Peca (mountain)

Peca from the Völkermarkter reservoir

The Peca (Slovenian Peca ) is a mountain massif of the Karawanken the border between Carinthia and Slovenia, south of the city lead castle. It culminates in the lying directly on the border Kordeschkopf (2,126 m above sea level. A., Slovenian Kordeževa glava ), the easternmost of the two thousand Karawanken and the entire Southern Limestone Alps.

Geography

The massif rises in the north to almost 1,750 meters above Jaunfeld. The highest peak is located right on the border Kordeschkopf (Slovenian Kordeževa glava ) with an altitude of 2,126 m above sea level. A. whose normal route from the southern Slovenian side reached the summit in unschwieriger hike. This is accessible via the normal route Kniep saddle also of Austria.

The Peca still bears the following peaks over 2000 m

• Knieps ( Koncnikov vrh ), 2110 m above sea level. A., on the border

And entirely to Carinthian area

• Feistritzer tip ( Bistriska spica ), also called Hochpetzen, 2113m. A.
• Wacken villages tip ( Veska kopa ), 2079 m above sea level. A.

Management

Mining

In Mountain occur lead-zinc mineralization, which were cut on the Austrian side to the early 20th century.

On the Slovenian side already begun around 1700 lead was dismantled and the mining operated until 1994 intensive. Total tunnels were carved with a length of 1000 km in the mountain. 5 km of these tunnels were made ​​usable for the mountain tourism, the bulk but is no longer used.

Petzen

On the northeastern slopes there is a small ski area. Holdings is the ski lifts of the Peca Ges.mbH With a cabin lift takes you up to 1,700 m altitude at the heart of the area. Furthermore, a 12 km long downhill snow is offered to the valley.

In the valley there are hotel, ski and snowboard school and a ski rental.

Origin of the name, History

The name " Peca " is said to derive from an Old High German women's names. On behalf of himself but also the Slovenian word is peč, rock ',' cave 'or' kiln '.

According to legends should be handled on the Petzenstock once the leader of a dead army. Inside the mountain, therefore, is also King Matthias Corvinus wait with his followers to a world battle, similar to Emperor Barbarossa in the Thuringian Kyffhaeuser. Matthias Corvinus of Hungary lived from 1458 to 1490 and was the opponent of Frederick III. A ten -year period of conflict led to the occupation of parts of Carinthia through Hungary.

Routes

• Gasthaus Riepl - Feistritzer tip, 3 hours, 870 meters in altitude, far way over the Knieps to Kniep saddle and over Slovenian territory for Kordeschspitze possible.
• From the mountain station of Peca mountain railway directly to Kniep saddle.