Benediktenwand

North wall of the Benediktenwand

View from Benediktbeuren to Benediktenwand

The Benediktenwand (formerly Kirchstein ) is a 1801 m high mountain ridge in the Bavarian Alps between the rivers Isar and Loisach and Jachenau the south and the Benediktbeuern in the north, from which it has its name. Directly under the north wall of Benediktenwand is the Tutzinger hut ( 1327 m).

The summit of Benedict wall sticking during the Ice Age, about 600 m from the ice stream of Walchensee and Isar glacier ( tributaries of the Inn valley glacier ) out.

Summit

To Benediktenwand group from west to east the summit Rabenkopf ( 1555.5 m ), glass wall ( 1496 m), Benediktenwand (1801 m), Hennenkopf ( 1614 m), Probst wall ( 1589 m), Achselköpfe ( 1600-1710 m), Latschenkopf (1712 m), Rear Kirchstein ( 1667 m ), Front Kirchstein (1670 m) and Schrödelstein (1548 m). East borders the Brauneck ( 1,555 m ) to the summit group. The normal increase to Benediktenwand leads from Benediktbeuren on the Tutzinger hut to the summit. Also from the Jachenau over the Glaswandscharte or about the Bichler Alm and the Indian trail, and from Isarwinkel lead climbs to the summit. Other paths lead through the Längental on the Probstalm ( 1376 m; are not publicly accessible mountain hut ) and the Brauneck to Benediktenwand; Brauneck is accessible via a cable car from Lenggries.

Routes

Due to the highly visible north wall of the Benediktenwand perform numerous climbing routes from II to VIII difficulty. Also by the south wall lead some climbing routes.

Ibex

Since September 1959, the northern and southern flanks of the Benediktenwand animates the stone game from the family of goats. At the time of the first mountain hikers an immigrant, powerful Capricorn was observed and reported to the Forestry Office Jachenau. After the delivery of each two goats and two goats from Switzerland in June 1967 a colony of more than 100 animals (1998) has formed within 30 years, had to be released for hunting so lately always individual. To eliminate diseases and lack of food, to the ibex colony remain limited to around 80 animals. The ibex family is one of the five populations of ibex in Germany. This form groups and show there because of the rain Tourism little shy towards people. Over the summer, the animals spend most on the shady north side of the wall Benedict, the winter rather on the less snowy south side.

In the summer of 2004 was inaugurated on the Benediktenwand - south at the large rock at the entrance of the "Indian walkway " above the Bichler -Alm a bronze plaque. On the panel, the history of the ibex colony are briefly presented and the conveyor Alfons Goppel, August Moralt, Franz Burda and the long-term caregivers from Jachenau Matthias Müller and Josef Schmidt from Benediktbeuren called. The design of the panel is from Josef Oswald, " ErbhoferSepp " of Jachenau.

Say

One of Johann Nepomuk Sepp described folk legend, rests the Benediktenwand "on four golden pillars, and contains within its immense treasures. " According to legend, a boy from Wacker Mountain stray and discovered a gold bubbling fountain. Also from the wall Probst is told like in the vernacular: " In ancient times one could see deep into the Probst wall in a hole gold cones hang down, and the people came up from Munich up; one meets glitzy stones still on the ground. "

Geography

The Benediktenwand carries on its back the West Summit with the cross and 338.51 meters the east summit without major label. A height difference determination by a Präzisionsnivelement with round trip in the fall of 2012 showed that the eastern summit 0.13679 m ( ie more than 13 cm) is higher than the west summit. Besides, the heights were determined: for the western peak 1800.477 m MSL and the eastern summit 1800.612 m MSL.

The western peak is the main triangle mesh point of the Bavarian State Survey.

Gallery

The Benediktenwand of the highway to Garmisch ( added: south of Penzberg ) from

Capricorn in the field of Benediktenwand

Design of the bronze plate on the history of the ibex family at the Benediktenwand