Rottenmanner and Wölzer Tauern
Rottenmanner and Wölzer Tauern | ||
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Highest peak | Rettlkirchspitze ( 2475 m above sea level ) | |
location | Styria , Austria | |
part of | Lower Tauern | |
Classification according to | AVE 45c | |
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Coordinates | 47 ° 16 ' N , 14 ° 8' E |
The Rottenmanner and Wölzer Tauern are a mountain group of the central Eastern Alps . Together with the Radstädter Tauern , the Schladminger Tauern and the Seckauer Tauern , the Rottenmann and Wölzer Tauern form the large group of the Niedere Tauern . The mountains are located in Austria in the state of Styria .
The Rottenmanner and Wölzer Tauern are located in the middle section of the Niedere Tauern between the Sölkpass and the Triebener Tauernpass . They form a coherent subgroup. The Rottenmanner Tauern form the northeastern part of the subgroup. They are named after the town of Rottenmann . The Wölzer Tauern form the central and southern part of the subgroup. The namesake here are the towns of Oberwölz and Niederwölz . The highest point is the Rettlkirchspitze .
summit
- Rettlkirchspitze (2475 m)
- Greim (2474 m)
- Großer Bösenstein (2448 m)
- Oberwölzer Schoberspitze (2423 m)
- Kleiner Bösenstein (2395 m)
- Dreistecken (2382 m)
- Hochweberspitze (2375 m)
- Hochhaide (2363 m)
- Hohenwart (2363 m)
- Sonntagskarspitze (2350 m)
- Gumpeneck (2226 m)
- Hochstein (2183 m)
- Eiskarspitz (2350 m)
- Hochhansl (2315 m)
- Hochnwart (2301 m)
- Kleinhansl (2217 m)
- Stein am Mandl (2043 m)
Neighboring mountain groups
The Rottenmanner and Wölzer Tauern border on the following other mountain groups in the Alps:
- Dead Mountains (in the north)
- Ennstal Alps (in the northeast)
- Seckauer Tauern (in the east)
- Lavanttal Alps (in the southeast)
- Nockberge (in the southwest)
- Schladminger Tauern (in the west)
- Dachstein Mountains (in the northwest)
Demarcation
The border in the west is the Sölkpass, in the north it is the Enns, in the northeast the Palten, in the east the Triebener Straße and in the south the Mur.
literature
- Hans Hödl : Mountain Experience Wölzer, Rottenmanner, Triebener Tauern and Seckau Alps . The paths to the peaks, alpine pastures, mountain lakes and huts. Steirische Verlagsgesellschaft, Graz 2008, ISBN 978-3-85489-149-9 .
- M. Erschen: The morphology of the Bösenstein group and the eastern Wölzer Tauern. Unpubl. Diss. Univ. Graz, 1948.
- Karl Metz: The geological structure of the Seckauer and Rottenmanner Tauern. In: Yearbook of the Federal Geological Institute. Vol. 119, 2nd half, Vienna 1976, pp. 151–205 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
- Karl Metz: The geological structure of the Wölzer Tauern. In: Communications from the Natural Science Association for Styria. 106: 51-75 (1976).