Wiedemer Kopf, Mountain summit in Bavaria, Germany.
Wiedemer Kopf is a 2,163 m high mountain shoulder of the Hochvogel in the Allgäu Alps, about 10 km east-southeast of Oberstdorf. It forms the end of a roughly 750 m long ridge running from the Kreuzkopf to the north-northwest. Its rock is layered dolomite of the Upper Triassic (Norian), with clearly visible fold structures.
The Wiedemer Kopf is a 2,163-metre shoulder of the Hochvogel, built of layered dolomite from the Upper Triassic (Norian). Its conspicuous folded rock structures record the tectonic stacking of the Allgäu Alps; the ridge itself forms the end of a roughly 750-metre crest running from the Kreuzkopf.
The mountain's name appears in two forms, Wiedemerkopf and Wiedemer Kopf, and it is the northern end of a roughly 750-metre ridge running from the Kreuzkopf. The Prinz-Luitpold-Haus sits at its northeast foot, and the Höhenweg between the Edmund-Probst-Haus and that hut passes the shoulder on its west and north sides.
The Höhenweg from Edmund-Probst-Haus to Prinz-Luitpold-Haus passes the Wiedemer Kopf on its west and north sides. A partly secured path leads onto the shoulder itself and requires sure-footedness; the rock is layered Upper Triassic dolomite.
The mountain's most visible feature is the folded structure in its rock: layered dolomite of the Upper Triassic (Norian) age, whose bands are clearly readable on the shoulder. The Höhenweg from Edmund-Probst-Haus to Prinz-Luitpold-Haus bypasses the Wiedemer Kopf on its west and north sides.
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