Stoderzinken, Mountain summit in Styria, Austria
Stoderzinken is a mountain summit in the Austrian Alps that rises to 2,048 meters (6,719 feet) in Styria. The slopes feature alpine meadows and forest trails that lead visitors through different elevations and terrain types.
Coal was found on the mountain in 1846, and in 1892 Emil Ritter von Horstig d'Aubigny had a cart track built by convicts, opening coal mining. Horstig had the Friedenskircherl built in 1902 in the steep south flank, not on the summit; Peter Rosegger visited the same year. Mining ended in 1906, and the 12 km Stoderzinken Alpenstraße was built between 1959 and 1962.
The Friedenskircherl chapel, built in 1902 by Emil Ritter von Horstig d'Aubigny, stands on the mountain's steep southern flank and is a landmark of the Stoderzinken. Peter Rosegger visited the mountain the same year. In 1982 the Austrian Post issued a stamp showing the chapel as part of its Landscapes of Austria series.
The 12 km Stoderzinken Alpenstraße, built between 1959 and 1962 on the initiative of Franz Seebacher and Julius Steiner, runs from Gröbming up to the Stoder car park at 1,829 m. From there a 19.5 km circular trail leads over the summit and the Grafenbergalm. The Friedenskircherl stands in the steep south flank, not on the summit.
The Friedenskircherl chapel stands not on the summit but in the steep south face, and Austria's post issued a definitive stamp showing it in 1982 as part of the Landschaften aus Österreich series. The mountain also hosted Europe's largest zipline when it opened in 2013: four parallel cables of 2,500 m each, dropping 600 m, with the first section up to 161 m above the ground.
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