The Geierköpfe form a triple-summited mountain massif in the Ammergau Alps in Tyrol , Austria . The main summit is 2,161 m (AA) high, the West Top 2,143 m high and the East Top 2,060 m. The summit group is located southwest of the Ammer Saddle .
7-621: The West Top can be climbed either from the Plansee lake or from a small car park on the road linking the Plansee via the Ammer Saddle to Schloss Linderhof (ca. 2 km south of Hotel Ammerwald on the bridge over the Teufelsbach) in about 3½ hours. This is an easy mountain tour; only at a few places just below the summit is there a requirement to use hands as well as feet. The crossing from West Top to
14-515: A border description of the diocese of Freising from the years 1073/78 as Planse, other early names include; Please , Plense and Plase. The Tyrolean princes and the Steingaden monastery held the fishing rights on the Plansee, as the Stams monastery in the 15th century through gift or acquisition. Duke Siegmund and his successor, Emperor Maximilian I , tried to get their hands on the best fishing waters in
21-520: Is approximately 2.87 km² and its maximum depth is 78 metres. It lies on Austrian Federal Highway B 179, which crosses the Ammersattel into Germany . Plansee and Heiterwanger See are probably the remains of an Ice Age meltwater reservoir that once covered the entire Zwischentoren ( de:Zwischentoren ) area up to the Ehrwald Basin ( de:Ehrwalder Becken ) . The lake is first mentioned in
28-485: The Plansee power plant was put into operation, and in 1908 the canal to the Heiterwanger See was built, and was eventually widened in 1951. Thanks to the greater generation of electricity brought about by Hermann Stern who succeeded in 1922 in persuading Paul Schwarzkopf to found the Plansee metal works. During World War II , a subcamp of Dachau concentration camp for men and women was located here. Among others,
35-600: The country. Lake Achen from the Georgenberg monastery , and the Plansee from the Stams monastery. In Maximilian's fishing book from 1500, the Heiterwanger and Plansee are described as two particularly important lakes for the sovereign's hunting and fishing pleasures. However, the Stams monastery insisted on its rights and was granted a limited fishing right, which was confirmed in a contract of 1631 by Archduke Leopold V . In 1902,
42-569: The dense belt of mountain pine, however, a high level of snow is needed. The descent from the gully at the exit to the cirque on the north side is sometimes rather tricky. If there is little snow (when it is very steep) or the snow is hard, ice picks and crampons are recommended. Plansee (Tirol) Plansee is a lake in Reutte District , Tyrol , Austria , located at 47°28′10″N 10°48′20″E / 47.46944°N 10.80556°E / 47.46944; 10.80556 . Its surface
49-463: The main summit is rather more challenging and requires sure-footedness and a head for heights . The arête walk from the main summit to the East Top requires sure-footed negotiation of schrofen terrain and, at one spot, climbing to grade II standard and is only recommended for experienced mountaineers. The West Top can also be ascended from the Ammer Saddle as an interesting ski tour. Because of
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