Sefenspitze

Sefenspitze
Sefe tip from the runner tip
height	1948  m above sea level A.
location	Tyrol , Austria
Mountains	Tannheimer Berge , Allgäu Alps
Dominance	0.9 km →  Läuferspitze
Notch height	130 m ↓  Füssener Jöchl
Coordinates	47 ° 31 '1 "  N , 10 ° 35' 25"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 31 '1 "  N , 10 ° 35' 25"  E
rock	Main dolomite

The Sefenspitze is a 1948  m above sea level. A. high mountain in the Allgäu Alps .

Location and surroundings

Located in the subgroup Tannheimer Berge , the mountain rises in the center of the group north of the Tannheimer Tal . In the southeast of the mountain lies the Füssener Jöchl ( 1818  m ), which separates the Sefenspitze from the Läuferspitze ( 1958  m ). To the south lies the Sefensattel , from which the Lumberger Grat ( 1860  m ) branches off to the west. In the northwest a saddle separates the Sefenspitze from the Sebenspitze ( 1935  m ). In the west the flanks of the Sefenspitze fall into the Sebental, in the east into the Alptal.

The Sefenspitze is located in the urban area of Vils , which is about five kilometers northeast in the Vilstal .

Origin of name

The Sefenspitz was first mentioned in 1595 in a Tannheimer document as Seffespitz . Further mentions probably followed in the 18th century as Seffenspitz and in 1880 in a map of Austria as Sefer Sp. The name is likely to be derived from the Sade tree , which was used in dialect as söfe , for example as Söfe-Spitz on the Tannheim side . In a modified form, Säafa-Spitz was used on the Vilser side . The Sevischrofen in the northwestern Walsertal mountains is likely to have the same origin of name . A connection to Saint Severinus is questionable .

Ascent and development

The base for climbing the Sefenspitze can be the Füssener Hütte ( 1550  m ) and Otto-Mayr-Hütte ( 1530  m ) in the Raintal, as well as the Bad Kissinger Hütte ( 1792  m ) on the Aggenstein and the Vilser Alpe ( 1228  m ) in the Alptal. In addition, the cable car operated by the Grän lift company ends at the Füssener Jöchl . In winter it also operates a ski area, part of which is located on the eastern flank of the Sefenspitze.

The normal route to the Sefenspitze branches off to the north near the Sefensattel from the Tannheimer Höhenweg , which connects the mountain station of the cable car with the Bad Kissinger Hütte. From there, the ascent leads unmarked, partly on the trail of an old, abandoned transition to the Sebental, to the summit. A short climbing section ( level of difficulty I ) must be overcome; surefootedness is required. When descending over the northeast ridge into the saddle to the Sebenspitze, you also have to climb briefly (I) for the transition to the latter.

In winter, the west and north flanks are used as part of ski tours .

photos

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  West flank

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  Summit to the south

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  Summit to the north

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  Winter summit construction

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dieter Richter: Allgäu Alps . In: Manfred Gwinner (Ed.): Geological Guide Collection Volume 77 . 3rd revised edition. Borntraeger Brothers, Stuttgart 1984. (p. 195).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying Austria: Austrian Map online (Austrian map 1: 50,000) . Retrieved April 17, 2012.
3. ^ Thaddäus Steiner : Allgäu mountain names . 2nd Edition. Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8987-0389-5 (p. 193).
4. ↑ Marcus Lutz: Alpine Club Guide - Tannheim Mountains . 2nd Edition. Bergverlag Rudolf Rother , Munich 1992, ISBN 978-3-7633-1239-9 (pp. 121, 123).
5. ↑ Dieter Elsner, Michael Seifert: Ski touring guide Lechtal Alps including Tannheim mountains . 6th edition. Panico Alpinverlag, Köngen 2010, ISBN 978-3-9367-4011-0 (pp. 187 f., 192 f.).