!!!Hochschwab

Hochschwab Mountain: 1) highest summit (2,277 m) in the 
Hochschwab massif; 2) massif of the Styrian Limestone Alps, 30 km 
long, extending over approx. 400 km%%sup 2/% from west to east, 
south of the Salzatal valley, Upper Styria, reaches from the valley of 
the Erzbach stream to the Aflenzer Seeberg mountain; formerly also 
called "Schwab". 2,277 m high in the large karstic plateau of the 
Hochschwab massif; Ebenstein mountain (2,123 m), Grosser 
Griesstein mountain (2,023 m); the northeastern extension is the 
Aflenzer Staritzen (Severinkogel, 2,038 m) and Zeller (Zinken, 
1,619 m) Staritzen. Large population of chamois in the Alpine 
mountain chain, impressive precipices ("Mauern") and charming little 
mountain lakes: Sackwiesensee, Brunnsee, Gruener See, Pfarrerlacke, 
and the Lake Leopoldstein at its western foot. Numerous caves: 
Frauenmauer-Langstein cave system, Pfaffing dripstone cave, Langstein 
ice cave, etc. Varied Alpine flora (rose-bay, valerian, auricula). The 
springs of the 2%%sup nd/%  Vienna Spring Water Supply System lie in 
the Hochschwab area. Main villages: Tragoess, Aflenz health resort, 
Seewiesen, Weichselboden, Wildalpen and Eisenerz. Popular hiking and 
climbing region. Mountain refuges: Sonnschienhuette (1,523 m), 
Voitsthalerhuette (1,654 m), Schiestlhaus (2,153 m), 
Haeuslalm (1,526 m), Buergeralm-Naturfreundehaus (lifts).


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