Königsköpfl
Königsköpfl is a peak in Werfen, St. Johann im Pongau District, Salzburg and has an elevation of 2,024 metres. Königsköpfl is situated nearby to the locality Gamskar, as well as near Ochsenkar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kleiner Bratschenkopf and Torsäule.
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.
Schoberköpfe
Peak
Photo: mawieser, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Nearby places include Mühlbach am Hochkönig and Pfarrwerfen.
Mühlbach am Hochkönig
Village
Photo: Wald1siedel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mühlbach am Hochkönig is a municipality in St. Johann im Pongau district, Salzburgerland, Austria.
Pfarrwerfen
Village
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Bischofshofen
Photo: Arne mueseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Bischofshofen is a town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian federal 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.
Königsköpfl
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,024 metres
- Also known as: “Konigskopfl”
- Category: landform
- Location: Werfen, St. Johann im Pongau District, Salzburg, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.42141° or 47° 25′ 17″ northLongitude
13.1022° or 13° 6′ 8″ eastElevation
2,024 metres (6,640 feet)Open location code
8FVMC4C2+HVOpenStreetMap ID
node 1061191474OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
2773740
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