Steiner Alps
| Steiner Alps | ||
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| Highest peak | Grintovec ( 2558 m. I. J. ) | |
| location | Slovenia / Carinthia , Austria | |
| part of | Southern Limestone Alps | |
| Classification according to | AVE 60 | |
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| Coordinates | 46 ° 21 ′ N , 14 ° 35 ′ E | |
The Steiner Alps or Kamniker Alps ( Slovene Kamniške Alpe , also Sanntaler or Sulzbacher Alps , Slov. Savinjske Alpe , or in summary: Kamniško-Savinjske Alpe ) are a mountain group in the Southern Limestone Alps . They are upstream of the Karawanken between the Save and Savinja rivers to the south. They are named after the town of Kamnik (Eng. Stein in Oberkrain ), which lies in the valley of the Kamniška Bistrica (Eng. Feistritz ).
The Austrian - Slovenian border runs across the Steiner Alps , the greater part is Slovenian territory.
Historically, the borders between the former duchies of Carinthia , Carniola and Styria ran on the Ursulaberg (Uršlja Gora) .
Geographical classification
The Steiner Alps are roughly divided into three parts:
- Storžič group in the west (with the peaks Storžič , 2132 m and Tolsti Vrh , 1715 m )
- Grintovec group in the middle: The main ridge of the Steiner Alps extends from west to east and lies entirely in Slovenia. Starting in the west at the Kokra valley, the Jezerska Kočna quickly reaches an altitude of 2540 m . The next peak is already Grintovec , at 2558 m the highest point in the Steiner Alps. The peaks further east are the Skuta ( 2532 m ), the Krainer and Carinthian Rinka (Kranjska Rinka, 2453 m , and Koroška Rinka, 2433 m ), Turska Gora ( 2251 m ) and the Brana ( 2253 m ). To the east of the Steiner Saddle (Kamniško sedlo, 1903 m ) are the Planjava ( 2394 m ) and the Ojstrica ( 2350 m ), with which the series of striking limestone peaks come to an end.
- the karst plateaus in the east: Velika Planina, Dleskovška Planota, Menina Planina, Dobroveljska Planota and Golte (with the peaks Veliki Rogatec ( 1557 m ), Kranjska Reber ( 1435 m ), Velika Raduha ( 2062 m ))
Rivers in the Steiner Alps are the Tržiška Bistrica , the Kokra , the Kamniška Bistrica (all three are tributaries of the Save ) and the Savinja , which rises above the Logar Valley, and the Dreta , a tributary of the Savinja . The Kokra River separates the Grintovec Group from the Storžič Group.
SOIUSA classification of the Steiner Alps
A finer subdivision of the Steiner Alps according to the SOIUSA classification of the Alps looks like this:
- (A) Storžič chain
- (A.1) Storžič chain
- (B) Mrzla-Gora-Grintovec-Ojstrica chain
- (B.2) Mrzla Gora Group
- (B.2.a) Babe subgroup
- (B.2.b) Mrzla Gora subgroup
- (B.3) Grintovec group
- (B.4) Krvavec group
- (B.5) Planjava-Ojstrica group
- (B.6) Krofiča group
- (B.7) Velika-Planina-Dleskovška-Planota group
- (B.7.a) Dleskovška-Planota subgroup, area 25 km², highest point Veliki vrh , 2110 m )
- (B.7.b) Velika-Planina subgroup, area 5.8 km², altitude around 1500 m, highest point Gradišče 1666 m )
- (B.2) Mrzla Gora Group
- (C) Raduha-Golte-Rogatec-Menina chain
- (C.8) Raduha-Smrekovec-Golte group
- (C.8.a) Raduha-Smrekovec subgroup
- (C.8.b) Golte subgroup
- (C.9) Rogatec Group
- (C.10) Menina Dobrovlje Group
- (C.10.a) Menina subgroup
- (C.10.b) Dobrovlje subgroup
- (C.8) Raduha-Smrekovec-Golte group
To the east of the Steiner Alps lies the mountainous region of Celje (dt. Cilli ), cut through by the Dravinja (dt. Drann ) and rich in mineral springs . To the northwest, the Vellachtal forms the border with the Karawanken and Karawanken foothills .
Tourism and transport
In addition to the mountains with numerous, mostly demanding hiking trails and some via ferrata, the approximately 90-meter-high Rinkafall ( Slap Rinka ) in the Logar Valley Landscape Park ( Logarska dolina ) is a popular excursion destination. The Krvavec ski area is located in the south of the Steiner Alps .
On the Carinthian side, there is spa tourism in the Vellachtal ; here is the Vellacher Kotschna nature reserve .
The Jezerski Vrh (Eng. Seebergsattel ) forms a transition between Carinthia and Upper Carniola, another transition between Carinthia and the Slovenian region of Štajerska is the Pavličevo Sedlo (Eng. Paulitschsattel ) .
The Velika Planina is a strong tourist attraction .
Steiner Alps - The highest mountain in the photo is Storžič .
The Steiner Alps Kranj seen from
Kranj and the Steiner Alps in the background
Kamnik and the Steiner Alps in the background
Logar Valley
literature
- Johann Frischauf: The Sannthal Alps. Vienna 1877, OCLC 560830537 .
- Ingrid Pilz: the natural paradise of the Karawanken and Steiner Alps. Verlag Styria, 1998, ISBN 3-222-12570-8 .
- Helmut Lang: Hiking guide Karawanken and Steiner Alps. Bergverlag Rother, Munich, 1st edition, 2012, ISBN 978-3-7633-4424-6
Web links
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- ^ Sergio Marazzi: Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA. Priuli & Verlucca, Pavone Canavese 2005, ISBN 88-8068-273-3 .
