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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.
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 ]
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 Großglockner (German: Großglockner [ˈɡʁoːsˌɡlɔknɐ] ⓘ), or just Glockner, is, at 3,798 metres above the Adriatic (12,461 ft), the highest mountain in Austria and highest mountain in the Alps east of the Brenner Pass.
The Tyrolean Zugspitze Cable Car (German: Zugspitzebahn) was the first wire ropeway to open the summit of the Zugspitze, Germany's highest mountain on the border of Austria. Designed and built by Adolf Bleichert & Co. of Leipzig, Germany, the system was a record-holder for the highest altitude.
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 ...
The Höllental, English translation "Hell Valley" or "Valley of Hell" is one of the routes on the German side leading up the Zugspitze on the German-Austrian border in the northern Alps. It is located in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen.