!!!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 km%%sup 2/%, 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).


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