The Laufbacher Eck is a 2,178-metre-high

grass mountain A grass mountain () in topography is a mountain covered with low vegetation, typically in the Alps and often steep-sided. The nature of such cover, which often grows particularly well on sedimentary rock, will reflect local conditions. Distrib ...

in the

Allgäu Alps The Allgäu Alps () are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps, located on the Austria–Germany border, which covers parts of the Germany, German states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg and the Austrian states of Tyrol (state), Tyrol an ...

in the south German state of

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Location

It is located southeast of the Lachenkopf and north of the Rotkopf from which it is separated by the Laufbachereck Saddle. The mountain trail from the Edmund-Probst House to the Prinz-Luitpold-Haus runs over the saddle. On the Laufbacher Eck, a side ridge, on which are the peaks of

Salober The Salober ist a grass mountain in the Allgäu Alps. It lies northeast of the Laufbacher Eck. Its name probably means "healthy, smart, attractive" (also used of scenery). (m.);(unknown article) in ''Beiträge zur Namenforschung'', Vol. 4 ...

, Berggächtle and Giebel, branches off to the northeast. The Laufbacher Eck can be reached easily from the Laufbachereck Saddle in a few minutes. The botany of the Laufbacher Eck is similar to that of the

Höfats The Höfats is a 2,259 m high mountain in the Allgäu Alps. Located near Oberstdorf, it separates the Oy and the Dietersbach valleys, along with the Rauheck and other lower summits. With its very steep faces it is the most striking of the ...

or Schneck. Hence the mountain rescue service supports the protection of botanical rarities as they do on the Höfats during the summer months.

Literature

* Thaddäus Steiner: ''Allgäuer Bergnamen'', Lindenberg, Kunstverlag Josef Fink, 2007, * Thaddäus Steiner: ''Die Flurnamen der Gemeinde Oberstdorf im Allgäu'', Munich, Selbstverlag des Verbandes für Flurnamenforschung in Bayern, 1972 * Zettler/Groth: '' Alpenvereinsführer Allgäuer Alpen''.

Bergverlag Rudolf 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'', had published the Alpine Club Guides in cooperation with the G ...

, Munich, 1984.

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