The Alpine fibula

Eagle
This bird of prey with a hooked beak is active during daytime; it has fledged legs and forceful fangs. The Alps are the home of the golden eagle. In mythology the eagle often represents the sun or appears as the companion and messenger of the highest god. 

Alps
Europe's highest mountain range: approx. 1200 km long, 150-250 km wide. It comprises an area of approx. 220.000 km2. 

Alpine chough
Corvid with a yellow beak; indigenous to the Alps region, Southern Europe and Asia.

Alpine Dost
daisy family, tall forb 

"Alpine bell" (=Alpenglöckchen)
species: primrose; one of the first spring plants in the Alps. 

Alpenglow
A reddish glow seen near sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains.

Alpine crow
Corvid with a curved red beak 

Alpine folk music
Tyrolean folk music 

Alpine passes
Among them are the following:
Prato allo Stelvio (2757 m), it connects Spondinig with Bormio
Resia (1510 m), it connects San Benedetto with Malles
Fernpass (1209 m), it connects Imst with Reutte
Brennero (1370 m), it connects Innsbruck with Vipiteno
Felber Tauern (2545 m) it connects Mittersill with Matrei
Großglockner (2505 m) it connects Ferleiten with Heiligenblut

Alpine Protection
Committee CIPRA (French for: Commission Internationale pour la Protection des Régions Alpines) is the International Committee for the protection of the Alpine region. The treaty contains legal minimum standards for the protection of the Alps by the Alpine countries. 

Alpine Club
association that promotes mountaineering and hiking 

The foothills of the Alps
This northerly pre-located area stretches to the Danube in the North and in the southwest with the Swiss Midland all the way to Lake Geneva and to the Jura Mountains. 

Alphorn
musical instrument traditionally played by shepherds; it is made from wood or bark and can be up to 4 m long 

Alpine emergency signal
Acoustic or visual signal which is made use of by people in case of distress in the mountains 

Alpinism
primarily the term for the exploration and scientific investigation of the Alps and later on of the mountain ranges all over the world.. 

Cima Presanella
altitude: 3564 m; part of the Adamello-Presanella-Group and highest mountain in the Southern Limestone Alps. 

Edelweiss
This plant can be found in the Alps; it is under wildlife protection. The Edelweiss has a stellar shape, on the upper site it has snow-white tomentose bracts. It grows on rocks and stony mats. 

First ascents
1786: Mont Blanc
1865: Matterhorn

main line of business
tourism, agriculture, wood processing, viniculture, fruit-growing, mining

Yodeller
vocal musical genre of folklore music and respectively of Alpine music

Montblanc
highest mountain in the Alps (4810 m); it is part of the Western Alps

Eastern Alps
The following mountain ranges are part of the Eastern Alps: - Northern Limestone Alps (Allgäu Alps, Lechtal Alps, Tyrolean-Bavarian Limestone Alps, Salzburg and Berchtesgaden Limestone Alps, Salzkammergut Group, Steyrtal and Ennstal Alps, Styria-Lower Austria Limestone Alps).

Parseier Spitze
It is located in the Lechtal Alps and with and altitude of 3038 m it is the highest peak in the Eastern Alps 

Passo dei Giovi
mountain near Genova. In the southern part it marks the border between the Alps and the Appennino mountain range.

Piz Bernina
altitude: 4049 m; highest mountain in the Central Alps

snow line
in the marginal areas it lies between 2500 and 2600 m and on the inside areas between 2800 and 3100 m. In the Western Alps several glaciers reach all the way down to the inhabited areas.

Southern Limestone Alps
The following mountain groups are part of the Southern Limestone Alps: Bergamaschi Alps, Brenta group, Brescia Alps, Vicentine Alps, South Tyrolean Dolomites, Venetian Alps, Carnic Alps, Gailtal Alps, Dolomites of Lienz, Julian Alps, Karawanken with the Steiner Alps.

Fauna
mainly animals that live in the high mountains, like Capricorn, groundhog, chamois, golden eagle, Alpine crow 

Western Alps
With: - Inner Gneis Alps (Ligurian Alps, Maritime Alps, Cottian Alps, Graian Alps, Welsh Alps, Ticino Alps, Adula Alps) - Outer Gneis Alps (Maritime Alps, Dauphiné Alps, Savoyard Alps, Bernese Alps, Glarner Alps) - Limestone Alps (the Provenςal Alps and the French Limestone Alps)

Central Alps
The following mountain ranges are part of the Central Alps: Grisons Alps, Silvretta, Verwall Group, Bernina Group and Engadin Alps, Gruppo Ortles, Ötztal Alps, Stubai Alps, Alpe di Sarentino, Zillertal Alps, Kitzbühel Alps, Upper Tauern, Defereggen mountain range and Vedrette di Ries, Lower Tauern, Lavanttal, Eisenerz and Mürztal Alps