ALBERT FURTWÄNGLER (1902-1984)
The Schafreuter (2, 102m- 6,896 ft)
Germany - Austria border
The Schafreuter (2, 102m- 6,896 ft) also called Schafreuter or Scharfreiterring, which means Sheep Shepherd is located in the Karwendel Mountains Range, on the border between Bavaria and Tyrol passes (according to a 1844 benchmark). It is one of the 125 peaks in the Karwendel range that reach heights of over 2,000 m, the highest being the Birkkarspitze (2,749 m- 9,019 ft).
The Schafreuter summit offers an excellent view of the Hinterautal-Vomper, chain and Karwendel North Soierngruppe in Karwendel and the most famous mountains of the Alps (Benediktenwand, Ross and Buchstein). The summit can be reach either from 1580 m by a grassy ridge, either from the Tölzer hut to 1835 m.
The Karwendel is the largest mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps. The major part belongs to the Austrian federal state of Tyrol, while the adjacent area in the north is part of Bavaria, Germany. Four chains stretch from west to east; in addition, there are a number of fringe ranges and an extensive promontory in the north. The term Karwendel describes the part of the Alps between the Isar river and the Seefeld Saddle mountain pass in the west and Achen Lake in the east. In the north it stretches to the Bavarian Prealps. In the south the Lower Inn Valley with the city of Innsbruck separates the Karwendel from the Central Eastern Alps. Other major settlements include Seefeld in Tirol and Mittenwald in the west, as well as Eben am Achensee in the east.
Neighbouring ranges are the Wetterstein and Mieming Mountains in the west and the Brandenberg Alps in the east.
The mountaineer Hermann von Barth created the tradition of naming the Karwendel chains ranges after the valleys limiting them in the south: Karwendel valley, Hinterau valley and Vomper Loch, Gleirsch valley, Hall valley, and Inn valley:
- Northern Karwendel Chain
- Hinterautal-Vomper Chain (a.k.a. main Karwendel Range)
- Gleirsch-Halltal Chain
- Nordkette (a.k.a. Solstein Range or Inn Valley Range).
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The painter
Albert Furtwängler (1902-1984) is an german artist born in 1902. He painted mountain lansdcapes of the Tyrol aera and Black Forest. His paintings are not very present in public auctions around the world. The oldest artwork ever registered by Artprice for this artist is a painting sold in 1995, at Auktionshaus Kaupp GmbH, and the most recent artwork is a painting sold in 2016.
