Pleisries

Pleisries is in Innsbruck, Innsbruck region, Tyrol. Pleisries is situated nearby to the peak Frau Hitt, as well as near Westliche Sattelspitze.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Frau Hitt and Vordere Brandjochspitze.

Frau Hitt

Peak

Photo: Veitmueller, CC BY-SA 2.5.

The Frau Hitt is a peak in the Nordkette, the southernmost mountain chain of the Karwendel in Austria. In appearance it resembles a woman on a horse, hence the name.

The Vordere Brandjochspitze is a peak, 2,559 m high, in the Nordkette in the Karwendel range and is one of its highest and most striking peaks. In its immediate vicinity to the north-northwest is its sister summit, the Hintere Brandjochspitze, which is about 40 metres higher.

Hintere Brandjochspitze

Peak

Photo: Svickova, Public domain.

The Hintere Brandjochspitze is a summit roughly 200 metres northwest of the Vordere Brandjochspitze in the Nordkette range above Innsbruck. It rises above its "forward" neighbour by around 40 metres.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Allerheiligen and Ölberg.

Allerheiligen

Neighborhood

Photo: Hafelekar, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Allerheiligen is a neighborhood, which is situated 3½ km south of Pleisries.

Ölberg

Locality

Photo: Hafelekar, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ölberg is a locality, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Pleisries.

Hungerburg

Suburb

Photo: Luftschiffhafen, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hungerburg is a district of Innsbruck, Austria. It has a population of 1,005. It is connected with the city center through a hybrid funicular railway, the Hungerburgbahn, and from Hungerburg the Nordkette Cable Car continues in 2 sections up the mountain, to Seegrube and then to Hafelekar. Hungerburg is situated 3½ km southeast of Pleisries.

Pleisries

Type: Scree
Category: landform
Location: Innsbruck, Innsbruck region, Tyrol, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.3013° or 47° 18′ 5″ north

Longitude

11.35428° or 11° 21′ 15″ east

Open location code

8FVH8923+GP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 814709453

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=scree

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Frau Hitt Sattel and Westliche Sattelspitze.

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