Großer Widderstein
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The Großer Widderstein seen from the Hoher Ifen to the north
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,533 m (AA) (8,310 ft) |
| Prominence | 845 m ↓ Schrofen Pass |
| Isolation | 6.0 km → Mohnenfluh |
| Coordinates | 47°17′06″N 10°07′45″E / 47.285°N 10.12917°ECoordinates: 47°17′06″N 10°07′45″E / 47.285°N 10.12917°E |
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 Großer Widderstein
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| Parent range | Southeastern Walsertal Mountains, Allgäu Alps |
| Geology | |
| Type of rock | main dolomite |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 25 July 1669 by the Reverend Peter Bickel from Schröcken |
The Großer Widderstein (or just Widderstein) is a mountain, 2,533 m (AA), in the west Austrian state of Vorarlberg. Topographically it belongs to the Allgäu Alps. It is the highest peak in the subgroup of the Southeastern Walsertal Mountains (Südöstliche Walsertaler Berge).
The Widderstein is a massif in the mountains around the valley of Kleinwalsertal, which runs past it to the north. To the northeast of the Großer Widderstein, separated by the Karlstor (2,100 m), is the Kleiner Widderstein (2,236 m). To the east the valley of Gemsteltal divides the flanks of the Widderstein from the massif around the Elferkopf (2,387 m) and the Walser Geißhorn (2,366 m). To the south is the Hochtannberg Pass (1,676 m), where the Allgäu Alps give way to the Lechquellen Mountains. To the west lies the valley of Bärgunttal and the massif around the Heiterberg (2,188 m). In a hollow to the northwest below the side of the summit lies the lake of Hochalpsee (1,970 m).
The boundary between the municipalities of Warth and Mittelberg runs over the mountain.
The summit block of the Großer Widderstein consists of main dolomite of the Lech valley formation (Lechtaldecke), which here has been pushed up over the Allgäu formation (Allgäudecke). To the northwest in the area of the Hochalpsees there are Kössen beds (Kössener Schichten).
The Großer Widderstein is mentioned for the first time in 1059 in a document belonging to the Bishopric of Augsburg: in Widerostein. Other records appears in 1471 and 1485 as Widerstain. Blasius Hueber's 1783 map of Vorarlberg shows a Widerstein Sp.. According to this the name means "Stein der Widder" ("Stone of the Widder"), a Widder being an ibex or a male sheep.
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