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18-725: The Zederhaus Valley is located in the northwestern part of the Salzburg Lungau region, on the southern slopes of the Lower Tauern mountain range, reaching up to Mt Weißeck at 2,711 m (8,894 ft). The crest of the Radstadt Tauern in the north separates it from the Pongau region. From the Rieding high valley, today a protected area , the Zederhaus creek flows southeastwards, reaching

36-415: Is a parish in its own right. The local peasants relied on seasonal mountain pasture farming, while today many inhabitants are commuter employees. A local custom at least since the 17th century 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 St John's Day , June 24 into the church. Seats in

54-626: Is part of the European route E55 . The south portal of the Tauern Road Tunnel , one of the longest in Austria, is located near the Zederhaus centre. A junction leads on the motorway in the Salzburg direction. Several attempts have been made to reduce emissions by the construction of extended noise protection walls; currently an overhead noise barrier is built along a 900 m (3,000 ft) section near

72-843: Is the highest mountain in South Tyrol. The third highest range is the Glockner Group with the highest mountain in Austria: the Grossglockner is 3,798 m (12,461 ft) high. Another 22 groups reach a height of 3,000 metres. The only group in the Northern Limestone Alps with a three-thousander is the Lechtal Alps , whose highest summit is the Parseierspitze at 3,036 m (9,961 ft). 39 groups are over 2000 metres high. Seven of

90-758: The German , Austrian and South Tyrol Alpine Clubs and published in 1984 and is also used for the basic numbering of Alpine Club maps for mountaineering . The Eastern Alps are divided into four main areas: the Northern Limestone Alps , the Central Eastern Alps , the Southern Limestone Alps , and the Western Limestone Alps . These four main ranges are further divided into 75 sub-groups. The Northern Limestone and Central Eastern Alps are

108-1002: The River Mur separate them from the Hohe Tauern mountain range, while in the east and north the River Enns and the Schober Pass marks the border to the Northern Limestone Alps . According to the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps , the Lower Tauern may be divided into four subgroups (from west to east): The four groups listed above (the Radstadt Tauern, Schladming Tauern, Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern and Seckau Alps) are considered Alpine subsections. Some notable summits of

126-574: The Schladming Tauern , at 2,863 m (9,393 ft). Important mountain pass roads include Radstädter Tauern Pass (1,738 m (5,702 ft)), Sölk Pass (1,788 m (5,866 ft)), and Triebener Tauern Pass (1,274 m (4,180 ft)). The range is also crossed by the Tauern Autobahn (A10) through the Tauern Road Tunnel . In the west and south the Murtörl mountain pass and

144-510: The 1924 Morrigl groups, making more precise sub-divisions for them in other areas. These changes are evident from the missing serial numbers and sub-division letters. The Western Limestone Alps were added, an area which is not covered by the three Alpine Clubs and actually is a continuation of the Southern and Swiss Alps . Unlike the previous scheme, the Salzburg Slate Alps were assigned to

162-716: The East Alpine parts) along cantonal boundaries, while Austrian hydrography uses a slightly different orographic system. In Italy and France the segmentation is usually based on the 1926 Partizione delle Alpi . In 2005, a new proposal was made by the Italian Alpinist, Sergio Marazzi, to merge the competing systems of the Alpine states into the Suddivisione Orografica Internazionale Unificata del Sistema Alpino ( SOIUSA ), but this has not gained

180-659: The Eastern Alps The Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps ( German : Alpenvereinseinteilung der Ostalpen , AVE ) is a common division of the Eastern Alps into 75 mountain ranges , based on the Moriggl Classification (ME) first published in 1924 by the German and Austrian Alpine Club . The present-day division established for the German-speaking world (less Switzerland ) was compiled by

198-782: The Northern Limestone Alps as they are part of the greywacke zone that forms the basement of the Limestone Alps. The Ortler Alps and the Sobretta - Gavia range were grouped into the Southern Limestone Alps though, geologically, they are north of the Periadriatic Seam and ranked part of the Austroalpine nappes . The Eastern Alps extend across six European countries: Germany , Italy , Liechtenstein , Austria , Switzerland and Slovenia . With 57 mountain groups, Austria has

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216-585: The Zederhaus village centre. Zederhaus shares the history of the rustic Lungau region, once part of the Roman Noricum province. The remote area possibly was not settled until the 14th century. For centuries, the estates belonged to the Prince- Archbishopric of Salzburg until its secularisation in 1803. A local chapel was first mentioned in a 1445 deed, then a filial of St Rupert Church in nearby Weißpriach . Since 1813 Saint John 's at Zederhaus

234-791: The groups exceed 1000 metres—except for the Vienna Woods , whose highest mountain, the Schöpfl , just reaches an altitude of 893 m (2,930 ft). See List of mountain groups in the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps Up to today, there is no internationally accepted classification of the Alps. Beside the common AVE arrangement, the Swiss Alpine Club subdivides the Swiss Alps (including

252-738: The largest share. It is followed by Italy with 23 and Switzerland with ten. There are seven mountain ranges in Germany and four in Slovenia. Liechtenstein shares one group. The only four-thousander and the highest mountain in the Eastern Alps is the Piz Bernina at 4,046 m (13,274 ft). Thus the Bernina Range is the highest of all the groups in the Eastern Alps. Next are the Ortler Alps , whose highest peak, Mt. Ortler at 3,905 m (12,812 ft),

270-547: The largest with 27 groups each, while the Southern Limestone Alps have 15. The six groups of the Western Limestone Alps are also classed with the Central Eastern Alps. The classification is based principally on orographic considerations and takes into account the regional usage in terms of the names of the mountain groups. The amendments of 1984 address a number of geological problems and have dropped many of

288-513: The municipal assembly ( Gemeinderat ) as of 2014 elections: Lower Tauern The Lower Tauern or Niedere Tauern are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps , in the Austrian states of Salzburg and Styria . For the etymology of the name, see Tauern . The range forms a part of the main chain of the Alps . The highest peak of the Lower Tauern is the Hochgolling , part of

306-497: The range are: The Lower Tauern mark the approximate eastern limit of the continuous ice sheet in the Alps during the Würm glaciation . Eastern parts of the group were therefore unglaciated, and served as an important refugium for silicicolous plants. A number of skiing resorts are situated in the Lower Tauern, including Obertauern and Schladming . Alpine Club classification of

324-478: The upper Mur River at neighbouring Sankt Michael . The smaller village stream passes several historic watermills . The sparsely settled municipal area, the largest in the Tamsweg District, comprises the cadastral communities of Lamm, Rothenwand, Wald, and Zederhaus proper. The valley today is characterised by the construction of the Tauern Autobahn in the 1970s, a major north-south road connection which

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