Reißeckgruppe#

Reisseck Mountains, Carinthia, unglaciated southern part of the Ankogel Mountain Range, Alpine massif of the Central Alps, consists mainly of gneiss. South-eastern extension of the Hohe Tauern Range, between the lower Moelltal and Maltatal valleys; highest peak: Reisseck mountain (2,965 m); numerous mountain lakes, e.g. Radlsee (Hoher See), Zwenberg Lakes and Muehldorf Lakes. Summits: Sonnblick (2,515 m; not to be confused with the glaciated mountain of the same name in the Hohe Tauern Range), Tristenspitz (2,930 m), Hohe Leiter (2,774 m). Reisseckhuette refuge (2,287 m). - The Reisseck-Kreuzeck group of power stations of the Oesterreichische Draukraftwerke-AG in Carinthia comprises 3 barrages with separate catchment areas and different heads. The total catchment area is 163.5 km2, the annual-storage reservoirs have an energy capacity of 68.6 million kWh. The head between the Reisseck annual storage reservoir and the Kolbnitz generating station in the Moelltal valley is the highest in the world (1,772.5 m) used for the generation of electricity. - Reisseckbahn (cable railway), Hoehenbahn (narrow-gauge railway leading through pipe galleries, highest private railway in Europe).