The Weißeck ( 2,711 m (AA) ) is the highest mountain in the Radstadt Tauern range in Austria and is popular, both as a ski touring destination in winter and a climbing peak in summer. It gets its name (which means "white corner") from the mighty block of light-coloured Wetterstein dolomite of which the mountain is made.
5-691: The summit of the Weißeck is located on the municipal boundary between Muhr , in the national park, and Zederhaus , in the nature park. Bases for tours to the Weißeck are, on one side, the Riedingtal valley in Zederhaus, and, on the other, the Stickler Hut (1,752 m) in the upper Mur valley. The normal route from the Rieding gap along the western ridge to the top is signed and only requires
10-427: A little sure-footedness , but is generally an easy climbing grade . There are several legends about the Weißeck. The best-known is about the Weißeck dog. The Weißeck is also popular with mineral collectors; since time immemorial it has been a well-known site for finds of fluorite . This Salzburg state location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Muhr (Salzburg) Muhr
15-847: Is a municipality of the Tamsweg District in the Austrian state of Salzburg . It is located in a southwestern valley of the Salzburg Lungau region at the source of the river Mur River, between the Hohe Tauern and the Niedere Tauern ranges of the Central Eastern Alps . The mountains of the Ankogel Group in the south separate it from the state of Carinthia . The municipal area comprises
20-604: The Katastralgemeinden of Vordermuhr, Hintermuhr, and Schellgaden. In the west it adjoins the Hohe Tauern national park . Like the eponymous river, its name may derive from Proto-Celtic mori , 'water' (compare Welsh môr or English mere ). The Lungau region belonged to the Prince- Archbishopric of Salzburg until its secularisation in 1803. The settlement was first mentioned about 1470,
25-503: The St. Rupert Church in a 1523 deed. Muhr once was a mining area for gold and arsenic . A local custom is the annual procession with Prangstangen , up to 8 m (26 ft) high wooden poles which are decorated with flowers and carried by local bachelors on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul , June 29 into the church. Muhr is also known for its Samson parades . In some countries there
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