Equestrian saddle
| Equestrian saddle | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Compass direction | North | south | |
| Pass height | 1854 m above sea level A. | ||
| region | Strechautal , Ennstal , Styria | Pölstal , Murtal , Styria | |
| Watershed | Strechaubach → Enns | Authalbach → Drau | |
| Valley locations | Strechau | Bretstein / Möderbrugg | |
| expansion | trail | ||
| Built | Pre-Roman old path | ||
| Mountains | Niedere Tauern : High Swing massif / Bösenstein massif | ||
| particularities | Possible delimitation Wölzer Tauern / Seckauer Tauern | ||
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| Coordinates | 47 ° 24 '52 " N , 14 ° 21' 9" E | ||
The cavern saddle , also just horseback , is an 1854 m above sea level. A. high mountain pass of the Niedere Tauern in Upper Styria .
Location and landscape
The Reitercksattel connects the Strechautal , a side valley of the Paltental (to the Ennstal ) near Strechau , with the Bretsteintal , a side valley of the Pölstal (to the Murtal ) near Möderbrugg .
On the main ridge of the Niedere Tauern, the saddle separates the massif of the Hochschwung ( 2196 m above sea level ) in the west with that of the Bösenstein (Great 2448 m above sea level ) in the east, with the Zinkenkogel ( 2233 m above sea level ) on the Saddle. The Reiterck saddle is a possible way to differentiate the Wölzer Tauern from the Rottenmanner Tauern or Seckauer Tauern - there are several more precise concepts for the three groups here.
The Strechaubach goes northwards at the Reiteckalm to the Palten, which then flows into the Enns at Selzthal . The Authalbach goes south to the Bretsteinbach near Bretstein , and then to Pölsen, which goes to the Mur near Judenburg / Zeltweg . Here the two Auwinkelseen are in a Hochkar.
History and Development
The path over the Reiterck is probably a pre-Roman old path, which is the shortest connection between Judenburg and Liezen. In Roman times, the Virunum - Ovilava (Zollfeld / Carinthia - Wels / Upper Austria) road was built over Hohentauern , but the mule track was probably still used as a shortcut. It was also used in modern times. The Josephinian land survey (1790) shows the riser nor as regionally important route, with a side road on the Perwurzalm where the road from the Pölsquelltal over the Perwurzpolster came up.
Today a little-used trail runs over the saddle, along the main ridge the Zentralalpenweg passes it (onward hiking trail 02).
literature
- W. Zechner: Roman path between Bretstein and Strechau. In: Reports of the Museum Association Judenburg 7, 1974, pp. 23-25.
Individual evidence
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↑ Not included in the Austrian map ; there only note 1854 (as of 2019);
in the Franziszeischen land registry , sheet Bretstein (1823) field name Reittereck ;
Riding saddle, for example, in Peter Holl: Niedere Tauern: a guide for valleys, huts and mountains. Alpine Club Guide. Bergverlag Rother, 1995, no. 280, p. 120 ( limited preview in Google book search). - ↑ Name e.g. B. in Melzer: Neues zur Flora von Steiermark , MittNatVerSt 107 (1977), p. 102.
- ↑ The Triebener Tauern. Municipality of Trieben: History of Trieben , The "Via Norica" and the toll law and the shortcut to Strechau (accessed November 8, 2019).