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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 The Leogang MountainsLichtenberger, Elisabeth (2000). ''Austria: society and regions'', Austrian Academy of Sciences, p. 173. . (, lit. "Leogang Rock Mountains") are a mountain range in Austria in the state of Salzburg and form part of the Nor ...
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 Lofer is a market town in the district of Zell am See in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Geography Lofer is located in the historic Pinzgau region, in the valley of the Saalach river between the Chiemgau Alps and Reiter Alpe in the north and eas ...
* 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 The Leogang MountainsLichtenberger, Elisabeth (2000). ''Austria: society and regions'', Austrian Academy of Sciences, p. 173. . (, lit. "Leogang Rock Mountains") are a mountain range in Austria in the state of Salzburg and form part of the Nor ...
(to the southeast) *
Kitzbühel Alps The Kitzbühel Alps ( or ''Kitzbühler Alpen'') are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps surrounding the town of Kitzbühel in Tyrol, Austria. Geologically they are part of the western slate zone ( greywacke zone). Location Two-thirds of ...
(to the southwest) *
Kaisergebirge The Kaiser Mountains (, meaning ''Emperor Mountains'') are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps and Eastern Alps. Its main ridges – are the Zahmer Kaiser and south of it the Wilder Kaiser. The mountains are situated in the Austri ...
(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 The Reiter Alpe (also ''Reiter Alm'' or ''Reither Steinberge'') is a mountain range of the Berchtesgaden Alps, named after the village Reit. it is located on the German–Austrian border in Bavaria, Germany, and Salzburg, Austria Austria, ...


References


External links


Homepage of the Schmidt Zabierow Hut
(English) {{Authority control Mountain ranges of the Alps Northern Limestone Alps Mountain ranges of Salzburg (federal state) Mountain ranges of Tyrol (federal state)