Großvenediger
Sign in to savethumb|Großvenediger seen from the north Großvenediger () is the main peak of the Venediger Group within the Hohe Tauern mountain range, on the border of the Austrian state of Tyrol (East Tyrol) with Salzburg. It is generally considered to be Austria's fourth highest mountain (although it can be up to sixteenth if every subsidiary summit is counted). The summit, covered by glaciers, is part of the Hohe Tauern National Park.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Großvenediger
- Mountain.photo
- Großvenediger Süd.JPG
- Mountain.photo_caption
- The south face of the Großvenediger
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 3,666
- Mountain.listing
- Alpine mountains above 3000 m
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 1,199
- Mountain.translation
- Great Venetian
- Mountain.language
- German
- Mountain.location
- Salzburg & East Tyrol, Austria
- Mountain.range
- Hohe TauernVenediger Group
- Mountain.topo
- ÖK50 152
- Mountain.first_ascent
- 1841
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- Name
- Climbing history
- Main routes to the summit
- Northern Ascent
- Eastern Ascent
- Southern Ascent
- See also
- References
thumb|Großvenediger seen from the north Großvenediger () is the main peak of the Venediger Group within the Hohe Tauern mountain range, on the border of the Austrian state of Tyrol (East Tyrol) with Salzburg. It is generally considered to be Austria's fourth highest mountain (although it can be up to sixteenth if every subsidiary summit is counted). The summit, covered by glaciers, is part of the Hohe Tauern National Park.
==Name== Originally known as Stützerkopf, the name Großvenediger () is first recorded from a 1797 border survey. The origin of this name is unclear, probably deriving from Venetian merchants on their way over the mountain passes. An alternative theory is that the view from the summit may reach as far as Venice, some away, however, this is not in accordance with the facts. thumb|left|Johannishütte with Großvenediger, photochrom print, The author and mountaineer Ignaz von Kürsinger (1795–1861), one of the first climbers of the Großvenediger in 1840, coined the epithet weltalte Majestät (World-old Majesty).