Styria
Liezen District
Wildalpen

Hochkar

Hochkar is a mountain and a ski area located 150 kilometers from . Located near the small resort of on the Steiermark and border, it is popular among skiers who want to leave Vienna for a day, being about a two-hour drive away.
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Photo: Herbert Ortner, CC BY 3.0.
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,808 metres
  • Description: mountain range in Lower Austria and Styria
  • Also known as: “Hochkaar”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hochkarschacht and Wasserlochklamm, Palfau.

Cave
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is a cave.

Spring
Photo: Clemens Stockner, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a spring.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wildalpen and Gams bei Hieflau.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Liezen in the state of . As of 2025, the municipality has a population of 432. is situated 8 km southeast of Hochkar.

Village
is a former municipality in the district of Liezen in the state of . Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality . is situated 10 km southwest of Hochkar.

Hochkar

Latitude
47.71083° or 47° 42′ 39″ north
Longitude
14.90121° or 14° 54′ 4″ east
Elevation
1,808 metres (5,932 feet)
Open location code
8FVPPW62+8F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26863177
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
2776032
Wiki­data ID
Q671628
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hochkar” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Hochkar (bukid)”
  • Cebuano: “Hochkar”
  • Chinese: “霍赫卡山”
  • Czech: “Hochkar”
  • Dutch: “Hochkar”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل هوتشكار”
  • Estonian: “Hochkar”
  • French: “Hochkar”
  • German: “Hochkar”
  • Ladin: “Hochkar”
  • Polish: “Hochkar”
  • Swedish: “Hochkar (berg)”
  • Swedish: “Hochkar”
  • “Hochkar”

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Highlights include Rieglerschacht and Johannesloch.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hochkar”. Photo: Herbert Ortner, CC BY 3.0.