Silberpfennig (mountain)
| Silver penny | ||
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 The broad back of the silver penny (right in the picture); The point of view is just south of the Bockhartscharte |
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| height | 2600 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Salzburg , Austria | |
| Mountains | Goldberg Group | |
| Dominance | 4.9 km → Riffelhöhe | |
| Notch height | 374 m ↓ Bockhartscharte | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 5 '21 " N , 13 ° 2' 29" E | |
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| rock | Limestone mica schist | |
| Normal way | from the Bockhartscharte over the south ridge | |
The Silberpfennig is approximately 5.5 kilometers west of Bockstein befindlicher 2600 m above sea level. A. high, prominent summit in the Goldberg group Hohe Tauern , which is named after the earlier silver mining . Its steep drop to the Gastein Valley is called "Long Wall". Presumably because of this steep drop, mining was accessible from Carinthia in Roman times by a road over the Mallnitzer Tauern .
Individual evidence
- ^ Anton Ernst Lafenthaler: Geology / Gasteinertal: Rock formation - silver penny. Anton Ernst Lafenthaler, August 5, 2007, accessed October 14, 2012 .
- ↑ Andreas Lippert: New research on the ancient pass roads over the Mallnitzer Tauern and the Korntauern . In: Scientific reports on the Hohe Tauern National Park . 1999 ( PDF on ZOBODAT [accessed on May 31, 2016]).