Information: This is an old - not maintained - article of the AEIOU. In the Austria-Forum you find an updated version of this article in the new AEIOU.
Seetaler AlpenSeetal Alps, northern Styria, mountains consisting of gneiss with an abundance of forests, between Perchauer Sattel Pass in the west and Obdacher Sattel Pass in the east; Zirbitzkogel mountain (alt. 2,396 m). Divided by the Klippitztörl pan (alt. 1,644 m), the Seetal Alps merge into Saualpe Mountain on Carinthian territory. The Seetal Alps also feature cirque or kar lakes such as Winterleitenseen, Wildsee, Lavantsee and others. Towns and villages in the valley are Judenburg, Unzmarkt, Scheifling, Neumarkt in der Steiermark and Obdach. Mountain refuges: Zirbitzkogelhaus (alt. 2,376 m), Winterleitenhütte (alt. 1,782 m), Rothaidenhütte (alt. 1,836 m), Seetaler Hütte (alt. 1,530 m); also: military training area and meteorological radar station.
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
