Fürschießer

Fürschießer - eastern

The Fürschießer is a 2271 m high, Grasberg double peak in the Allgäu Alps.

Location

It lies between the Traufbach and Sperrbachtal. About the Fürschießersattel ( 2207 m) it is connected to the chain Hornbach. To the southeast, the Krottenspitz ridge to Krottenspitze ( 2551 m) connects back. With his little pronounced peak points ( 2271 m and 2264 m), its smooth but steep grassy areas, but especially by its ridge- and far debasing back he's out stabbing in Oberstdorf mountain panorama. The best known are the ridge back of the stone Krumm ( 2088 m), the Schwärzgerrücken and Warmatsrücken.

Origin of the name

Was first mentioned in 1500 in the Fürschießer hunting book of Emperor Maximilian as Vierschoeß and Four Scho food. In Atlas Tyrolensis of 1774, he is listed, but this time as a sheep mountain. The name origin is a combination of the word " Fürschöß " in definition projections or protruding ridges and " Schißar " what " of the stones, avalanches deigns " means. Last refers to the northwestern flank, which is already recorded in 1379 in a document as Scheißerwand.

Ascent

On the Fürschießer leads no marked path. However, he is on path traces from Fürschießersattel over which the proceeds from the trail from the hut to Kempten Prinz-Luitpold -Haus, accessible. The other options are the steep increase Grasgrate, but which are subject to experienced mountaineers, as they require sure-footedness and freedom, especially the way across the curved stone on which a climbing spot in the first degree must be overcome. The entrances to the ridges are hard to find.

Botany

Although the Fürschießer is a grass mountain, he has no such rich botany as Höfats or worm.

Especially near the summit you recognize greater erosion surfaces. Reason for the erosion was excessive grazing with sheep, which was then officially prohibited. The biologist Karl Partsch undertook in the 1980s, a field trial with the aim to find out how the erosion surfaces could be closed again. To counteract the erosion offshoot of vegetatively without seeds proliferating alpine bluegrass were collected and then used in horticulture to root ball. Further test plants were grasses ostrich, chamois fescue, Brown Luzulo, alpine timothy, bluegrass warehouses and Alpine Rock Cress and Gämskresse. Then they were set in the floor and were placed on Jutematten support, which should facilitate the addition of humus. The experimental area was laid out on Fürschießer 1985-1987, they had an inclination of 25-30 degrees and a surface area of ​​1300 m². First, the pupils were transported by cable car to Kempten hut and then carried high, 1986 and 1987, the transport was integrated directly onto the mountain in an exercise of the Bundeswehr. Per square meter of plants were set up to twelve. To compare the effect of jute erosion tissue was waived in some areas it also. Were transplanted 27,000 pupils.

The Alpe here lying on the north side of Fürschießers is no longer farmed for many decades.

Pictures

Summit

Eastern flank with erosion surfaces

Field trial area