Königsköpfl

Places of Interest

Kleiner Bratschenkopf

Peak

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Kleiner Bratschenkopf is a peak.

Torsäule

Peak

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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.

Schoberköpfe

Peak

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The Schoberköpfe are several ridge-shaped peaks, arranged along the eastern edge of the Hochkönig plateau in the Berchtesgaden Alps, and which lie in a semi-circular arc that opens towards the east facing the Salzach valley: The relatively steep, 200-300-metre-high south faces drop into the scree-covered Eiskar and climb up again opposite into the striking, isolated pillar of the Torsäule 2,588 m.

Places in the Area

Mühlbach am Hochkönig

Village

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Mühlbach am Hochkönig is a municipality in St. Johann im Pongau district, Salzburgerland, Austria.

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.

Pfarrwerfen

Village

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Pfarrwerfen is a municipality in the St. Johann im Pongau district in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Pfarrwerfen is situated 9 km northeast of Königsköpfl.

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