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| height | 2492 m slm | |
| location | Trentino , Italy | |
| Mountains | Fiemme Valley Alps | |
| Dominance | 3.8 km → Cima di Valbona | |
| Notch height | 500 m ↓ Reiterjoch | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 20 '46 " N , 11 ° 30' 47" E | |
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The Zanggen (also Zanggenberg ; Italian Pala di Santa ) is a mountain in the Fiemme Valley Alps . Its height is given as 2492 m , but according to other measurements it is also 2488 m or 2493 m .
Location and surroundings
The Zanggen is located in the Fiemme Valley Alps between the Eggental , which ends in the north, the Val di Gambis in the west and the Val di Stava in the south-east, both of which flow into the Fiemme Valley near Cavalese . The transition between Eggental and Val di Gambis is the Lavazèjoch (also Zanggenjoch), which separates the Zanggen from the Weißhorn , Jochgrimm and Schwarzhorn . The Reiterjoch in the northeast, part of the Ski Center Latemar ski area , connects Eggental and Val di Stava and delimits the Zanggen to the Latemar in the Dolomites .
Politically, the mountain is in Trentino ( Italy ), just south of the border with South Tyrol . The municipal boundary between Ville di Fiemme and Tesero runs over the summit .
Alpinism
The Zanggen, made of quartz porphyry , has steeply sloping flanks to the north and south, but is easy to climb thanks to its triangular, gently sloping roof to the northeast and its southwest ridge. The route, which starts in the northeast at the Reiterjoch, leads on a gently ascending path - at the beginning through a pine tree - to the summit. The climb that begins at the Lavazèjoch in the west is somewhat steeper. This leads first to the south on a small saddle that separates the Zanggen from the Prestavel in front of it , and then on over the southwest ridge to the summit.
etymology
The name mentioned as "Zaunggen" as early as 1600 in Marx Parakeet von Wolkenstein's description of the Tyrolean country is probably associated with the word zanggen with the meaning of pulling , dragging , working hard . According to this theory, the Zanggen might owe its name to the laborious work of mowing the mountain meadows.
literature
- Hanspaul Menara and Josef Rampold : South Tyrolean mountain tours . Athesia, Bozen 1976, p. 189
Web links
- The Zanggen in Eggental on sentres.com (with a detailed map, directions and pictures)
Individual evidence
- ^ Egon Kühebacher : The place names of South Tyrol and their history. The historically grown names of the mountain ranges, summit groups and individual peaks of South Tyrol. Athesia, Bozen 2000, ISBN 88-8266-018-4 , p. 336.