Defereggen Valley, St Jakob in Defereggen

Name: Defereggen Valley
Address: St Jakob in Defereggen, Austria

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Defereggen Valley, St Jakob in Defereggen

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The Defereggen Valley, or simply Defereggen, is the middle of the three East Tyrolean high mountain valleys running from east to west. Its parallel-running neighbours are the Puster Valley and the Virgen Valley. The Defereggental is linked by a road called the Defereggentalstraße. Its name is derived from the Celtic word dubar or from the Slavic dober. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 46°54'56"N, 12°20'24"E

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Defereggen Valley – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lasörling, Weiße Spitze, Lasörling Group, Rote Spitze.

4.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Lasörling
108 min walk • The Lasörling is a mountain, 3,098 m, and the highest summit in the eponymous range that stretches from the Virgental to the Defereggental valleys opposite the Großvenediger.
3.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Weiße Spitze
80 min walk • The Weiße Spitze, at a height of 2,962 m, is the highest peak in the Villgraten Mountains. It lies south of St. Jakob in Defereggen and east of the Austro-Italian border. The close western neighbour of the Weiße Spitze is the somewhat lower Rote Spitze. The names of the two summits are, however, not absolutely clear.
4.2 miN
Natural feature
Lasörling Group, National parks of Austria
108 min walk • The Lasörling Group is a subgroup of the Central Alps within the Eastern Alps. The boundaries of this mountain range in East Tyrol are principally delineated by the valleys of the Virgental in the north and the Defereggental in the south.
2.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rote Spitze
70 min walk • The Rote Spitze is a mountain in Austria and, at 2,956 m, the second highest peak in the Villgraten Mountains. It lies south of St. Jakob in Defereggen and east of the Austro-Italian border. The immediate neighbour of the Rote Spitze to the east is the somewhat higher Weiße Spitze.
2.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Gritzer See
71 min walk • Gritzer See is a lake of Tyrol, Austria.
4 miE
Church
Church of St. Veit, Sankt Veit in Defereggen
103 min walk • The list of listed objects in St. Veit in Defereggen contains the 6 listed immovable objects in the municipality of St. Veit in Defereggen.
0.5 miW
46°55'1"N • 12°19'50"E
Pfarrkirche St. Jakob, St Jakob in Defereggen
12 min walk • Church
0.5 miNW
46°55'6"N • 12°19'51"E
Friedhofskapelle, St Jakob in Defereggen
13 min walk • Church
0.5 miW
46°55'1"N • 12°19'48"E
War Memorial, St Jakob in Defereggen
13 min walk • Memorial
4.8 miNW
Alpine hut, Hiking
Reichenberger Hütte
123 min walk • The Neue Reichenberger Hütte is an alpine club hut of the Reichenberg Section of the Austrian Alpine Club in the Venediger/Lasörling Group.
3.3 miNE
Alpine hut, Hiking
Lasörlinghütte
86 min walk • The Lasörlinghütte is a private refuge in the Lasörlinggruppe. The hut is located in the rearmost Mullitztal, the so-called Glauret, where copper mining was already practiced in prehistoric times.

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Which popular attractions are close to Defereggen Valley?

Nearby attractions include Pfarrkirche St. Jakob, St Jakob in Defereggen (12 min walk), Friedhofskapelle, St Jakob in Defereggen (13 min walk), War Memorial, St Jakob in Defereggen (13 min walk).