Thurn: Wangenitztal - Feldkopf - Blick über den Wangenitzsee nach Osten
Formed around the glacial basin of Wangenitzsee, the Wangenitz Valley developed into a high-alpine hiking area in the Schober Group. The valley lies within Hohe Tauern National Park, amid a rugged world of bare rock, cirques and small mountain lakes. Feldkopf rises above this terrain on the Tyrol–Carinthia border, while Wangenitzsee is among Carinthia’s highest mountain lakes. The Wangenitzsee Hut, run by the Austrian Alpine Club’s Lienz section, is an important overnight stop for walkers crossing this isolated part of the range. Although the municipality of Thurn lies below, this is mountain country rather than a settled valley: routes link lakes, passes and ridges in the eastern Hohe Tauern.
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The landscape around Gemeinde Thurn is a sun-facing Alpine slope above the Lienz basin, where scattered hamlets, meadows and woodland have shaped both the settlement pattern and local economy. This East Tyrolean municipality lies north of Lienz, between the Schober Group and the Lienz Dolomites; the Isel and Drava meet in the valley below. Thurn’s parish church of St Nicholas provides a local historic focal point, while the nearby Zettersfeld upland is associated with walking and winter sport. Rather than a compact town centre, Thurn is a rural community whose homes are spread across the hillside, with Lienz supplying the district’s urban services and rail links. Continue with other views from East Tyrol to see how Thurn connects with Lienz and the wider Alpine region.
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