Rax-Schneeberg Group
Rax-Schneeberg Group | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Schneeberg (Klosterwappen) |
Elevation | 2,076 metres (6,811 ft) AA |
Coordinates | 47°46′03″N 15°48′28″E / 47.76750°N 15.80778°E |
Dimensions | |
Length | 32 km (20 mi) |
Geography | |
Country | Austria |
States | Lower Austria and Styria |
Parent range | Northern Limestone Alps |
The Rax-Schneeberg Group (German: Rax-Schneeberg-Gruppe) is a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps on the Styrian-Lower Austrian border in Austria.
Location
According to the official classification of the Eastern Alps by the Alpine Club (
- to the north by the Klostertaler Gscheid – Klausgraben – Mamauwiese – Sebastiansbach – Puchberg
- to the northeast by the valley of the River Sierning as far as Ternitz
- to the south by the line: Ternitz – Kapellen
- to the west by the Altenberg valley – Naßkamm – Naßbach – Schwarza – Voisbach as far as the Klostertaler Gscheid.
Summits
The highest point in the limestone massif of the
Other peaks are the Große Scheibe (1,473 m), the Tratenkogel (1,565 m), the Ochnerhöhe (1,403 m) and the Kreuzberg (1,084 m).
Protected areas
The Rax Alpine region, together with the Schneealpe and Schneeberg belong to the river source protected area (Quellschutzgebiet) of the First Vienna Mountain Spring Pipeline (I. Wiener Hochquellenwasserleitung). The Schneeberg and Rax are separated by the Höllental valley and are two of Vienna's "local mountains" or Hausberge.
The Schneeberg and Rax lie within the Northeastern Border Alps: Hohe Wand-Schneeberg-Rax Special Area of Conservation (FFH-Gebiet Nordöstliche Randalpen: Hohe Wand-Schneeberg-Rax).[1]
Schneeberg Railway
The Schneeberg has been linked for over 100 years by the
There are trails to the Rax from the mountain spa of Puchberg am Schneeberg, and from the wild Höllental valley to the south. In addition the Schneeberg may be approached from Payerbach, Prigglitz and Reichenau via the Gahns.
References
External links
Rax-Schneeberg-Gruppe.