The Schlern (; ; ; 2,563 m) is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...

of the

Dolomites The Dolomites ( ), also known as the Dolomite Mountains, Dolomite Alps or Dolomitic Alps, are a mountain range in northeastern Italy. They form part of the Southern Limestone Alps and extend from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Va ...

South Tyrol South Tyrol ( , ; ; ), officially the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, is an autonomous administrative division, autonomous provinces of Italy, province in northern Italy. Together with Trentino, South Tyrol forms the autonomo ...

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. The peak at the north west end of the mountain (left, in the image at right) was first ascended in July 1880 by

Johann Santner Johann Santner (21 April, 1840 in Sankt Jakob in Defereggen - 21 May, 1912 in Bozen) was a Tyrolean mountaineer and first climber to reach the summit of the Santnerspitze, which was later given his name in his honor, of the Schlern on 2 July, 188 ...

. It is named the Santner Spitze in his honour. The Schlern dominates the villages of

Seis am Schlern Seis am Schlern (; ) is an Alpine village in South Tyrol, in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region of northern Italy. It is a (borough) of the (municipality) of Kastelruth. Geography The village lies in the Dolomites, in the shadow of the ...

and

Völs am Schlern Völs am Schlern (; ; or ), often abbreviated to Völs, is a municipality in South Tyrol in northern Italy. It is located at the foot of the Schlern mountain, about east of Bolzano. Geography As of November 30, 2010, it had a population of 3,4 ...

, and the summit can be reached following the circular route marked with the number 1 from both villages. At , there is the ''Schlernboden'' inn and on the summit plateau is the ''Schlernhaus'' inn , both open from 1 June to 15 October. The highest summit is the Petz with . The Schlern is sung of in the ''

Bozner Bergsteigerlied The Bozner Bergsteigerlied () is one of the two unofficial hymns of the South Tyroleans, the other being the '' Andreas-Hofer-Lied''. Its lyrics were composed in 1926 by Karl Felderer in Moos am Ritten to the melody of an old Tyrolean craftsmen ...

'' as one of South Tyrol's landmarks. Its characteristic profile appears on the ''Der Schlern - Zeitschrift für Südtiroler Landeskunde'' (Magazine for

ean Regional Studies) and the logo pressed into

Loacker Loacker (, ) is an Italian confectionery company based in South Tyrol, specialized in the production of wafers, chocolate and derivative products. History The company was founded in 1925 in the historic city center of Bolzano by the Austrian c ...

wafer A wafer is a crisp, often sweet, very thin, flat, light biscuit, often used to decorate ice cream, and also used as a garnish on some sweet dishes. They frequently have a waffle surface pattern but may also be patterned with insignia of the foo ...

biscuits.

Toponymy

The

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of the mount probably predates Germanic and even Roman times, from a common Old European root ''*sala'' ("stream, ditch, canal, etc.", from the locale around it). The name was borrowed and

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over centuries (and to this day, a Bavarian dialect variant is written with the initial palatized ''Sch-'', but the original ''S-''). However, a

Proto-Indo-European Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. No direct record of Proto-Indo-European exists; its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-Euro ...

root ''*skel'' ("to cut", referring to the cliffside geology) has also been proposed.

Gallery

Image:Schlern in winter.jpg Image:Schlern in der Abendsonne.jpg Image:Schlern_pano.jpg Image:Schlern-seiseralm.jpg Image:Schlern - Knüppelsteig 01.jpg, The southern summit approach

References

External links

Schlern article from summitpost.org
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