The Totenkirchl is mountain, 2,190 m high, in the

Wilder Kaiser 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 ...

range in the

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in Austria, east of

Kufstein Kufstein (; ) is a town in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the administrative seat of Kufstein District. With a population of about 20,000 it is the second largest Tyrolean town after the state capital Innsbruck. The greatest landmark is Kufstein For ...

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 ...

. The mountain is one of the most famous climbs in the Northern Limestone Alps with over 50 climbing routes of

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grade III. It is particularly known for its

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including the Dülfer Chimney (''Dülfer-Kamin'') named after Hans Dülfer. The base camp for tours on the Totenkirchl is the Stripsenjochhaus owned by the ÖAV.

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Climbs on the Totenkirchl
Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Tyrol (federal state) Kaiser Mountains Two-thousanders of Austria {{Tyrol-geo-stub