- Kalterer lake view, Caldaro and Termeno, from the Mitterberg from.
Morning it rained, now, the Sun looks quite timidly out between the clouds. 23 Degrees in the shade, This is for late July in South Tyrol extremely cool. The ideal opportunity, a short hike from GMUND over the horse's teeth to the Leuchtenburg. Usually you can bewandern the Mitterberg this time of year impossible, If you would like to suffer a heat stroke not; But today it could go.
We Park at the "Knottnbar", so we call the "Viktors snack bar" Würststandl Traminer, which is located at the Auer first race shortly before the automobile underpass. Starting next week you can call not more Würststandl the Knottnbar, because the Victor is a new "fixed Standl" across the road, Open a real restaurant. For Traminer will it remain always the Knottnbar.
In GMUND (228 m), a small group of houses at the southwestern end of Mitterbergs, Let's start our today's walk. On the path n °. 13 We climb the signs Horse teeth following the Mitterberg high. Despite the low temperatures, it is already almost too hot, but since no significant metres ahead of us lie, wandern We are unconcerned, to glad after the rain morning still some rays of the Sun snag, up the mountain.
The path lined with oak trees and aculeatus. Which 300 Meters are soon managed. The Mitterberg is located in the middle of the Etschtal, He denied the Kalterern and Eppanern the view of the Adige river and the Aurern the view of the Lake. Now since we us directly to the relatively low, are hump composed of reddish rock of porphyry, We can always great insight in the Unterland to the East against Neumarkt and Auer, towards the South in the direction of Salorno Hermitage and to the West in the direction of Tramin und Kaltern catch.
The horse's teeth at the Mitterer mountain
About porphyry plates, partially Rocky, partially wooded underground, We hike the teeth of the horse and the warm air from the Mitterberg sources contrary to. At 609 m above sea level is the first milestone reached. The horse teeth, a bizarre rock formation, actually on Ross- so remind horse teeth, are reached. One round can go between two "teeth", but it must not be too thick for this. Up, you can climb on a tooth and the panorama view on the capital of Bozen-Bolzano underlying in the North, the city Laives and the villages of vadena/Pfatten, Branzoll, Auer and Neumarkt in the East and Tramin and enjoy Kaltern in the West.
You can experience a few metres after the horse teeth to hot air source. By crevices and rock tubes penetrate throughout the year ca. 25° C warm air from the depths of Mitterberges up. Much like with reverse working Eislöchern in Appiano can tell so far conclusive this impressive natural phenomenon nobody. It is simply because.
We have today not very hastily. About the walk more degenerates into a Spaziergang from. The horse teeth to the ruins of Leuchtenburg, which towers high over the Lake, are there still only approximately 30 Minutes .
Which Leuchtenburg is closely linked to the Lake. Rarely you can find a picture of Alpine Lake without the visible ruins. A huge curtain wall protects the residential buildings which also always...
The plant was built probably around 1250 by the Lords of Rottenstein. At some point she should on the rulers of Caldaro passed, for a time also the seat of the Court have been. Today she is addicted to fairly, only remnants of the Palas with some frescoes from the 15. Century remain..
I dare me to the wall up, due to their width, easy to follow the. At the southern end of the wall is the flagpole with the visible, today also audible due to moderate wind, Red and white flag of South Tyrol.
The curly look ranging from Caldaro in the Northwest of Southwest Tramin to Salorno in the South to Neumarkt in southeastern.
The hilly, offset with cypresses, Vineyards gives a Mediterranean flair.
Today pleasant temperatures tempt to stay and keep to the NAP on the wall, But what is not necessarily advisable due to the Mauerhöhe. Therefore we prefer set and walk comfortably chatting about the way n °. 13 in the direction of Kreithof / Klughammer for the Caldaro down.
The Mediterranean flair is stronger and stronger. The glittering Alpine Lake is holiday mood.
In Klughammer it attracts me for a coffee in the Café Leuchtenburg, in particular because of the great view, who here has on the Lake. A cookie, where you can forget your everyday cares. Almost a bit of holiday.
According to the black in the Café Leuchtenburg we stroll on the eastern shore of Lake of Kalterer the Klughammer road on the Lake Trail, at the end we do not take it we want to be, to go over the bridge by the Kalterer See biotope, there to enjoy the last sunrays of the evening.
At the end of the bridge have a surprise waiting for us: a maize field. A large plaque explains: Here it is Kalterer Plent grown. Plent, the Italians say to polenta, is a Maisbrei, by us afforded in combination with sausage, Cheese and Peperonata is eaten. It reminds me of my childhood in particular as we the Apple picking or the vintage outside of the goods on an open fire, set up the Plente boiler and Plent cooked have. Were still times.
It is time, to walk back to GMUND and thus the present Circular hike complete. Unexpectedly, the March on the road stretches, which spans the military sites GMUND in the half sheet, in the length. Although Durchfahrtsverbot are some cars and to still proceeding, on the way, What makes this last part of the hike isn't pleasant. Nevertheless we reach to approximately 19.30 Watch , After a very cosy, very simple, but hike best for today's weather hail our starting point in GMUND.
GPS data of the hike on the Mitterberg
Mitterberg: Horse teeth and Leuchtenburg
Photos Mitterberg and Caldaro
Hiking in South Tyrol , is my hobby . Usually the best wife of all and I are on the way on easy hiking trails . While the camera of course never fails . On this blog you can watch the result of our hikes . 
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