The Wechsel is part of the
Prealps East of the Mur. It is – apart from the
Vienna Woods which are half the height – the easternmost range in the
Alps. Its highest point, at , is the
Hochwechsel, formerly called the
Hoher Umschuss, at the top of which is the
Wetterkoglerhaus, an
Alpine Club hut belonging to the
Austrian Alpine Club. From there the crest of the mountains runs northwest to the
Umschußriegel (,) continuing to the
Schöberlriegel (), and east to the
Niederwechsel (). The Wechsel is the boundary between the Styrian
Joglland and the
Bucklige Welt, which stretches from the
Vienna Basin to the extreme southeast of Lower Austria. To the east this region transitions into the
Pinka valley, the
Güns Mountains and the
Pannonian Plain. Important settlements at the foot of the Wechsel, which benefit from tourism associated with the mountain, are
Aspang,
Aspangberg-St. Peter,
Dechantskirchen,
Feistritz am Wechsel,
Friedberg,
Kirchberg am Wechsel,
Mönichkirchen,
Mönichwald,
Pinggau,
Trattenbach,
Sankt Corona am Wechsel,
Sankt Jakob im Walde,
Sankt Lorenzen am Wechsel,
Vorau,
Waldbach and
Wenigzell. ) == References ==