Hohe Tauern - Hohe Tauern

The Hohe Tauern in Austria are part of the Central Alps and extend from North Tyrol above Salzburg and East Tyrol up to Carinthia. The Riesenferner Group as part of the Hohe Tauern is mostly in South-Tirol (Italy).

Regions

Mountain regions

• Ankogel Group With Reisseckgruppe the easternmost part of the Hohe Tauern and adjacent to the Lower Tauern;

• Defereggen Mountains (also Villgraten Mountains), with the White Peak (2962 m) as the highest peak;

• Glockner group with the Grossglockner (3798 m), the highest mountain in Austria, and the Kitzsteinhorn near Zell am See

• Venediger group with the Großvenediger (3662 m), the fourth highest mountain in Austria;

• Schobergruppe with the Petzeck 3283 m as the highest peak, north of Lienz located;

• Garnet group located between the Glockner group and the Venediger group;

• Goldberg Group with the Hocharn (3254 m) and Rauriser Sonnblick (3105 m) and on this that Sonnblick observatory, the highest meteorological observatory in Austria.

• Rieserferner Group with the Hochgall (3436 m), largely in South-Tirol located;

Mountain valleys

From the north

(from the Salzachtal, from west to east)

• Felbertal with the Felbertauern and then that in the south Tauern Valley

• Stubach Valley

• Rauris Valley With Kolm Saigurn and the National Park Museum;

• Gastein Valley

From the south

(from west to east)

• Antholzertal

• Virgental

• Tauern Valley, south of the Felbertauern;

• Dorfertal

• Mölltal

• Maltatal

places

Places in the mountains

• Bad Gastein (1002 m) world-famous modern health resort and winter sports resort;

• Bad Hofgastein (859 m) main town in Gastein valley, Health resort and winter sports resort;

• Heiligenblut (1301 m) romantic mountain village at the foot of the Großglockner;

• Kals am Großglockner (1324 m) mountain village and high altitude health resort at the foot of the Großglöockner;

• Kaprun (786 m), summer holiday resort and winter sports resort in the European sports region Kaprun-Zell am See;

• Rauris (950 m), market town and tourist resort in Rauris valley;

Places in the border valleys

• Mittersill (790 m), capital in Oberpinzgau and seat of the national park administration of National parks.

• Uttendorf (804 m), holiday resort on the Salzach in Oberpinzgau;

In East Tyrol

• Lienz District capital of East Tyrol on the Drau;

In South-Tirol

• Brunico (838 m), capital of the Val Pusteria,

Other goals

background

The area the Hohe Tauern extends from the valley of the Salzach in the north to Val Pusteria, Antholz Valley and to the valley of the Drava in the south. The Hohe Tauern range from the Krimmler Ache valley in the west to the Grossarl valley in the east.

Adjacent mountains are those in the west Zillertal Alps, in the north the Kitzbühel Alps, in the east the Lower Tauern and in the south the Lienz Dolomites.

The Name "Hohe Tauern" is not derived from the high peaks, but probably from the "high gates", the transitions.

In addition to many three-thousand-meter peaks, some of the highest mountains in Austria are located in the Grossglockner and Venediger mountains. The mountains are partly heavily glaciated, the Pasterze on the Großglockner is the largest glacier in Austria. The Tauern are also extreme rich in water, hydropower is used in many reservoirs. The dramatic construction of the Großglockner-Karprun reservoir between 1924 and 1956 with its 164 deaths became a myth, and the Tauern power plant (today: Austrian Hydro Power AG) is still one of the largest hydropower plants in Central Europe.

geology

Mining

language

getting there

mobility

Tourist Attractions

• Hohe Tauern National Park. Largest national park in Austria.last change: not specified

• Kaprun high mountain reservoirs. The journey with buses and an inclined elevator takes travelers to the Mooserboden reservoir at 2040 m, which is located in a magnificent high mountain setting with glaciated three-thousand-meter peaks. The "Erlebniswelt Strom & Eis" museum is located on the reservoir. Guided tours of the dam wall are offered. The trips take place from the beginning of June to around mid-October (info).last change: not specified

• Reisseck mountain railways in the Mölltal - A funicular with 3 sections and an adjoining narrow-gauge railway bring travelers up to over 2250 m in the high mountains in the area of ​​the Mühldorfer lock. There is a mountain restaurant here. The dam can be visited on guided tours. The lifts are in operation between mid-May and mid-October. (info)

activities

kitchen

Accommodation / mountain huts

List of mountain huts of the German Alpine Club (DAV) and des Austrian Alpine Club (OeAV) as well as private huts for hikers, mountaineers and mountain bikers (as of March 2007).

In alphabetic order:

At the Grossglockner:

• Stüdlhütte

At the Großvenediger:

• Defereggenhaus;

nightlife

security

• Avalanche warning service: www.lawine.at;

climate

The climate in the mountains ranges from the temperate zone of the mild and protected South Tyrolean Alpine valleys with fruit growing in the Val Pusteria up to the extreme climatic zones in the glaciated high alpine area at an altitude of almost 4000 m.

The Hohe Tauern are part of the main Alpine ridge Weather sheath, bad weather on one side of the mountains and good weather just a few kilometers further on the other side of the mountains are nothing unusual.

literature

• Sepp Brandl: Hohe Tauern North National Park. Bergverlag Rother, 2005 (3rd edition), Rother hiking guide, ISBN 3763341269 ; 144 pages (German). approx. € 11.90

• Hans P. Graner: Hohe Tauern National Park. Brandstätter, 2004 (3rd edition), ISBN 3854983468 ; 239 pages (German). Illustrated book on the national park and the surrounding "cultural land"

cards

• Alpine Club card (1: 25,000, for mountaineers): pages 36-42;

• compass Hiking map No. 39 (Glockner Group, Hohe Tauern National Park: hiking, cycling and ski touring maps) (scale 1: 50,000);

Web links

• Hohe Tauern National Park: www.nationalpark.at;

• Tourism association Antholzertal: www.antholz.com;

• Tourism association Mölltal: www.moelltal.at;

• Tourism association Rauris Valley: www.raurisertal.at;