Kamnik–Savinja Alps

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The Kamnik Alps and the Kamnik Alps ( Slow Kamniske Alpe, also Savinjske or Sulzbacher Alps, slow. Savinjske Alps, or collectively: the Kamnik - Savinja Alps ) are a Southern presenting the Karawanken between the rivers Save and Savinja. They are named after the town of Kamnik (Eng. stone in Upper Carniola), which lies in the valley of the Bistrica Kamniška (German Feistritzwerke ).

They are part of the Southern Limestone Alps and situated on the Austrian-Slovenian border, but mainly on Slovenian territory.

On the Ursulaberg ( Urška Gora ) ran the historic boundaries between the former duchies of Styria, Carniola and Carinthia.

• Velika Planina 2.1

Geographical classification

The Kamnik Alps are roughly divided into three parts:

• Storžič group in the west ( with the peaks Storžič, 2132 meters and Tolsti Vrh, 1715 m)
• Grintovec group in the middle: The main ridge of the Steiner Alps extends from west to east and is located entirely in Slovenia. In the west the valley of kokra beginning, is quickly reached with the Jezerska Kočna a height of 2540 m. The next summit is already the highest with 2558 m point of the Steiner Alps, the Grintovec. Further east are the peaks skuta ( 2532 m), the Krainer and Carinthian Rinka ( Rinka Kranjska, 2453 m, and Koroško Rinka, 2433 m), Turska Gora ( 2251 m) and the Brana ( 2253 m). East of the Steiner saddle ( Kamniško saddleback, 1903 m) are currently Planjava ( 2394 m) and the Ojstrica (2350 m ) with which the series striking limestone peaks has reached its conclusion.
• The karst plateaus in the east: Velika Planina, Dleskovška Planota, Menina Planina, Dobroveljska Planota and Golte ( with the peaks Veliki Rogatec ( 1557 m), Kranjska Reber ( 1435 m), Velika Raduha ( 2062 m))

Rivers in the Kamnik Alps are the Triska Bistrica, the kokra that (all three tributaries of the Sava ) Kamniška Bistrica and above the Logarska springing Savinja and Dreta, a tributary of the Savinja. The river separates the kokra Grintovec group of the Storžič group.

SIOUSA classification of the Steiner Alps

A finer subdivision of the Steiner Alps to the SOIUSA classification of the Alps is as follows:

• (A) Storžič chain (A.1 ) Storžič chain

• (B.2 ) Mrzla Gora group ( B.2.a ) Babe subgroup
• ( B.2.b ) Mrzla Gora subgroup

• ( B.7.a ) Dleskovška - Planota subgroup, area 25 km ², highest point Veliki vrh, 2110 m)
• ( B.7.b ) Velika Planina subgroup, Surface area 5,8 km ², altitude 1500 m, the highest point Gradišče ' 1666 m)

• ( C.8 ) Raduha - Smrekovec Golte Group ( C.8.a ) Raduha - Smrekovec subgroup
• ( C.8.b ) Golte subgroup

• ( C.10.a ) Menina subgroup
• ( C.10.b ) Dobrovlje subgroup

East of the Steiner Alps, Celje Bergland (German Cillier Bergland ), of the dravinjska (German drann ) cut and rich in mineral springs. To the northwest, the Vellachtal forms the border with the Karawanken and Karawanken foothills.

Tourism and Transport

In addition to the mountains with numerous, mostly challenging hiking trails and several climbing routes and the 90 meter high Rinkafall ( Slap Rinka ) in the landscape park Logar Valley ( Logar valley ) is a popular tourist destination. In the south of the Steiner Alps, the ski Krvavec.

On Carinthian side spa tourism is operated in Vellachtal; here lies the nature reserve Vellacher Kotschna.

A transition between Carinthia and Carniola forms of Jezersky Vrh (German Seebergsattel ), another transition between Carinthia and Slovenian region Lower Styria the Pavličko Saddleback (German Paulitschsattel ).

Velika Planina

Since prehistoric times, the plateau is used in transhumance shepherds, traditionally from June to September. Very characteristic are the Preskarjeva Bajta called shepherds huts of the Velika Planina. The oldest date from the 16th century. On an oval ground plan is a windowless shingle -roofed one-story wooden building with a central chimney rises. In the middle part is the kitchen, was produced in the cheese, in a circle around the kitchen around the individual bays are arranged for the cows. Above the kitchen there was the sleeping place of the shepherd. The Preskarjeva Bajta is therefore a hybrid of the stable and Sennerhutte. In 1938, the chapel Marije Sněžné was built after the plans of architect Jože Plečnik to the shepherds huts resembles formally with their oval ground plan. In the winter of 1944/45, it was destroyed in addition to a majority of the shepherds' huts in the context of the Second World War by the German occupiers. On the initiative of the shepherds it was rebuilt in 1988.

Since 1931, the tourist use of the Velika Planina began in the form of ' bajtarstvo ". The shepherds' huts were rented in the winter during the seasonal absence of livestock. Between 1959 and 1964 about 60 more cabins were built away from the shepherds' village, which had the Plečnik students Vlasto Kopač designed. These cabins look outside the Preskarjeva Bajta the shepherds very similar, however, are strongly modeled in the interior to meet the needs of tourists. Meanwhile, construction work on the Velika Planina this type of ' legal limitation on building. In the years 1963-64 the company Ljubljana built transport a cable car from the village of Velika Planina Stahovica on. The hotel and the restaurant Šimnovec Zeleni rob were built in 1966. Shortly afterwards, lifts were built, so the Velika Planina since evolved to a ski area.

On the Velika Planina, the dried pear-shaped cheese Trniči is traditionally produced.