Kellenspitze
| Kellenspitze | |
|---|---|
The Kellespitze from the Schneidspitze | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,238 m (AA) (7,343 ft) |
| Prominence | 1,088 m ↓ Tannheimer Tal |
| Isolation | 9.2 km → Leilachspitze |
| Coordinates | 47°24′01″N 10°37′50″E / 47.40028°N 10.63056°E |
| Geography | |
| Parent range | Tannheim Mountains, Allgäu Alps |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Triassic |
| Rock type | Wetterstein limestone |
| Climbing | |
| Normal route | via the col of Nesselwängler Scharte and northwest flank (UIAA grade II) |
The Kellenspitze, often also called the Kellespitze or Köllenspitze, at 2,238 m (AA) is the highest peak in the Tannheim Mountains. It lies in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Originally the mountain was known locally as the Metzenarsch, but when in 1854 Marie Frederica of Prussia visited the hunting lodge on the Tegelberg and was having the surrounding peaks pointed out, they called it after In der Kelle, the name of a strip of land at the foot of the mountain, because its original name referred to a Matz, in other words a prostitute, and seemed inappropriate.