Rätikon

Rätikon
Location of the council icon (red) in the area of ​​three countries
Rätikon with Drusenfluh , Drei Türme, Drusentor and Sulzfluh
Highest peak	Schesaplana ( 2964  m above sea level )
location	Liechtenstein , Austria ( Vorarlberg ), Switzerland ( Graubünden )
part of	Eastern Alps (division into two) or Central Alps (division into three) geol. Northern Limestone Alps
Classification according to	AVE : 25 SOIUSA : 15.VIII SAC : E.7 Partizione : 11c
Coordinates , ( CH )	47 ° 3 '  N , 9 ° 42'  O ( 772 344  /  213920 ) coordinates: 47 ° 3 '  N , 9 ° 42'  O ; CH1903:  772,344  /  213920
rock	Limestone

The Rätikon (also commonly known as the Rätikon , written in old literature Rhätikon ) is a mountain group of the Eastern Alps ( AVE 25 ). After the Partizione delle Alpi, which is widespread in Italy, France and partly in Switzerland, it belongs to the Central Alps . The countries Liechtenstein (complete), Austria (federal state Vorarlberg ) and Switzerland (canton Graubünden ) have a share .

The assignment of the Rätikon to the central Eastern Alps is based solely on geographical and geological traditions; large parts consist of sedimentary rocks (limestones). From a geological point of view, the Nordwesträtikon is assigned to the Northern Limestone Alps and the Südwesträtikon to the Grisons slate system of the Western Alps.

Neighboring mountain groups

The Rätikon borders the following other mountain groups in the Alps:

• in the northeast to the Bregenz Forest Mountains and the Lechquellen Mountains, these two mountain groups belong to the Northern Limestone Alps in the Eastern Alps.
• in the east to the Verwall
• in the southeast to the Silvretta
• in the southwest to the plural Alps

Verwall, Silvretta and Plessuralpen are like the Rätikon mountain groups of the Central Alps in the Eastern Alps.

• in the west to the Glarus Alps
• in the northwest to the Appenzell Alps .

Glarus Alps and Appenzell Alps are mountain groups in the Western Alps (after the Alps are divided into two).

Boundary

• In the west, the Rhine forms the border from the confluence of the Ill near Feldkirch upstream to the confluence of the Landquart near the town of the same name (this is also the boundary between the Eastern Alps and the Western Alps after the Alps are divided into two).
• In the south, the Prättigau forms the border from the confluence of the Landquart into the Rhine upstream to the confluence of the Schlappinbach into the Landquart near Klosters-Dorf.
• In the east, the border runs from the Schlappiner Joch along the Schlappinertobel to the south and the Valzifenz and Gargellental to the north.
• The border in the north is formed by the Montafon and the Walgau . It begins at the confluence of the Suggadinbach in the Ill near St. Gallenkirch and runs along the Ill to the confluence with the Rhine near Feldkirch.

The Schlappiner Joch connects the Rätikon with the Silvretta. Otherwise the Rätikon is only surrounded by valleys.

There is no internationally recognized division of the Alps into subgroups. However, the delimitation of the Rätikon described here is common.

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View of the south terrace of the Walserkamm (Bregenz Forest Mountains ) over the Walgau in south direction to the entire Austrian north flank of the Rätikon; far left the approach of the Lechquellengebirge , the western end of the Verwall group and a distant view over the Montafon to the central Silvretta ; far right, view over the Rhine Valley to the Appenzell Alps

Subgroups

Three towers , on the right the Great Tower

The Alpine Club Leader Rätikon divides the mountain group into the following subgroups:

Three sisters chain Naafkopf-Falknis chain Galina group Fundelkopf Group Schesaplana group with Zalim ridge Girenspitz-Sassauna ridge Zimba group with Vandanser wall

Kirchlispitzen Group Golmer and Zerneuer Grat Drusenfluh group Sulzfluh Group Schafberg group and cross Gweil Sarotla comb Madrisa group

summit

The Naafkopf, the triangle in the Rätikon

A foehn roller pushes itself over the sheep's heads and the Brandner glacier

In the Rätikon there are almost 300 named and marked peaks.

The ten highest peaks of the Rätikon: Schesaplana , 2964  m above sea level M. Panüelerkopf , 2859  m above sea level A. Salaruelkopf , 2841  m above sea level M. Felsenkopf , 2833  m above sea level A. Three towers , large tower 2830  m above sea level. M. Drusenfluh , main summit, 2827  m above sea level. M. Madrisahorn , 2826  m above sea level M. Sulzfluh , main summit, 2817  m above sea level M. Sulzfluh , west summit, 2812  m above sea level M. Sheep's Heads , 2806  m above sea level M.

Other well-known peaks in order of altitude: Wildberg , 2788  m above sea level A. Zimba , 2643  m above sea level A. Weißplatte , 2630  m above sea level M. Scheienfluh , 2627  m above sea level M. Naafkopf , 2571  m above sea level M. Falknis , 2560  m above sea level M. Kirchlispitzen , main summit, 2552  m above sea level. M. Saulakopf , 2516  m above sea level A. Tilisuna-Schwarzhorn , 2460  m above sea level A. Ochsenkopf , 2286  m above sea level A. Galinakopf , 2198  m above sea level A. Tschaggunser Mittagspitze , 2168  m above sea level A. Golmer Joch , 2124  m above sea level A. Three sisters , main summit, 2053  m above sea level A.

Protected areas

Switzerland / Graubünden

In accordance with Article 5 of the Federal Act on Nature Conservation and Heritage Protection, Switzerland keeps a federal inventory of landscapes and natural monuments of national importance (BLN).

There is currently one of these BLN landscapes in the Rätikon:

No. 1914, name: Plasseggen-Schijenflue , year of inclusion in the inventory: 1996, size: 529 ha

In the structure plan of the canton of Graubünden (2011), almost the entire mountain range of the Rätikon is designated as a landscape protection area (object 07.LS.03R Saaser Calanda - Jägglischhorn - Gargällerchöpf; object 07.LS.04R Rätikon - Falknis - Vilan - Chlus). In addition, numerous smaller nature reserves (floodplain <20 ha, raised bogs, flat bogs) as well as a cultural landscape with special management (Stelserberg) have been designated.

Austria / Vorarlberg

Nature reserve Gamperdonatal , B AT3415000 Natura 2000 area Alpenmannstreu Gamperdonatal

tourism

Huts

In the Vorarlberg part of the Rätikon there are the following huts of the German and Austrian Alpine Club as well as the Naturfreunde Österreich :

• Douglasshütte near fire
• Feldkircherhütte near Feldkirch
• House Matschwitz on Matschwitz near Latschau
• Heinrich Hueter Hut near Vandans
• Lindauer Hütte near Tschagguns
• Madrisahütte near Gargellen
• Mannheimer hut at fire
• Oberzalimhütte near fire
• Sarotlahütte by fire
• Schwabenhaus on the Tschengla near Bürserberg
• Tilisunahütte near Tschagguns
• Totalphütte near fire
• Alpengasthof Gamperdona in the Nenzing sky

The following huts of the Liechtenstein Alpine Club are located in the Liechtenstein part of the Rätikon :

• Gafadurahütte near Nendeln
• Pfälzerhütte near Steg

In the Bündner part of the Rätikon there are the following huts of the Swiss Alpine Club and other mountain houses:

• Enderlinhütte near Maienfeld
• Schesaplanahütte near Seewis in the Prättigau
• Carschinahütte near St. Antönien
• Mountain houses Sulzfluh and Alpenrösli near St. Antönien

The SAC huts are usually open from the beginning of July to mid-September, the mountain huts also in winter.

Mountain railways

In the Montafon / Vorarlberg:

• Lünerseebahn on fire
• Golmerbahn in Vadans / Tschagguns
• Gargellen mountain railways

In Graubünden:

• Älplibahn Malans
• Fanas cable car
• Madrisa Klosters mountain railways

In Liechtenstein:

• Chairlift Malbun -Sareis

Long-distance / long-distance hiking trails

The Via Alpina , a cross-border long-distance hiking trail with five partial trails through the entire Alps, also runs through the Rätikon.

The Red Trail of Via Alpina runs through the Rätikon in seven stages as follows:

• Stage R56 from Feldkirch to the Gafadurahütte
• Stage R57 from the Gafadurahütte to Sücka
• Stage R58 from Sücka to the Pfälzerhütte
• Stage R59 from the Pfälzer Hütte to the Schesaplanahütte
• Stage R60 from the Schesaplanahütte to the Carschinahütte
• Stage R61 from the Carschinahütte to St. Antönien
• Stage R62 from Sankt Antönien to Gargellen

The first stage of the Via Alpina Green Path runs in the Rätikon:

• Stage C1 from Sücka to Vaduz

The Rätikon Tour (Rätikontour) is a nine-day circumnavigation of the Rätikon Mountains through all three neighboring countries. On the northern side, it runs partly along the Rätikon-Höhenweg (Rätikontour Nord), on the southern side along the Via Alpina (Via Alpina Retica). The hiking times for the individual sections of the day are between three and a maximum of seven hours. The daily climbs are a maximum of 650 m. The long-distance hike can usually be done from the beginning of July to mid-October. Only in snowy years with cold early summer can the start of the season be delayed due to late snowmelt.

• Stage 1: Malbun - Sareiserjoch - Nenzinger Himmel
• Stage 2: Nenzinger Himmel - Amotschonjoch - Niggenkopf - Brand
• Stage 3: Brand - Lünersee - Lünerkrinne - Heinrich Hueter Hut
• Stage 4: Heinrich Hueter Hut - Schweizertor - Öfenpass - Lindauer Hut
• Stage 5: Lindauer Hütte - Bilken Grat - Tilisunahütte - Plaseggenpass - Partnun , Berghaus Sulzfluh
• Stage 6: Partnun - Carschinahütte
• Stage 7: Carschinahütte - Gafalljoch - Schesaplanahütte
• Stage 8: Schesaplanahütte - Hochjoch / Gr. Furka - Palatinate Hut
• Stage 9: Pfälzerhütte - Naaftal - Älple - Steg

The Prättigauer Höhenweg long-distance hiking trail leads from Klosters to Landquart not so much along the main Prättigau valley, but rather along the southern flank of the Rätikon chain.

Via ferratas

Since 2005, five via ferratas with different levels of difficulty have been opened in the Rätikon :

• Sulzfluh via ferrata through the south face (Switzerland), difficulty level D.
• Blodigrinne on the Drusenfluh (Austria), difficulty levels A – C
• Gauablickhöhle on the north side of the Sulzfluh (Austria), partly through a cave system, difficulty level C
• Saulakopf, east face (Austria), degrees of difficulty D – E
• Gargellner heads with rope bridge (Austria), difficulty level C

There are also numerous practice via ferratas and climbing gardens in Montafon and Prättigau.

literature

• Manfred Hunziker: Ringelspitz / Arosa / Rätikon, Alpine Tours / Bündner Alpen , Verlag des SAC 2010, ISBN 978-3-85902-313-0
• Paul Meinherz: Club guide Bündner Alpen 7: Rätikon , Verlag des SAC
• Walther Flaig: Alpine Club Guide Rätikon , Bergverlag Rudolf Rother , Munich
• Rudolf Mayerhofer. Alpine Club Leader Rätikon , Bergverlag Rother GmbH , Munich. ISBN 978-3-7633-1098-2
• Hermann Braendle: Rätikon Reader. Mountain hiking in the Rätikon . Bucher Verlag Hohenems Vienna, 2009, ISBN 978-3-902679-15-4
• Regional Association Pro Prättigau, Stand Montafon (publisher): Rätikon - experience mountains without borders , brochure (available from tourism organizations).

Web links

Commons : Rätikon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Rätikon  - travel guide

• Austria Lexicon: "Rätikon"
• Prättigau tourism
• Montafon Tourism
• Max Hilfiker: Rätikon. In: Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Referred to as the Galinagrat on the official Swiss map ( maps.admin.ch ).
2. ↑ Swiss hike Klosters-Landquart, Graubünden ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.