, since 1981, on a via ferrata. The Diamantiditurm can also be climbed during this tour.
The only managed refuges of the Latemar are the Rifugio Torre di Pisa (also Latemarhütte , 2671 m ) on the Cima Valbona and the Rifugio Passo Feudo ( 2175 m ) in the southern foothills of the Latemar. In addition, two bivouac boxes are available with the Bivacco Rigatti ( 2620 m ) on the Große Latemarscharte and the Bivacco Latemar A. Sieff ( 2365 m ) in the center of the Lastei di Valsorda .
literature
- Theodor Christomannos : The Latemar Group . In: German and Austrian Alpine Club (ed.): Journal of the German and Austrian Alpine Club . Bruckmann, Munich 1900, p. 300-324 ( (online) [accessed August 11, 2010]).
- Siegfried J. Schmidt : The Latemar Project. Bozen-Innsbruck-Vienna: Edition Sturzflug, StudienVerlag, 1998.
Web links
- Latemar Group on Summitpost.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map of the Carezza ski area ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Carezza.it, accessed August 15, 2010
- ^ Volkmar Stingl, Michael Wachtler: Dolomites . The becoming of a landscape. Athesia, Bozen 1998, ISBN 88-7014-979-X , p. 60 .
- ↑ Alfonso Bosellini: Geology of the Dolomites . Athesia, Bozen 1998, ISBN 88-7014-921-8 , p. 93 .
- ↑ Bruno Mahlknecht: Rose Garden - Welschnofen - Karersee . Athesia, Bozen 1975, p. 74 .
- ↑ Labyrinth path. (No longer available online.) Suedtirol.info, archived from the original on June 11, 2013 ; Retrieved September 7, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Bruno Mahlknecht: Rose Garden - Welschnofen - Karersee . Athesia, Bozen 1975, p. 52-53 .
- ↑ Alfonso Bosellini: Geology of the Dolomites . Athesia, Bozen 1998, ISBN 88-7014-921-8 , p. 104-105 .
- ^ Hans von Voltelini : Contributions to the history of Tyrol . In: Zeitschrift des Ferdinandeums III / 33 (1889), pp. 1–188, reference p. 8.
- ↑ Latemar. (No longer available online.) In: www.Eggental.com. Archived from the original on March 12, 2014 ; Retrieved August 11, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Christomannos, Die Latemargruppe , p. 306
- ↑ Christomannos: The Latemar Group. Pp. 306-307.
- ↑ Christomannos: The Latemar Group. Pp. 316-17.
- ↑ Alexander Albrecht, King Laurein , in: Löbl-Schreyer, Toni Hiebeler : Dolomites in color . Bechtermünz, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-927117-55-2 , p. 66-78 .
- ↑ Christomannos: The Latemar Group. Pp. 301-302.
- ↑ Christomannos: The Latemar Group. P. 303.
- ↑ Christomannos: The Latemar Group. P. 314.
- ↑ UNESCO World Heritage. rosengarten-latemar.com, accessed on August 11, 2010 .
- ↑ Eugen E. Hüsler : Dolomites via ferrata guide . 3. Edition. Denzel, Innsbruck 1988, ISBN 3-85047-740-1 , p. 49 .
