Sattelköpfe

Sattelköpfe is a peak in Mühlbach am Hochkönig, St. Johann im Pongau District, Salzburg and has an elevation of 1,896 metres. Sattelköpfe is situated nearby to the locality Mitterberg, as well as near Troiboden.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Torsäule and Kleiner Bratschenkopf.

Torsäule

Peak

Photo: Vavrik, Public domain.

The Torsäule is a very steep, about 500-metre-high limestone formation on the eastern flank of the Hochkönig massif in the Berchtesgaden Alps. The imposing column, which bears a summit cross, lies immediately north of the ascent route to the Hochkönig from the Arthurhaus, a thousand metres below, and measures about 500 × 200 metres at its base.

Kleiner Bratschenkopf

Peak

Photo: Coronium, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kleiner Bratschenkopf is a peak.

Arthurhaus

Hotel

Photo: MartinR 5500, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Arthurhaus is a hotel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bischofshofen and Pfarrwerfen.

Bischofshofen

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Bischofshofen is a town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian state of Salzburg. It is an important traffic junction located both on the Salzburg-Tyrol Railway line and at the Tauern Autobahn, a major highway route crossing the main chain of the Alps.