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Lattengebirge

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to the mountain hotel on the Predigtstuhl. The cable car dates to 1928 and is the oldest surviving original large cabin cable car in the world. In addition the Lattengebirge are home to
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The Lattengebirge consist mainly of Dachstein limestone and Ramsau dolomite, the dolomite containing various proportions of
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with a diameter of around 2.5 metres and lies in a hillock-like eminences on the southeastern rocky ridge between the
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Hundert Meisterwerke - Die schönsten Geotope Bayerns, Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt, 2012,
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pinnacles at the eastern end of the Lattengebirge. These are known locally as the
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of the respective municipalities of) Forst Taubensee (Ramsau),
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Pass. They are located within the municipalities of
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Karkopf
Elevation
Lattengebirge is located in Alps
Bavaria
Range coordinates
47°41′00″N 12°53′00″E / 47.68333°N 12.88333°E / 47.68333; 12.88333
Parent range
Berchtesgaden Alps
sea level (NN)
Berchtesgadener Land
Bavaria
Berchtesgaden Alps
Reiteralm
Schwarzbachwacht
Untersberg
Hallthurm
Ramsau
Bischofswiesen
Bayerisch Gmain
Bad Reichenhall
Schneizlreuth
unparished areas
parishes
Forst St. Zeno
Berchtesgaden Biosphere Reserve
Saalach
Salzach
Karkopf
Predigtstuhl

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