| Benediktenwand | |
|---|---|
 North face of the Benediktenwand | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,800 m above sea level (NN) (5,900 ft) |
| Prominence | 943 m |
| Coordinates | 47°39′11″N 11°27′56″E / 47.65306°N 11.46556°E |
| Geography | |
| Parent range | Prealps (Bavarian Prealps) |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Triassic |
| Mountain type | Wetterstein limestone[1] |
| Climbing | |
| Normal route | From Benediktbeuern via the Tutzinger Hut and the western ascent to the summit |
The Benediktenwand (formerly the Kirchstein) is a 1,800-metre-high (5,900 ft) mountain ridge in the Bavarian Prealps between the rivers Loisach and Isar and the Jachenau in the south and Benediktbeuern Abbey, from which it derives its name, in the north. Immediately below the North Face of the Benediktenwand is the Tutzinger Hut (1,327 m).
During the Würm glaciation, the summit of the Benediktenwand towered about 600 metres above the ice stream of the Walchensee and Isar Glaciers (branches of the Inn Valley Glacier).[2]
- ^ Geologische Karte von Bayern mit Erläuterungen (1:500,000). Bayerisches Geologisches Landesamt, 1998.
- ^ Karte von v. Klebelsberg 1912 in Auf den Spuren der Eiszeit südlich von München – östlicher Teil, ISBN 3-931516-09-1