Hörner Group | |
Country: | Germany |
State: | Bavaria |
District: | Oberallgäu |
Parent: | Allgäu Alps |
Highest: | Riedberger Horn |
Elevation M: | 1787 |
Elevation Ref: | DE |
Map: | Germany Bavaria |
Range Coordinates: | 47.45°N 10.18°W |
The Hörner Group (German: Hörnergruppe) is a mountain range within the Allgäu Alps, up to, near Fischen im Allgäu in the county of Oberallgäu, in the German state of Bavaria. It is part of the Nagelfluhkette Nature Park.
The Hörner Group is in the western part of the Allgäu Alps, west of the Iller valley. To the northeast is Sonthofen, to the east, Fischen im Allgäu, and to the southeast, Oberstdorf. The B 19 runs by to the east, from which the Kreisstraße OA 9 branches off west from Fischen im Allgäu running through Obermaiselstein, via the Riedberg Pass and through Balderschwang to Hittisau in Austria. North of the Hörner Group is the Nagelfluhkette.
The settlements of Balderschwang, Bolsterlang, Fischen im Allgäu, Obermaiselstein and Ofterschwang at the foot of the Hörner Group, market themselves as die Hörnerdörfer - the "Hörner villages" represented by a municipal association, the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hörnergruppe.
The Hörner Group comprises the following mountains, listed with their height in metres above Normalnull (NN):
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Watercourses in and around the Hörner Group are:
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