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The High Tauern (pl.; German: Hohe Tauern, Italian: Alti Tauri) are a mountain range on the main chain of the Central Eastern Alps, comprising the highest peaks east of the Brenner Pass. The crest forms the southern border of the Austrian states of Salzburg , Carinthia and East Tyrol , with a small part in the southwest belongs to the Italian ...
Outline map. First plans for the protection of the Hohe Tauern mountain range were evolved by Austrian Alpine Club, which in 1915-18 acquired large mountainous areas.. However, the national park project was abandoned in the late 1930s and not resumed until 1971, when the federal states of Salzburg, Tyrol and Carinthia signed the Heiligenblut Agreement, followed by similar initiatives in Lower ...
[1] [2] The region around the mountain has formed part of the Grossglockner-Pasterze special protected area within the High Tauern National Park since 1986. [ 3 ] The Glockner is the highest mountain in the Alps east of the Ortler range, about 175 km (109 mi) away, and, after Mont Blanc , has the second greatest topographic isolation of all ...
The Pasterze with the Großglockner (centre) and the Johannisberg (centre right rear) The Großglockner is the highest mountain in the Glockner Group. The Glockner Group [1] (German: Glocknergruppe) is a sub-group of the Austrian Central Alps in the Eastern Alps, and is located in the centre section of the High Tauern on the main chain of the Alps.
Innergschlöss: alm farming in the valley bottom, mountain forests, alpine meadows and glaciers in the High Tauern. The word Tauern (German pronunciation: [ˈtaʊ̯ɐn] ⓘ) is German and originally meant 'high mountain pass' in the Austrian Central Alps, referring to the many bridleways and passes of the parallel side valleys of the River Salzach that cut into the mountain ranges.
Most of the range is located inside Hohe Tauern national park. It is named after Mt. Hochschober, 3,242 metres (10,636 ft), though its highest peak is Mt. Petzeck at 3,283 metres (10,771 ft). Geography
It serves as a scenic viewpoint of the High Tauern National Park with views to summits of the Glockner Group. In north-west direcetion, there is a hut which includes a restaurant. View from Edelweißspitze: On the left site Fuscher Törl, and the summits Brennkogel (3018m), Kloben (2938m), Fuscherkarkopf (3331m), Breitkopf (3151m) and Hohe Dock ...
The Kaponig valley in the northwestern Reisseck Group has been part of the High Tauern National Park since 2005. In the Reisseck Group there are numerous mountain lakes, of which the Radlsee (Hoher See), the Hochalmsee (Spapniksee), the Zwenberger See and Mühldorfer See are the most important.