The Rosalia Mountains ( German : Rosaliengebirge , Hungarian : Rozália-hegység , Burgenland Croatian : Gorje Rozalija ), sometimes called the Rosalie Mountains or Rosalien Mountains , are an outlier of the Alps on the state border between Lower Austria and Burgenland in Austria . The low mountain range runs from north to south and reaches its highest point at the summit of the Heuberg (often also called Rosalia ) near Neudörfl , before descending again towards the village of Weppersdorf . They are separated from the Leitha Mountains to the north by the Ödenburg Gate .
11-758: From a geological perspective the Rosalia Mountains are part of the Bucklige Welt . The topographical boundary between the Bucklige Welt and the Rosalia is formed by the valley of the Klingfurther Bach , which runs from north to southeast and in which lie the villages of Klingfurth and Rosenbrunn . The boundary continues over the basin of the Hochwolkersdorf hamlet of Alm , along the so-called Totengraben in
22-508: A slight covering of firn snow. Despite its small size, the Buckelige Welt has three different climatic zones: its southeastern part belongs to Austria's 'Illyrian climate province', while a Pannonian climate predominates in the northern edge area. The central and higher areas can be assigned to the alpine transitional climate. Firn Firn ( / f ɪər n / ; from Swiss German firn "last year's", cognate with before )
33-564: Is a hill country area on the eastern edge of the Alps. Its height varies between 375 and 900 m (AA) . Its name, which means something like 'hilly world', is due to the very large number of hills and mountains which are known by the locals as Buckln . In the southwest the Bucklige Welt is bounded by the Wechsel massif and in the west by the Semmering region . To the north it descends into
44-444: Is partially compacted névé , a type of snow that has been left over from past seasons and has been recrystallized into a substance denser than névé. It is ice that is at an intermediate stage between snow and glacial ice. Firn has the appearance of wet sugar, but has a hardness that makes it extremely resistant to shovelling. Its density generally ranges from 0.35 g/cm to 0.9 g/cm , and it can often be found underneath
55-802: Is the Heuberg with its Rosalia Chapel , which reaches a height of 748 metres. At the top is the ORF transmitter of Heuberg which covers northern Burgenland. On the steep limestone crags at its eastern foot is Forchtenstein Castle . The range is drained by the Wulka , the Leitha and the Schwarzenbach . Part of the range is located within the Rosalia-Kogelberg Nature Park . The Rosalia Mountains can only be crossed by
66-761: The Vienna Basin , into which it is drained by the Pitten . To the east the Rosalia Mountains form the boundary, to the south of which the Bucklige Welt faces Oberpullendorf in the Central Burgenland Bay . To the south is the Geschriebenstein . There was no glaciation during the ice age in the area of the Bucklige Welt because of its low elevation . The summit of the Hochwechsel must therefore only have
77-682: The Essengraben and then via the Graben into the valley of the Schwarzenbach . In the east the range is adjoined by the Ödenburg or Sopron Mountains . The north–south boundary between them is formed by the Marzau , the Sieggraben Saddle and the Sieggrabenbach valley. The following peaks are located in the northern Rosalia: The northern and southern Rosalia Mountains are separated from one another by
88-634: The Wulka valley, the Heuberg (highest point of the range near the Rosalia Chapel ) and a ridge that runs from the Heuberg via the Auerberg and the Hochwolkersdorf hamlet of Hollerberg to Fernblick . The following peaks are located in the southern Rosalia: Like the Leitha Mountains, the Rosalia Mountains are made of gneiss , schist and limestone . The ridge is heavily forested. The highest point
99-560: The road from Mattersburg in Burgenland to Hochwolkersdorf in Lower Austria. In its lateral valleys, favourable conditions have led to extensive orchards and vineyards . A well-known village is the spa of Bad Sauerbrunn at their northern foot. Bucklige Welt (Lower Austria) The Bucklige Welt is a region in southeast Lower Austria . It is also known as the "land of a thousand hills" ( Land der 1000 Hügel ). The Bucklige Welt
110-400: The snow that accumulates at the head of a glacier . Snowflakes are compressed under the weight of the overlying snowpack . Individual crystals near the melting point are semiliquid and slick, allowing them to glide along other crystal planes and to fill in the spaces between them, increasing the ice's density. Where the crystals touch, they bond together, squeezing the air between them to
121-418: The surface or into bubbles. In the summer months, the crystal metamorphosis can occur more rapidly because of water percolation between the crystals. By summer's end, the result is firn. The minimum altitude that firn accumulates on a glacier is called the firn limit , firn line or snowline . In colloquial and technical language, "firn" is used to describe certain forms of old snow , including: As in
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