Noric Alps
| Noric Alps ( Alpi Noriche / Alpes noriques ) | |
|---|---|
| Highest peak | Grossglockner ( 3798 m above sea level ) |
| location | Austria |
| part of | Central Alps |
| Classification according to | Partizione delle Alpi 1926 No. 17th |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 4 ' N , 12 ° 42' E |
Noric Alps is a collective term for parts of the Eastern Alps , with very different concepts. It can be found in various historical Alpine divisions, but is still used outside of Germany to this day.
Alpes Noricae of the Roman and Middle Ages
The term Noric Alps ( Alpes Noricae ) comes from Roman times and describes the mountains of the province of Noricum in Tyrol and Bavaria (in the broader sense of the Celtic tribal area ). In the Carolingian Divisio Regnorum of 806, the transalpine pass route is also expressly named as “ per alpes Noricas ” .
Historical concept of the 19th century
The term was used in the 19th century for a tripartite division of the Eastern Alps into Noric Alps, Carnic Alps (A. Carnicae) and Julische (A. Juliae) or Carniolan Alps . These three groups extend over the following mountain groups, as given by today's Alpine Club division of the Eastern Alps (AVE):
- the Juliae from Triglav (old: Terglu ) to the Dinaric Alps ( Dinarides ) - today's term Julian Alps largely corresponds to this
- the Carnicae along the Drau up to the Save (old: Sau) - these are today's Carnic Alps (which are still called the Carnic main ridge afterwards ), the Gailtal Alps , the Karawanken , Steiner Alps ( Kamniške or Savinjske Alpe , Save -Alps') and the Bacher Mountains ( Pohorje )
- and the Noricae the entire area from the Danube to the Drau ( i.e. today's eastern northern and central Alps , with the western border of the eastern Alps being seen at the Dreiherrenspitze at that time).
The classic division of the Noric Alps was made into:
- Austrian Alps (Upper and Lower Austrian Alps including Vienna Woods)
- Salzburg Alps including the Salzkammergut Alps
- Styrian Alps (Styria and Carinthia)
- Trientine Alps (Eastern Trento )
Outdated concept in German-speaking countries
Later, the Noric Alps are only understood as a division of the Alps south of the main Alpine ridge and include the Gurktal and Seetal Alps , Saualpe , Koralpe , Poßruck ( Kozjak ) - i.e. the southwestern part of the Lavanttal Alps - and the Bacher Mountains . This means that the Noric Alps lie between the Drau and Mur (without the Graz city mountains in the Murknie), the highest peak would be the Eisenhut at 2441 m . This term has also become uncommon today.
Alpi Noriche / Alpes noriques of the Partizione delle Alpi 1926
The name is still in use today in the Partizione delle Alpi 1926 , the common alpine division in Italy and France, and partly also in Switzerland. Here the Alpi Noriche / Alpes noriques group with number 17 comprises the areas of the Eastern Alps between Sill ( Brenner Pass ) in the west, Salzach - Enns - Palten - Schoberpass - Liesing - Längstalfurche in the north, Mur - Obdacher Sattel - Lavant in the east, and Eisack –Drau furrow in the south , i.e. the eastern central Alps (according to Austrian usage). This makes the Großglockner ( 3798 m above sea level ) the highest mountain in the group.
It is divided into:
- 17a Tux Alps ( Alpi or Prealpi del Tux / Alpes or Préalpes de Tux , also Alpi Breonie orientali / Alpes breonies orientales 'eastern Brenneralpen')
- 17b Zillertal Alps ( Alpi della / Alpes de Zillertal)
- 17c High Tauern ( Alti Tauri )
- 17d Lower Tauern ( Bassi Tauri )
- 17e Carinthian Alps ( Alpi Carinziane ) - these are the Gurktaler and Lavanttal Alps ( Alpi della / Alpes de Gurktal and Alpi della / Alpes de Lavanttal )
Adjacent groups are 11. Rhaetian Alps ( Alpi Retiche / Alpes Rhétiques ) in the west, 15. Bavarian Alps ( [Pre-] Alpi Bavaresi / [Pré-] Alpes Bavaroises ) , 22. Salzburg Alps ( [Pre-] Alpi Salisburghesi / [ Pré-] Alpes de Salzbourg ) and 23rd Austrian Alps ( [Pre-] Alpi dell'Austria / [Pré-] Alpes d'Autriche ) in the north, 24th Styrian Prealps ( Prealpi di Stiria / Préalpes de la Styrie ) in the east , and 18th Dolomites ( Dolomiti / Dolomites ) , 19th Carnic Alps ( Alpi Carniche / Alpes carniques ) , 21st Karawanken ( Caravanche / Karavanke ) in the south.
Alpi Noriche / Alpi Aurine / Alpi di Stiria e Carinzia of SOIUSA
According to the recently propagated Suddivisione Orografica Internazionale Unificata del Sistema Alpino (SOIUSA), which seeks to unite the Italian / French and German / Austrian divisions, Alpi Noriche (also Alpi Aurine or Alpi di Stiria e Carinzia , Styrian-Carinthian Alps'). This grouping only includes the Gurktaler Alps area southeast of the Turracher Höhe and Lavanttaler Alps, the highest mountain then being the Große Rosennock ( 2440 m above sea level ). It is then also completely part of the Central Alps.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Alps . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 1 . Altenburg 1857, p. 349-351 ( zeno.org ).
- ↑ Martin Bitschnau , Hannes Obermair : Tiroler Urkundenbuch, II. Department: The documents on the history of the Inn, Eisack and Pustertal valleys. Volume 1: By the year 1140 . Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2009, ISBN 978-3-7030-0469-8 , p. 51-52, no.73 .
- ↑ Entry on Noric Alps in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- ↑ The Great Reader's Digest World Atlas. Verlag Das Beste, Stuttgart 1966, for example, leads the Noric Alps in this sense.
- ^ A b Sergio Marazzi: La "Suddivisione orografica internazionale unificata del Sistema Alpino" (SOIUSA) . (Italian, pdf , fioridimontagna.it).