Niedere Tauern
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The Niedere Tauern (from the German for low Tauern; compare Hohe Tauern) are a mountain range in central Austria, part of the Central Eastern Alps. They lie on the main chain of the Alps, directly east of the Hohe Tauern, in parts of Salzburger Land and Styria, from Murtörl in the west to the Schoberpass in the east.
A number of skiing resorts are situated in the Niedere Tauern, including Obertauern and Schladming.
The Niedere Tauern mark the approximate eastern limit of the continuous ice sheet in the Alps during the Würm glaciation. Eastern parts of the group were therefore unglaciated, and served as an important refugium for silicicolous plants.
The Niedere Tauern may be divided into Radstädter Tauern, Schladminger Tauern, Wölzer Tauern, Rottenmanner Tauern and Seckauer Alpen. The highest mountain in the Niedere Tauern is Hochgolling, in Schladminger Tauern, at 2863 m.
