Kals am Großglockner is a municipality in the district of Lienz in the exclave of East Tirol in the Austrian state of Tyrol .
4-550: Rupert Huter (26 September 1834, Kals – 11 February 1919, Ried bei Sterzing ) was an Austrian clergyman and botanist . He studied theology in Brixen , afterwards working as an assistant priest in the town of Sankt Jakob in Defereggen . From 1861 to 1881, he served as a curate in several Austrian communities, later being named an expositur in Jaufental. From 1884 to 1918, he was
8-527: A priest in Ried bei Sterzing. With Pietro Porta (1832–1923) and Giorgio Rigo (1841–1922), he participated in several botanical expeditions, including trips to Carnia / Friuli (1873), southern Italy (1874, 1875, 1877), Spain (1879) and the Balearic Islands (1885). Together with them he edited the exsiccata series Ex itinere Hispanico 1879 and Iter III. Italicum . His herbarium of nearly 120,000 specimens
12-609: The valleys of Kalser and Iseltals on the Kalserbach river, Kals is dominated by mountains, and the famous Großglockner mountain, the tallest mountain in all of Austria, is located partly in the municipality. Most of Kals is rugged and unusable (41.1%), with forests also prominent. Only 0.1% of the land is fields and pastures. Kals is divided into the following Katastralgemeinden : Unterpeischlach, Oberpeischlach, Staniska, Arnig, Lesach, Lana, Ködnitz, Glor-Berg, Großdorf, Unterburg, and Burg. The Kalser valley might have been settled before
16-476: Was bequeathed to the "Vinzentinum" in Brixen. Of particular interest, are specimens of the genus Hieracium contained within the herbarium. The genus Hutera (synonym Coincya ) bears his name, as do species with the specific epithet of huteri . an example being Ligusticum huteri . Kals am Grossglockner Kals is located in northern East Tirol, near the border to Salzburg and Carinthia . Located in
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