Eisenhut Summit (2,441 m)
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The mountain is also associated with the monkshood (Aconitum napellus), a poisonous plant found in the region.
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•August 9, 2025
The Eisenhut is at an altitude of 2441 m above sea level. A. the highest mountain of the Nockberge and the Gurktaler Alps. It is located northeast of the Turracher Höhe, its summit is in Styria near the border with Carinthia.
The name of the mountain comes from iron mining, which was operated here in the past (see Mining in Turrach), of which a Montanmuseum in the nearby village of Turrach testifies.
The Eisenhut is also dedicated to a verse of the Carinthian Heimatlied.
Source: Wikipediatranslated by•October 22, 2017
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