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The
Hochstaufen is located in the north of
Bad ReichenhallBad Reichenhall is a spa town, and administrative center of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is located near Salzburg in a basin encircled by the Chiemgauer Alps ....
(Landkreis
Berchtesgadener LandBerchtesgadener Land is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the district of Traunstein and by the state of Austria.- History :The alpine regions of the south were Bavarian territory from the early Middle Ages. The 11th and 12th centuries saw the founding of numerous mountain villages...
) and is the easternmost mountain of the
Chiemgau AlpsThe Chiemgau Alps are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps and therefore belong to the Eastern Alps. Their major part is situated in Bavaria, Germany and only a small section crosses the Austrian border into the states of Salzburg and Tirol...
. The mountain belongs to the
Staufen massif and is a popular destination for mountaineering.
In the 17th century there were some mines at the Hochstaufen, the best known gallery was the
Doktor-Oswald-Gallery, located only 60 m underneath the summit.
At an altitude of 1,750 m is the
Reichenhaller Haus, an alpine hut of the
Deutscher Alpenverein (Section Bad Reichenhall).
Routes
- Bad Reichenhall
Bad Reichenhall is a spa town, and administrative center of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is located near Salzburg in a basin encircled by the Chiemgauer Alps ....
(Padinger Alm) – Barthlmahd – Reichenhaller Haus – Hochstaufen
- Bad Reichenhall (Padinger Alm) – Buchmahd – "Steinerne Jaeger" – Reichenhaller Haus – Hochstaufen
- Piding
Piding is an approved climatic spa in Bavaria near to the border of Austria close to Bad Reichenhall and Freilassing.-Geographical position:Piding is located in the middle of the Landkreis Berchtesgadener Land....
(Urwies or Mauthausen) – Mairalm – "Steinerne Jaeger" – Reichenhaller Haus – Hochstaufen
- Piding (Urwies or Mauthausen) – Mairalm – Pidinger Klettersteig (fixed rope route) – Hochstaufen
- Piding or Aufham-Anger – Steiner Alm – Hochstaufen
- Passage from Zwiesel – Zennokopf – Mittelstaufen – Reichenhaller Haus – Hochstaufen
- Passage from Zwieselalm – Barthlmahd – Reichenhaller Haus – Hochstaufen
- Passage from Fuderheuberg – "Steinerne Jaeger" – Reichenhaller Haus – Hochstaufen
The fixed rope route
Pidinger Klettersteig was created in 2003 and is one of the most challenging fixed rope routes in Germany.
Miscellaneous
After heavy rainfalls
earthquakeAn earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time...
s occur at the Hochstaufen, so there are several
seismometerSeismometers are instruments that measure motions of the ground, including those of seismic waves generated by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and other seismic sources...
s of the
Ludwig Maximilians University of MunichThe Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich , commonly known as the University of Munich or LMU, is a university in Munich, Germany...
around the mountain.
In September 1993 the innkeeper couple of the
Reichenhaller Haus was murdered in a brutal robbery.
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