Hochvogel facts for kids
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Hochvogel
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2592m |
| Prominence | 572 m ↓ Hornbachjoch → Großer Krottenkopf |
| Isolation | 5.4 km → Urbeleskarspitze |
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| Parent range | Hochvogel- and Rosszahn Group, Allgäu Alps |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Triassic |
| Mountain type | Dolomite Felsgipfel |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1832 by Trobitius |
| Normal route | Bad Hindelang – Prinz Luitpold Haus – Hochvogel |
The Hochvogel is a 2,592 metres (8,504 ft) high mountain in the Allgäu Alps. The border between Germany and Austria runs over the summit. Climbers can ascend the summit on two marked routes. One of the most interesting climbs is by Hermann von Barth. He stayed overnight at the summit in 1869. On 14 December 1945 an American Flying Fortress crashed on the west of the Hochvogel.
Gallery
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Northern aspect from the Jubiläumsweg (Allgäu Alps)
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Southern aspect with the Kaufbeurer Haus and Hornbachtal
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Southern side of the summit from the Kaufbeurer Haus
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From Hinterhornbach
- Anton Spiehler, Die Allgäuer Alpen, in Die Erschliessung der Ostalpen, Volume 1, 1893, pp. 47–48.
- Alpenvereinsführer Allgäuer Alpen 9th edition 1974, Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, ISBN: 3-7633-1101-7, out of print;
- Alpenvereinsführer Allgäuer Alpen und Ammergauer Alpen alpin 16th edition 2004, Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, ISBN: 3-7633-1126-2;
- Alpenvereinskarte 2/2 Allgäuer-Lechtaler Alpen – Ost 1:25,000 7th edition 2002;
- Gipfelziele Allgäuer Alpen 1987, Bruckmann Verlag, ISBN: 3-7654-2095-6, out of print
- Kristian Rath und Tobias Burger, Prinz-Luitpold-Haus DAV-Hüttenführer – Wandern, Klettern, Abenteuer rund um den Hochvogel, Kempten 2006, ISBN: 3-9810320-2-0.
- Wanderführer Hinterhornbach. Natur- und kulturkundlicher Wanderführer von Gustav und Georg Dinger, hrsg. v. d. Sektion Donauwörth d. Deutschen Alpenvereins, Verlag Ludwig Auer, ISBN: 978-3-9807169-6-3
- Hermann von Barth, Einsame Bergfahrten, Albert Langen Verlag Munich, o.J. (description of the above-mentioned summit crossing)
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