The Wechsel is a low mountain range in eastern Austria whose highest summit is the Hochwechsel (1,743mabove sea level (AA)). It also has two other summits over 1700m. The massif forms the border between the states of Lower Austria and Styria for about 15km, southeast of the Semmering and northeast of the Graz Basin, between the Feistritz Saddle and the eponymous pass of Wechsel.
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 1,743mabove sea level (AA), 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 (1,720mabove sea level (AA),) continuing to the Schöberlriegel (1,704mabove sea level (AA)), and east to the Niederwechsel (1,669mabove sea level (AA)).
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