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Spitzmauer
With its summit at above sea level, the Spitzmauer (lit. translatable as "sharp/steep wall") is the second highest mountain of the Totes Gebirge mountain range in the south of Upper Austria. A Dachstein Formation, the mountain was first touristically climbed by Vienna botanist Karl Stoitzner, school teacher H. Langeder, and mountain guide Matthias "Haarschlager" Hotz on 23 July 1858. It took several more years until a passage through the sharp, name-giving, eastern wall was found by Robert Damberger and Hans Kirchmaier in 1906. (far right), as seen from the Schiederweiher The most common climbing route takes around four hours, starts in Hinterstoder and passes the mountain hut. A more challenging route starts in Grünau im Almtal and passes the . On 20 March 1942, during World War II, a military plane of the Junkers Ju 52 type crashed into mountain in dense fog, en route from Wiener Neustadt to Munich. All four crew members were killed. The plane was only discovered by tourists almost 2 months later, on May 10 because parts of the plane were sticking out of the snow. The bodies of the crew members and important parts of the plane were recovered nine days later. While most of the remaining debris was buried, some is still visible from the hiking trails. A memorial cross close to the site carries a license plate from one of the aircraft's units.…
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With its summit at above sea level, the Spitzmauer (lit. translatable as "sharp/steep wall") is the second highest mountain of the Totes Gebirge mountain range in the south of Upper Austria. A Dachstein Formation, the mountain was first touristically climbed by Vienna botanist Karl Stoitzner, school teacher H. Langeder, and mountain guide Matthias "Haarschlager" Hotz on 23 July 1858. It took several more years until a passage through the sharp, name-giving, eastern wall was found by Robert Damberger and Hans Kirchmaier in 1906. (far right), as seen from the Schiederweiher The most common climbing route takes around four hours, starts in Hinterstoder and passes the mountain hut. A more challenging route starts in Grünau im Almtal and passes the . On 20 March 1942, during World War II, a military plane of the Junkers Ju 52 type crashed into mountain in dense fog, en route from Wiener Neustadt to Munich. All four crew members were killed. The plane was only discovered by tourists almost 2 months later, on May 10 because parts of the plane were sticking out of the snow. The bodies of the crew members and important parts of the plane were recovered nine days later. While most of the remaining debris was buried, some is still visible from the hiking trails. A memorial cross close to the site carries a license plate from one of the aircraft's units.…
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