Schlern

The Schlern is a mountain of the Dolomites in South Tyrol, Italy. The peak at the north west end of the mountain was first ascended in July 1880 by Johann Santner. It is named the Santner Spitze in his honour.
The Schlern dominates the villages of Seis am Schlern and Völs am Schlern, and the summit can be reached following the circular route marked with the number 1 from both villages.
At, there is the Schlernboden inn and on the summit plateau is the Schlernhaus inn, both open from 1 June to 15 October. The highest summit is the Petz with.
The Schlern is sung of in the Bozner Bergsteigerlied as one of South Tyrol's landmarks. Its characteristic profile appears on the Der Schlern - Zeitschrift für Südtiroler Landeskunde and the logo pressed into Loacker's wafer biscuits.

Toponymy

The etymology of the mount probably predates Germanic and even Roman times, from a common Old European root *sala. The name was borrowed and Germanized over centuries. However, a Proto-Indo-European root *skel has also been proposed.