Alpine Foothills

The Alpine foothills, or Prealps (German: Voralpen / Alpenvorland; French: Préalpes; Italian: Prealpi; Slovene: Predalpe) can refer generally to any area of foothills in the Alps of Europe.

It can also refer specifically to:

  • The French Prealps, a group of mountain ranges in France
  • Voralpen (Préalpes), a geographical region between the Swiss plateau and the Alps
  • The Swabian-Bavarian Alpine Foothills (Schwäbisch-Bayerische Voralpen), south side of Germany
  • The Salzburgian-Upper Austrian Alpine Foothills (Salzburgerkammergutberge) in Austria, as a part of the Salzkammergut
  • The Austrian Alpine Foothills (Österreichische Voralpen, Wienerwald) leading to the gates of Vienna
  • The Eastern Foothills (Östliches Randgebirge, Pohorje) the borderline of the Alps to the Pannonian Basin in Austria and Slovenia
  • The Southern Alpine Foothills (Predalpe v Sloveniji, Prealpi Italiane) of Slovenia and Italy. Italian Prealps are usually divided into:
    • Prealpi Luganesi or Varesine
    • Prealpi Orobiche or Bergamasche
    • Brescia and Garda Prealps
    • Prealpi Venete or Vicentine

Famous quotes containing the word alpine:

    “The shades of night were falling fast,
    As through an Alpine village passed
    A youth, who bore, ‘mid snow and ice,
    A banner with the strange device,
    Excelsior!”
    —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)