Goldberg Group

The Goldberg Group is a sub-group of the Hohe Tauern mountain range within the Central Eastern Alps.

Other well known summits are the Hoher Sonnblick, with its observatory at 3,106 m above sea level (AA), and the Schareck at 3,123 m above sea level (AA) The name of the group is related to the rich mineral ores of the area and the associated historic mining.

Peaks like the Goldbergspitze (3,073 m) and Goldzechkopf (3,042 m) recall times long past when gold was mined in the High Tauern.

In the west of the group is the Großglockner High Alpine Road, in the east runs the Tauern Railway.

42, are formed as follows:[1] According to the Mountain Range Classification for the Austrian Cave Directory (Gebirgsgruppengliederung für das österreichische Höhlenverzeichnis) according to Hubert Trimmel, in which the group is given no.

The Hoher Sonnblick with ZAMG observatory