Tavamunter Augstenberg

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Tavamunter Augstenberg
Augstenberg 02.jpg
height 2489  m above sea level A.
location Vorarlberg , Austria
Mountains Valschavielkamm , Verwall
Dominance 1.9 km →  Verbellakopf
Notch height 229 m ↓  Furkla (to the Verbella head)
Coordinates 46 ° 59 '24 "  N , 10 ° 5' 1"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 59 '24 "  N , 10 ° 5' 1"  E
Tavamunter Augstenberg (Vorarlberg)
Tavamunter Augstenberg
Normal way Hiking trail from the Heilbronner Hütte
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Partenen , from the Versettlabahn over the Rifa compensation basin of the Rifawerk into the valley, the Kopssee shines above the town , the Vallüla on the right , Tavamunter Augstenberg / Versalspitze on the left

The Tavamunter Augstenberg (also: Tafamunter Augstenberg) is a 2489  m high mountain in the Verwall in the municipality of Gaschurn ( Partenen ) in the Montafon , Vorarlberg . The Versalspitze ( 2462  m above sea level ) is adjacent to the Augstenberg in the south .

The Tavamunter Augstenberg and the Versalspitze form the western end of the Valschavielkamm and this delimits the Valschavieltal in the south.

The Tavamunter Augstenberg is listed in the Vorarlberg biotope inventory , together with the lower Valschavieltal and the Verbellatal ( No. 11018 ) with an area of ​​1091.7 hectares.

Below the Tavamunter Augstenberg and the Versalspitze lies at 2211  m above sea level. A. the Versailhaus (pronounced [ fer'zai: l… ], not with “w”, also Versal-Haus ), built in 1931, which is no longer in use , a former refuge in Verwall .

Name derivation

"Augsten" probably comes from the month name August ( Latin augustus ) and indicates the limited possibility of cultivating the slopes with hay or cattle , mostly only in August.

hike

The Tavamunter Augstenberg is an easy mountain to climb with a beautiful all-round view (medium level of fitness required). The Augstenberg can be reached on foot in around two to three hours from the Heilbronner Hütte via the Verbelaalpe . From the valley, Partenen, over the Alpe Tavamunt ( Tafamuntbahn ) past the Versailhaus in about four to five hours. The Versalspitze can be reached in around half an hour from Augstenberg.

literature

  • Hilda Heine, Jörg Heine: Montafon . 2nd Edition. Rother Bergverlag, Munich 1983, ISBN 978-3-7633-3244-1 ( rother.de ; limited preview in the Google book search).
  • Roland Luzian, Peter Pindur, Andreas Weiskopf: Verwall group . 10th edition. Rother Bergverlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-7633-1251-1 ( rother.de ; limited preview in the Google book search).
  • Markus Staudinger, AVL Arge Vegetation Ecology and Landscape Planning: Gaschurn . Community report. In: Georg Grabherr; Vorarlberg Landscape Conservation Fund; Vorarlberger Landesregierung - Department of Environmental Protection IVe (Ed.): Biotopinventar Vorarlberg . Vorarlberger Verlagsanstalt, Bregenz June 2008, Großraumbiotop Tafamunt-Wiege-Versal (Biotop 11018) , p. 15th ff . ( pdf , vorarlberg.at; online , VOGIS - 1st recording of part of the Montafon inventory. 1984.).

Web links

Commons : Tafamunter Augstenberg (Verwall)  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Valschaviel is an alp and valley of the same name in the Montafon in Vorarlberg .
  2. Entry in: Josef Breu, Austrian Cartographic Commission - Department for Cartographic Place Nomenclature: Geographical Name Book Austria . Volume 3. In: Austrian Academy of Sciences - Institute for Cartography (Hrsg.): Publ. D. IfK: research on theoretical cartography . ÖAW, 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0114-7 , p. 297 , col. 1 f .
  3. See e.g. B .: Fortunat spokesman for Bernegg in Historia of which unrest and wars so in those of the Rhaetian lands ...
  4. Joseph Zösmair The mountain names Vorarlberg, UT: possible explained on the basis of documentary, publishing the Vorarlberg Buchdruckerei-Gesellschaft mbH, Dornbirn 1923, p. 10