Untersulzbach valley, Neukirchen am Großvenediger, Zell am See district, Salzburg, Austriai

Regional Level Types
Untersulzbach valley	Valley
Neukirchen am Großvenediger	Municipality
Zell am See district	District
Salzburg	State
Austria	Country

The Untersulzbachtal is a right, north-northwest-running side valley to the Salzach in Pinzgau (Salzburg, Austria). It belongs to the cadastral municipality of Sulzau (municipality of Neukirchen), is completely uninhabited and of special scenic beauty.

The Untersulzbachtal is the third of the Tauern valleys after the Krimmler Achental and the Obersulzbachtal, which graze southwards into the main Alpine ridge.

The Untersulzbachtal has a length of about 12 km. It is a typical, glacial trough valley with relatively steep valley flanks (trough walls) notched by rockfall gullies. The valley is wooded and narrow, from the Stockeralpe (1,265 m above sea level) it becomes high alpine, due to the Untersulzbachkees, whose glacier tongue (2,073 m above sea level) flows down from the Großvenediger (3,657 m above sea level) and the Hohe Fürleg (3,243 m above sea level). The valley is almost pathless, wild and dominated by the Kleinvenediger.

The Untersulzbach flows into the Salzach between Neukirchen am Großvenediger and Rosenthal, in whose wide valley floor the Sulzbach valley opens up seamlessly. Above the dam at 1,022 m above sea level stands the once very famous Knappenwand, today there is a show mine (copper mine) here.

The (Unter-)Sulzbachfall is a waterfall in the lower part of the valley, which is already visible from the wide Salzach Valley. A hiking trail leads to viewpoints close to the waterfall.

At the end of the valley, the Zwischensulzbachtaltörl forms the transition to the Obersulzbachkees to the Kürsingerhütte (rearmost Obersulzbachtal), the Untersulzbachtaltörl on the Viltragenkees below the Kleinvenediger towards the Neuer Prager Hütte, over the main Alpine ridge into the Tauerntal (Felber Tauern).

The Inner Untersulzbachtal is located in the Hohe Tauern National Park and is a special protection area according to § 22 of the Salzburg National Park Act. It was designated as such as early as 1996.

It stretches – except for the Ascham-Alm at the end of the valley – from the Breitfuß and Obere Wartfuß into the valley to Fürleg, Keeskogel and the Untersulzbachtaltörl, and at an altitude of about 1,700 m to 3,243 m (Fürleg).

The former property of the Nature Conservation Park Association, the national park pioneer, in the Untersulzbach and Obersulzbach valleys, which the province of Salzburg acquired in 2016, is to become a wilderness area.

Furthermore, this is a reintroduction area of two bearded vultures.

As from the Obersulzbachtal, the head forester Paul Rohregger attempted the first ascent of the Großvenediger through the Untersulzbachtal in 1828 but only got as far as the Venedigerscharte.

Furthermore, the Bettlersteig connects this valley with the Obersulzbachtal.

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Wikipedia:	https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untersulzbachtal
Wikidata ID:	Q21863687

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