Hohe Tauern

The Hohe Tauern are a central alpine high mountain region of the Eastern Alps
in Austria and are divided into Venice, Granatspitz, Glockner, Goldberg,
Ankogel and Hafner group divided.

The individual sections are separated by passes called Tauern and are
glaciated to varying degrees.

The highest peak in the Hohe Tauern is the Großglockner at 3798 m You can visit this mountainous region via
the Grossglockner High Alpine Road,
the Felber-Tauern-Strasse and the
Cross the Tauernbahn with the Tauerntunnel.

Tourism

In the center of the area is the Hohe Tauern National Park, which with its

180,000 hectares the largest of the six Austrian
national parks is.

geology

The Hohe Tauern are characterized by crystalline rocks and slate.

However, the structure of the mountains is unusually complex and it dominates
a great abundance of Paleozoic gneisses and mica schists over phyllites
and quartzite to Mesozoic limestone.