Schlern

Schlern

Schlern
Highest point
Elevation 2,563 m (8,409 ft)
Prominence 210 metres (690 ft)
Coordinates 46°30′54″N 11°34′32″E / 46.51500°N 11.57556°E / 46.51500; 11.57556Coordinates: 46°30′54″N 11°34′32″E / 46.51500°N 11.57556°E / 46.51500; 11.57556
Geography
Schlern

Location in the Alps

Location Italy
Parent range Dolomites

The Schlern (German pronunciation: [ʃlɛrn]; Italian: Sciliar [ʃiˈljar]; Ladin: Sciliër) (2,563 m) is a mountain of the Dolomites in South Tyrol, Italy. The peak at the north west end of the mountain (left, in the image at right) was first ascended in July 1880 by Johann Santner. It is named the Santner Spitze in his honour.

The Schlern dominates the villages of Seis am Schlern and Völs am Schlern, and the summit can be reached following the circular route marked with the number 1 from both villages.

At 1,700 metres (5,577 ft), there is the Schlernboden inn and on the summit plateau is the Schlernhaus inn 2,457 metres (8,061 ft), both open from 1 June to 15 October. The highest summit is the Petz with 2,564 metres (8,412 ft).

The Schlern is sung of in the Bozner Bergsteigerlied as one of South Tyrol's landmarks. Its characteristic profile appears on the Der Schlern - Zeitschrift für Südtiroler Landeskunde (Magazine for South Tyrolean Regional Studies) and the logo pressed into Loacker's wafer biscuits.

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