!!!Saualpe

Saualpe Mountains, Carinthia, rolling mountain range of the Central 
Alps consisting of gneiss and mica with a straight ridge running in a 
north-south direction which separates the Lavant valley from the rest 
of Carinthia, primarily from the Goertschitz valley. The Saualpe 
Mountains become the  Seetal Alps in the north on the Styrian border 
and run into the Slovene mixed-language area in the south; Ladinger 
Spitz mountain (2,079 m). Mostly uniform mountain range with 
little traffic; forests are located on the slopes, and alpine pastures 
are located at higher altitudes (in the summer the Alpine pastures 
provide grazing land for the cattle form the Klagenfurt basin). 
Mineral resources on the edge of the northern portion: iron ore in the 
west ( Huettenberg), carbonate sources in the east (Preblau), lignite 
deposits on both sides. Klippitztoerl ski resort. In the south the 
fortified churches at an altitude of approximately ca. 1,000 m 
provided a continuous line of defence from Hochfeistritz in the west, 
to Diex, Grafenbach, Woelfnitz and Pustritz on the south-eastern slope 
of the massif. Passes: in the north Klippitztoerl (1,644 m) with 
the Klippitztoerl mountain refuge, over the south-eastern foothills, 
the Griffener Berg Pass (708 m) with the Klagenfurt- Lavant 
valley route and the A 2 (Suedautobahn) motorway. Mountain 
refuges: Wolfsberger refuge (1,827 m), Ofnerhuette refuge 
(1,668 m), Reisberger Halt refuge (1,476 m).


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