The Sextener Rotwand ( it, Croda Rossa di Sesto; german: Sextener Rotwand) or Zehner is a mountain in the

Sexten Dolomites The Sexten Dolomites ( it, Dolomiti di Sesto; german: Sextener Dolomiten) is a mountain range and a nature reserve in South Tyrol it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtiro ...

South Tyrol it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol , settlement_type = Autonomous province , image_skyline = , image_alt ...

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

. During the so-called "

White War The White War ( it, Guerra Bianca, german: Gebirgskrieg, hu, Fehér Háború) is the name given to the fighting in the high-altitude Alpine sector of the Italian front during the First World War, principally in the Dolomites, the Ortles-Cev ...

" in

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, the mountain was heavily contested by the armies of

and

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References

* Richard Goedeke: ''Sextener Dolomiten.'' (

Alpine Club Guide The ''Alpine Club Guides'' (german: Alpenvereinsführer, commonly shortened to ''AV Führer'' or ''AVF'') are the standard series of Alpine guides that cover all the important mountain groups in the Eastern Alps. They are produced jointly by the Ge ...

)

Bergverlag Rother Bergverlag Rother is a German publisher with its headquarters in Oberhaching, Upper Bavaria. Since 1950 the company, that formerly went under the name of ''Bergverlag Rudolf Rother'', has published the Alpine Club Guides in cooperation with the G ...

, 1988.

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Mountains of the Alps Mountains of South Tyrol Sexten Dolomites {{TrentinoAltoAdige-mountain-stub