The Lofer Mountains or Loferer MountainsHeuss, Theodor (1955). ''Preludes to life: early memoirs'', University of Michigan, p. 143. (, lit. "Lofer Rock Mountains") are a mountain range in the

Northern Limestone Alps The Northern Limestone Alps (), also called the Northern Calcareous Alps, are the ranges of the Eastern Alps north of the Central Eastern Alps located in Austria and the adjacent Bavarian lands of southeastern Germany. The distinction from the ...

in the

Eastern Alps The Eastern Alps are usually defined as the area east of a line from Lake Constance and the Alpine Rhine valley, up to the Splügen Pass at the Main chain of the Alps, Alpine divide, and down the Liro (Como), Liro River to Lake Como in the south. ...

of central Europe. They are located in

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

in the federal states of

Tyrol Tyrol ( ; historically the Tyrole; ; ) is a historical region in the Alps of Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, f ...

and

Salzburg Salzburg is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020 its population was 156,852. The city lies on the Salzach, Salzach River, near the border with Germany and at the foot of the Austrian Alps, Alps moun ...

. The Lofers are separated from the Leogang Mountains to the southeast by a 1,202 m-high saddle known as the .

Summits in the Lofer Mountains

* Ulrichshorn * Großes Ochsenhorn * Mitterhorn (Großes Hinterhorn) * Großes Reifhorn *

Breithorn The Breithorn ( German for literally "broad horn"; 13,661 ft. or 4,160 m) is a mountain range of the Pennine Alps with its highest peak of the same name (but also called ''Breithorn (Western Summit)''), located on the border between Switze ...

* Großes Rothorn * Rothörnl * Geislhörner * Seehorn * Zwölferhörnl

Valley settlements

* Waidring * Sankt Ulrich am Pillersee *

Hochfilzen Hochfilzen is a town and municipality in the Kitzbühel (district), Kitzbühel district of the Austrian state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol. It is located in the Pillersee valley 5 km east of Fieberbrunn. Population was 1,147 in 2016. It is a popu ...

* Lofer * Sankt Martin bei Lofer * Weißbach bei Lofer

Neighbouring mountain ranges

The Lofer Mountains border on the following other mountain ranges in the Alps: *

Chiemgau Alps The Chiemgau Alps () are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps and belong to the Eastern Alps. They are crossed by the Austria–Germany border: their major part is situated in Bavaria, Germany, and only a small section is within the ...

(to the north) *

Berchtesgaden Alps The Berchtesgaden Alps (, ) are a mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps, named after the market town of Berchtesgaden located in the centre. It is crossed by the Austria–Germany border: the central part belongs to the Berchtesgadener Lan ...

(to the east) * Leoganger Steinberge (to the southeast) * Kitzbühel Alps (to the southwest) * Kaisergebirge (to the west)

Photos

File:Loferer-Steinberge-07.06.jpg, The Lofer Mountains from St. Ulrich am Pillersee File:LofererSteinberge-großesOchsenhorn.jpg, The Großes Ochsenhorn from the Große Wehrgrube File:Loferer Steinberge-südwest.jpg, The Lofer Mountains from the southwest File:Loferer-Steinberge-vom-Birnhorn.jpg, The Lofer Mountains from Birnhorn File:Loferer Steinberge vom Gr. Häuselhorn auf der Reiter Alm.jpg, Loferer Steinberge from Gr. Häuselhorn on the Reiter Alm

References

External links

Homepage of the Schmidt Zabierow Hut
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