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The Allgäu Alps and the Allgäu region are not identical. The Allgäu is a landscape that, according to present-day understanding, is (almost entirely, but see Tannheimer Tal) on German soil. By contrast, the Allgäu Alps are a mountain range of the Alps whose definition falls out of the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps. Parts of ...
The Allgäu Alps in the area around Oberstdorf attain heights of over 2,600 metres and belong to the Northern Limestone Alps. The best known summits in Oberstdorf are: [3] Fellhorn 2,038 m (Blumenberg of the Allgäu) Himmelschrofen 1,791 m; Höfats 2,259 m (the most prominent Allgäu "grass mountain") Kratzer 2,427 m
This is a list of ski resorts in the German Alps.Because the German part of the Alps lies exclusively in Bavaria, Alpine ski resorts are only found in that state. The mountains in Upper Bavaria are referred to as the Bavarian Alps; whilst those in the Bavarian province of Swabia are known as the Allgäu Alps.
The Allgäu (Standard German: ⓘ) or Allgovia is a region in Swabia in southern Germany. It covers the south of Bavarian Swabia , southeastern Baden-Württemberg , and parts of Austria . The region stretches from the pre-alpine lands up to the Alps .
The Krottenspitze, Öfnerspitze and Großer Krottenkopf in the Allgäu Alps. This list of mountains of the Allgäu Alps tabulates those peaks and summits with names and spot heights that lie within the Allgäu Alps and that have a prominence of over 30 metres (98 ft). [1] [a] and an isolation of 100 m (330 ft) or more (rounded).
The following are the main paved road passes across the Alps. Main indicates on the main chain of the Alps, from south west to east.Passes on subsidiary ranges are listed where the ridge leaves the main chain – N/W indicates north or west of the main chain, S/E on the south or east side.
The Hochvogel is a 2,592-metre-high (8,504 ft) mountain in the Allgäu Alps.The national border between Germany and Austria runs over the summit. Although only the thirteenth highest summit in the Allgäu Alps, the Hochvogel dominates other parts of Allgäu Alps and the other ranges in the immediate neighbourhood.
Another InterCity train runs between Magdeburg and Oberstdorf, using the Buchloe–Lindau line only between Kempten and Immenstadt. The German EuroCity trains on the line were replaced by ICE TD (class 605) diesel multiple units in 2001/2002 on the Munich–Lindau–St. Gallen–Zurich route.