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15-685: (Redirected from Königsstuhl ) Königstuhl or Königsstuhl ( King's seat ) may refer to: Geologic formations [ edit ] Königstuhl (Gurktal Alps) , in the Nock Mountains of the Gurktal Alps of Austria Königstuhl (Odenwald) , a mountain near Heidelberg in Germany Königsstuhl (Rügen) , a chalk rock promentary on the island of Rügen in Germany Großer Königstuhl , near

30-484: A referendum in 1980, whereby 94% of the voters declared themselves against the project. Despite its name, Nock Mountains National Park was designated a protected landscape (Category V) according to IUCN protected area categories . The territory of 184 square kilometres (71 sq mi) was entirely located within the Carinthian part of the range, along the border with Salzburg and Styria, stretching from Krems and

45-708: A binary star system See also [ edit ] Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl , the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State [Astronomical] Observatory Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Königstuhl . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Königstuhl&oldid=1238334898 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

60-577: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Nock Mountains In July 2012 the Nock Mountains and the adjacent Lungau region were designated a biosphere reserve by UNESCO . They were largely unglaciated in the Ice Age and were a glacial refugium . As westernmost part of the Gurktal Alps, the Nock Mountains are separated from the Low Tauern in

75-577: Is sometimes counted as part of this range and sometimes seen as separate. The mountain range was described as the Gailthal Alps ( Gailthaler Alpen ) with its present-day extent as early as 1845 by Adolf Schaubach in his standard work, Die Deutschen Alpen . The name Lienz Dolomites ( Lienzer Dolomiten ) for the part west of the Gailberg Saddle is more recent and was introduced in 1885 by the Lienz branch of

90-715: The German and Austrian Alpine Club but quickly caught on. According to the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps (AVE) the Gailtal Alps (No. 56) are subdivided into the Drauzug proper and Lienz Dolomites subgroups, while in common parlance the umbrella term Drauzug conversely applies to the whole Limestone Alps range between the Drava and Gail rivers, including the Gailtal Alps and

105-712: The Periadriatic Seam an therefore geologically do not rank among the Southern Alps ranges. In regard to their orogenesis , they represent the remnants of the limestone nappes which had been moved northwards across the Central Eastern Alps to form the Northern Limestone Alps . Despite their name, the Lienz Dolomites are not made up of dolomite , though the steep rugged karst topography resembles

120-654: The Turracher Höhe Pass in the Gurktal Alps of Austria Königstuhl, the highest point on the mountain of Donnersberg in Germany Other uses [ edit ] Königsstuhl (horse) (1976–1995), a champion race horse Königsstuhl von Rhens , a building along the Rheinburgenweg Trail , Rhineland-Palatinate/Hesse, Germany 10949 Königstuhl , an asteroid named for the Odenwald mountains Königstuhl 1 ,

135-465: The "Nocky Mountains", an allusion to the Rocky Mountains . The central area formed Nock Mountains National Park ( German : Nationalpark Nockberge ), established by the Carinthian state government on 1 January 1987. The remote area had already been developed with the construction of the scenic Nockalm Road from 1979. Further plans for a skiing region were averted by a citizens' initiative and

150-694: The Gurktal Alps they are bounded by a line from Gurk via Flattnitz Pass ( 1,400  m (AA) ) to the Paalbach stream. The Nock Mountains may be divided into eight subgroups. South of Bad Kleinkirchheim are the stocks of the Mirnock massif ( 2,110  m (AA) ) with a significant topographic prominence of 1,343 m, the Wöllaner Nock ( 2,145  m (AA) ) and the Gerlitzen ( 1,909  m (AA) ) high above Lake Ossiach. The central region of

165-593: The Lienz Dolomites. In traditional geography according to Eduard Suess and Leopold Kober , Drauzug or Drau- Save -Zug denoted all Southern Limestone Alps ranges stretching along the Drava River, from the Lienz Dolomites in the west to the Karawanks in the east. Located south of the broad Drava Valley, the Gailtal Alps orographically count as part of the Southern Limestone Alps. However, they rise north of

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180-759: The Lieser Valley in the west to Reichenau in the east, and down to Bad Kleinkirchheim and Radenthein in the south. Gailtal Alps The Gailtal Alps ( German : Gailtaler Alpen or Drauzug ), is a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps in Austria . It rises between the River Drava ( Drau ) and the Gail valley (in southwestern Carinthia ) and through the southern part of East Tyrol . Its western group called " Lienz Dolomites " ( Lienzer Dolomiten ),

195-874: The Nock Mountains is formed by the Millstätter Alpe ( 2,101  m (AA) ) and the Rosennock ( 2,440  m (AA) ), the highest summit in Carinthia. In the north are the stocks of the Schwarzwand ( 2,241  m (AA) ), the Königstuhl ( 2,406  m (AA) ) in Salzburg, which is also a tripoint , and the Eisenhut ( 2,441  m (AA) ). The range has also been referred to in German language tourist brochures as

210-639: The South Alpine Dolomite rock formations. The northern Latschur group with Mt. Goldeck near Spittal an der Drau does not consist of limestone rocks, but is a crystalline basement massif. The 100 km long range, which narrows in the west, stretches between the Gail in the south and the Drava in the north. In a trough between the Gailtal Alps and the Goldeck lies the Weißensee at 930 metres (3,050 ft),

225-742: The north, stretching as far as the Katschberg Pass ( 1,641  m (AA) ) in the west, by the Mur River. In the west, the rivers Lieser and Drau separate the Nock Mountains from the Ankogel Group of the High Tauern and from the Gailtal Alps . South of Lake Ossiach they are adjoined by the lower Sattnitz range and the Klagenfurt Basin, another part of the Gurktal Alps. To the east, within

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