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Hohe Veitsch

1,981 m6,499 ft

Prominence: 731 m2,399 ft
Isolation: 13 km
Tonight: -3°CSnow · Wind 14 km/h N

Hohe Veitsch is a 1,981 m (6,499 ft) mountain in the Mürzsteg Alps, Styria, Austria.

All facts

Elevation: 1,981 m · 6,499 ft
Nearest higher peak: Krautgartenkogel (1,988 m)
Range: Mürzsteg Alps
Region: Styria, Austria
Coordinates: 47.6485° N, 15.4060° E

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3D map

Hohe Veitsch 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Hohe Veitsch terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Hohe Veitsch elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Hohe Veitsch weather

Tonight · Snow · -3°C (27°F) · 1.4 mm · Wind 14 km/h N

Hohe Veitsch forecast for the summit, about 1,981 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 798 m.

Tonight-3°1.4 mm14 km/h NBase 4°
Today-8°-1°0.8 mm19 km/h NWBase -1 / 6°
Sun-7°0°5.3 mm29 km/h NWBase 0 / 7°
Mon-5°2°–22 km/h NWBase 2 / 9°
Tue-4°0°1.1 mm3 km/h SBase 3 / 7°
Wed-3°5°3.4 mm12 km/h NWBase 4 / 13°
Thu-7°1°0.3 mm15 km/h NWBase 1 / 9°
Fri-6°3°0.1 mm7 km/h NBase 1 / 10°
Sat-7°0°2.7 mm8 km/h NBase 0 / 7°
Sun-4°1°0.5 mm6 km/h SBase 3 / 8°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 7 × 7 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

16.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

54.9%

Steep, 30–45°

26.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.8%

Steeper than 30°: 28.2% of the 49 km² view
Relief in view: 1,177 m low point 798 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 74.7%Grassland 24.8%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.5 km, measured from the Hohe Veitsch summit.

Summit list 9

1Alplwand1,846 m 1.2 km E
2Wildkamm1,874 m 1.4 km N
3Vorkogel1,896 m 1.5 km E
4Seebodenkogel1,850 m 1.8 km NE
5Hoher Muckenriegel1,835 m 1.8 km NE
6Kl. Wildkamm1,757 m 2.0 km NNW
7Hasenkogel1,829 m 2.0 km ENE
8Lahnkogel1,765 m 2.5 km ENE
9Grünwasenwand1,665 m 2.7 km ENE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.5 km; 353 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Northern Chamois14
Yellow Oxeye13
Adder13
Alpine Pink12
Viviparous Lizard11
Moss Campion11

Where it sits

Where Hohe Veitsch sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

DürrensteinPeak · 1,878 m30 km WNW

Downloads

Hohe Veitsch downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGHohe Veitsch satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-14.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,975 m at the summit; the official height is 1,981 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,981 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,975 m	-6 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,967 m	-14 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-14)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia