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"We have broken off the sale" pending a review, says Ernst Eichinger of the agency in charge of the sale.
Eichinger spoke Tuesday after speaking with Economics Minister Reinhold Mitterlehner, who spoke out against the sale on the open market of the two peaks.
The peaks are in the easternmost part of Tyrol province, home to some of Europe's highest mountain ranges.
One of them is 2,600 meters (over 8,500 feet) high, the other nearly 2,700 meters (8,800 feet). They are on offer for 121,000 euros
-- nearly $175,000.
Local and opposition politicians had also spoken out against the deal, and Eichinger says his office was bombarded with calls and emails with contents ranging from "indignation to abuse."
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