Kanzelwand

Walser Hammerspitze (formerly Schüsser ), pulpit wall and two Länderbahn

The pulpit wall (on the Bavarian side officially Warmatsgundkopf ) is a 2058 m ( according to the Austrian survey. 2 059 m above A. ) high mountain in the Allgäu Alps, over the runs the border between the German Bavaria and the Austrian Vorarlberg.

Location

The pulpit wall rises between the Austrian Kleinwalsertal with the place Riezlern the west and the Bavarian Birgsautal in the east. Neighboring mountain in the north is the 2039 m high sheet Horn, to the south is the 2170 m high Walser Hammerspitze (formerly Schüsser ). The mountain is composed of the main dolomite and falls to north with a steep rock face, otherwise it is marked by steep grassy slopes.

Way to the summit

The summit is the easiest to achieve with the Kanzelwandbahn of Riezlern out, the rise time from the mountain station is only about 20 minutes. On foot, the pulpit wall to be climbed as easy hike of Riezlern, from Stillachtal or from the mountain station of the cable car to the fur horn.

In addition, located on the pulpit wall of the 2-country sports via ferrata, a climbing route in difficulty CD (difficult to very difficult). With a length of 550 meters in a vertical wall he is in terms of burdock skills of the most challenging climbing in the area Oberstdorf / Kleinwalsertal. The via ferrata claims a transit time of about 60-120 minutes, one for the entry-level variant of the pulpit wall Summit with 200 meters, only about 15 - needed 30 minutes. The starting point is always the top station of the Kanzelwandbahn in both variants.

Ski resort

There is a lift for composite Fellhornbahn. The cross-border ski Fellhornbahn / pulpit wall has a total of 24 kilometers of slopes and 14 ski lifts.

Origin of the name

The first mention of the mountain was made in 1783 as Gunt B. Blasius Hueber Vorarlberg card. In the boundary description of Bavaria from 1844 states that over the Warmatsgundkopf, also called the pulpit wall.

The designation as a pulpit wall is due to the shape of the mountain: The East Ridge runs at regular rock steps to the summit, suggesting the comparison with a church pulpit. Because of the adjacent north and east Warmatsgundalpe the name origin could be found on this page also from the Old High German name " Warmunt " come from.

Another source could be the term " warm Atze " which means " warm pasture ".