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The Benediktenwand (formerly the Kirchstein) is a mountain ridge in the Bavarian Prealps between the rivers Loisach and Isar and the Jachenau in the south and Benediktbeuern Abbey, from which it derives its name, in the north. Immediately below the North Face of the Benediktenwand is the Tutzinger Hut (1,327 m).

Key facts

Mountain.name
Benediktenwand
Mountain.photo
Benediktenwand, 1800 m.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
North face of the Benediktenwand
Mountain.elevation
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Mountain.prominence
943 m
Mountain.range
Prealps (Bavarian Prealps)
Mountain.location
Bavaria, Germany
Mountain.map
Germany Bavaria
Mountain.type
Wetterstein limestone
Mountain.age
Triassic
Mountain.normal_route
From Benediktbeuern via the Tutzinger Hut and the western ascent to the summit

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  • Alpine ibex
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The Benediktenwand (formerly the Kirchstein) is a mountain ridge in the Bavarian Prealps between the rivers Loisach and Isar and the Jachenau in the south and Benediktbeuern Abbey, from which it derives its name, in the north. Immediately below the North Face of the Benediktenwand is the Tutzinger Hut (1,327 m).

During the Würm glaciation, the summit of the Benediktenwand towered about 600 metres above the ice stream of the Walchensee and Isar Glaciers (branches of the Inn Valley Glacier).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Benediktenwand” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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