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The border crossing on the Zugspitze as it appeared in 1981: a border marker can be seen in the upper left corner, and signs can be seen welcoming pedestrians to Austria (rectangular), West Germany (oval, nearer the camera) and Bavaria (oval, farther); the booth at centre-right was the West German immigration checkpoint.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a favoured holiday spot for skiing, snowboarding, and hiking, having some of the best skiing areas (Garmisch Classic and Zugspitze) in Germany. It was the site of the 1936 Winter Olympics, the first to feature alpine skiing. It later replaced Sapporo, Japan as the host of the 1940 Winter Olympics, but were cancelled ...
The Zugspitzplatt and Zugspitze, Jubiläumsgrat, Hochblassen and Alpspitze from the Partenkirchen Dreitorspitze The Zugspitze Group from the west with summits around the plateau The Zugspitze, Riffelwandkamm and Waxensteinkamm The western Wetterstein mountains from the Ehrwalder Sonnenspitze in the Mieming Chain The Wetterstein mountains from the southeast: from the Gaistal valley to the ...
If it is not reckoned as an independent peak, then the claim to the second highest mountain in Germany goes to the Hochwanner (2,746 m), which is clearly separated from the Zugspitze massif by the Rein Valley, Gatterl and Feldernjöchl. [citation needed] The third highest mountain, with a height of 2,713 m, is the Watzmann in the Berchtesgaden ...
The Alpspitze is a mountain, 2628 m, in Bavaria, Germany. Its pyramidal peak is the symbol of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and is one of the best known and most attractive mountains of the Northern Limestone Alps. It is made predominantly of Wetterstein limestone from the Upper Triassic.
The Seilbahn Zugspitze is an aerial tramway running from the Eibsee Lake to the top of Zugspitze in Bavaria, Germany. It currently [update] holds the world record for the longest freespan in a cable car at 3,213 metres (10,541 ft) [ 1 ] as well as the tallest lattice steel aerial tramway support tower in the world at 127 metres (417 ft). [ 2 ]
As Germany was divided following World War II, West and East Germany ratified the convention separately, the former on 23 August 1976 [3] and the latter on 12 December 1988. With German reunification, East Germany was dissolved on 3 October 1990. [4] Germany has 54 sites on the list, with a further seven on the tentative list.
The Münchner Haus ("Munich House") on Germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze, is an Alpine Club hut belonging to the Munich Section of the German Alpine Club (DAV). The category 2 hut lies on the west summit of the Zugspitze at a height of 2,959 metres (9,708 ft) [1] and is thus the highest refuge hut in the German Alps. The Münchner Haus ...