The Alps are the highest mountains in Europe. It stretches in a 1,200 km long and between 150 and 250 km wide arch from the Ligurian Sea to the Pannonian Basin. The summit heights in the western mountain ranges are usually between 3,000 and 4,300 m above sea level, in the Eastern Alps, the mountains are slightly lower. The highest peak in the Alps is the Mont Blanc at 4,810 m. 128 mountains of the Alps are four-thousanders, many more or less glaciated. The Alps are divided into numerous mountain groups and chains. The Alpine region covers areas of the eight Alpine states France, Monaco, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.
List of sights
Barmsee4 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 47° 30′ 3″ N, 11° 14′ 28″ E
The Barmsee is a maximum of 1.12 km long and a maximum of 0.49 km wide lake in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Upper Bavaria) in the territory of the municipality Krün north of Mittenwald. The sheltered location and its relatively large… [See more]
Church village of Wamberg14 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 47° 28′ 44″ N, 11° 9′ 3″ E
The church village of Wamberg is part of the municipality of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Upper Bavaria) at 996 m. The place is on the north side of the Wamberg saddle, a mountain range in the Werdenfelser Land with its highest elevation, the Wamberg… [See more]
Dolomites48 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 46° 33′ 15″ N, 11° 39′ 38″ E
The Dolomites (Dolomiti), also known as the Dolomite Mountains, Dolomite Alps or Dolomitic Alps, are a mountain range located in northeastern Italy. They form part of the Southern Limestone Alps and extend from the River Adige in the west to the … [See more]
Eibsee32 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 47° 27′ 26″ N, 10° 58′ 36″ E
The Eibsee is a lake 9 km southwest of Garmisch-Partenkirchen below (3.5 km north) of the Zugspitze (2,962 m) in the Wetterstein mountains in Bavaria. In the northeast is the 4.8 ha and 26 m deep Untersee separated almost completely by a 50 m wide… [See more]
Geroldsee (Wagenbrüchsee)30 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 47° 29′ 36″ N, 11° 13′ 13″ E
The Geroldsee, also called Wagenbrüchsee, is a bog lake near Krün, a few kilometers from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It has an area of 10.6 hectares, a maximum depth of 6.1 m and falls flat. The location of the Bavarian bathing lake is fantastic: from… [See more]
Großer Ahornboden9 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 47° 24′ 42″ N, 11° 34′ 18″ E
The Große Ahornboden lies at the head of the Rißtal valley, the Enger valley, just before the village of Eng between 1080 and 1300 m above sea level in the municipality of Vomp (district Schwaz). As early as 1927, the “Maple Trees near Alpe Eng on… [See more]
Hintersee (Ramsauer Ache)13 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 47° 36′ 24″ N, 12° 51′ 14″ E
The Hintersee (formerly Ferchensee or Forchensee) is a 16.4 hectare lake in the municipality of Ramsau in the Berchtesgadener Land, about two kilometers west of the center of Ramsau. Named after him is the village Hintersee directly on its western… [See more]
Höllental Gorge47 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 47° 26′ 54″ N, 11° 2′ 40″ E
The Höllental (Hell Valley) is a valley in the Zugspitze massif of the Wetterstein mountains, between Blassenkamm and Waxensteinkamm through which the stream Hammersbach flows and runs a well-known ascent of the Zugspitze. [See more]
Hopfensee2 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 47° 36′ 10″ N, 10° 40′ 21″ E
The Hopfensee is a maximum 2.1 km long lake with a circumference of 6.8 km north of Füssen in the district of Ostallgäu, Bavarian Swabia, Bavaria. With its total area of 184 hectares, it belongs to the city of Füssen, but borders on the west bank… [See more]
Kochelsee15 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 47° 38′ 34″ N, 11° 20′ 18″ E
The Kochelsee (Lake Kochel) is located 70 km south of Munich on the edge of the Bavarian Alps. It belongs to the communities Schlehdorf in the west and Kochel am See in the east. While the southern part of the lake is surrounded by mountains, the… [See more]
Königssee52 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 47° 35′ 17″ N, 12° 59′ 21″ E
The Königssee is a long mountain lake in Berchtesgaden in the southeast of Bavaria and part of the municipality of Schönau am Königssee. It lies at the eastern foot of the Watzmann and is mainly fed by the Obersee through the Saletbach in the… [See more]
Maria Gern14 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 47° 39′ 11″ N, 13° 0′ 9″ E
Maria Gern is located north of Berchtesgaden in the valley and on the slopes of the creek Gerner (also called Gererbach or Anzenbach), a tributary of the Berchtesgadener Ache. The area is bounded on the west by the Rauhenkopf, in the east of the … [See more]
Neuschwanstein Castle17 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 47° 33′ 28″ N, 10° 45′ 0″ E
Neuschwanstein Castle stands above Hohenschwangau close to Füssen in southern Bavaria. The building was constructed in 1869 for the Bavarian King Ludwig II as an idealised notion of a knight’s castle from the Middle Age. The designs are by … [See more]
Partnach Gorge67 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 47° 28′ 2″ N, 11° 7′ 13″ E
The Partnach Gorge (Partnachklamm) is a 702 m long and partly 80 m deep gorge incised in the limestone layers of the Wetterstein massif by the Partnach torrent (a minor tributary of the Danube) in the Reintal valley near Garmisch-Partenkirchen. In… [See more]
Plansee (Tyrol)7 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 47° 28′ 32″ N, 10° 48′ 59″ E
The Plansee is located in the district of Reutte, Tyrol, Austria within the Ammergau Alps. With almost 3 km², it is the second largest natural lake in Tyrol. It is connected by a 300 m long canal with the approximately 68 cm higher located Lake… [See more]
Ramsau16 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 47° 36′ 26″ N, 12° 53′ 41″ E
Ramsau is a municipality in the Bavarian Alps located in the district of Berchtesgadener Land, close to the border with Austria, 35 km south of Salzburg and 150 km south-east of Munich. It is situated north of the Berchtesgaden National Park. Ramsau… [See more]
Zugspitze35 photos[See more]
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Coordinates: 47° 25′ 16″ N, 10° 59′ 11″ E
The Zugspitze with 2,962 m is the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains and at the same time Germany’s highest mountain. The Zugspitze massif is located southwest of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria and in the north of Tyrol. The border… [See more]