The Bavarian Alps

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The Bavarian Alps
The Bavarian Alps (section 22, orange) to SOIUSA within the Eastern Alps; The sectors of the northern, central and southern Eastern Alps also differ in color

The Bavarian Alps (section 22, orange) to SOIUSA
within the Eastern Alps ;
The sectors of the northern, central and southern Eastern Alps also differ in color

View in the Mangfall Mountains from Bodenschneid to the west to Wallberg

View in the Mangfall Mountains from Bodenschneid to the west to Wallberg

Highest peak Großer Krottenkopf ( 2656  m above sea level )
location Bavaria ( Germany ),
Vorarlberg and Tyrol ( Austria )
part of Northern Eastern Alps
Classification according to SOIUSA : 22
Coordinates 47 ° 37 '  N , 11 ° 10'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 37 '  N , 11 ° 10'  E

The Bavarian Alps are a section of the Northern Eastern Alps in the international standardized orographic division of the Alps (SOIUSA) according to Sergio Marazzi . The same name is used in the Partizione delle Alpi for a mountain group of the Central Alps , but covers a larger area there. In the mountain division of the Eastern Alps developed by the German-speaking Alpine Associations , the term “Bavarian Alps” is not used. In contrast, the greater natural region of the Swabian-Bavarian Prealps largely coincides with the Bavarian Alps, but does not contain some parts of the landscape ( see below ).

In a broader sense, "Bavarian Alps" also means the Alps located on Bavarian or German territory . Bavaria is the only German state that has a share in the Alps. Usually, the Bavarian Alps are only understood to mean the parts of the mountains between the rivers Lech and Saalach in Germany. With this interpretation, the Allgäu Alps , to which the Bavarian national territory has only recently extended, and the Berchtesgaden Alps do not belong to the Bavarian Alps.

The Bavarian Alps are to be separated from the Bavarian Prealps . The latter only include the Bavarian part of the pre-Alps between the Loisach in the west and the Inn in the east.

classification

Classification according to SOIUSA
part II Eastern Alps
sector II / B Northern Eastern Alps
section 22nd The Bavarian Alps

Most of the subsections of the Bavarian Alps according to SOIUSA each correspond to a group of the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps (AVE) . Only the sub-sections Wallgau Alps and Mangfall Mountains are combined in the AVE to form the group of the Bavarian Prealps.

The Partizione delle Alpi uses the term Bavarian Alps for the entire area of ​​the SOIUSA sections of the North Tyrolean Limestone Alps and Bavarian Alps west of the Inn .

Boundary

The boundary of the Bavarian Alps to SIOUSA runs clockwise along the line Alpenvorland - Saalach - Loferbach - Waidring - Griesbach - Großache - Kohlenbach - Weißenbach - Walchseebach - Walchsee - Jennbach - Inn - Thierseer Ache / Klausenbach / Kieferbach - Glemmbach - Ellbach - Brandenberger Ache - Bairache - saddle brook - Gufferthütte - Filzmoosbach - Ampelsbach - Seeache - Isar - Kranzbach - Kochel digging - Kankerbach - Partnach - Loisach - Zwischentoren - Heiterwang - Plansee - Archbach - Lech - Krumbach - Hochtannbergpass - Bregenzerach - Argenbach - Faschinajoch - Faschinabach - Seeberg Bach - Lutz - Ill - Alpine Rhine .

Adjacent Sections
( Alpine foothills )
Neighboring mountains Salzburg Northern Alps
Western Rhaetian Alps North Tyrolean Limestone Alps

Breakdown

The Bavarian Alps according to SOIUSA are divided into three sectors and six subsections.

sector Subsection Correspondence in the AVE Highest peak height
A. Allgäu and Bregenz Alps
(West Bavarian Alps) 		I. Bregenz Forest Mountains
(Bregenz Hinterwald) 		1 Bregenz Forest Mountains Smooth horn 2133  m above sea level A.
II Allgäu Alps i. w. S. 2 Allgäu Alps Big toad head 2656  m above sea level A.
III Ammergau Alps 7a Ammergau Alps Daniel 2340  m above sea level A.
B. Bavarian Prealps
(Central Bavarian Alps) 		IV Wallgau Alps 7b Bavarian Prealps Krottenkopf 2086  m above sea level NN
V Mangfall Mountains Hinteres Sonnwendjoch 1986  m above sea level A.
C. Chiemgau Alps
(Eastern Bavarian Alps) 		VI Chiemgau Alps 11 Chiemgau Alps Sunday horn 1961  m above sea level NN

In addition to the Swabian-Bavarian Pre-Alps , the Bavarian Alps contain the following main units of the natural spatial greater region of the Northern Limestone High Alps :

Parts of the Alps in Bavaria

The table below contains all mountain groups in the Alps that are at least partially located in Bavaria and thus in Germany - in the initial overview sorted roughly from west to east and indicated with maximum height in meters (m) above sea level. The highest mountains and heights listed relate to the part of the mountain groups that lie in Bavaria and not to the entire mountain group. So is the highest mountain in the Allgäu Alps , the 2,656  m above sea level. A. high Große Krottenkopf , in Tyrol and is therefore not included in the table.

The highest point in the Alps in Germany is the Zugspitze . It is located in the western part of the Wetterstein Mountains - which, however, is not part of the Bavarian Alps - and has a height of 2962  m above sea level. NN as well as two small glaciers of high alpine character (see high mountains ). The Berchtesgaden Alps , some of which are high alpine , do not belong to the Bavarian Alps.

By clicking on the word list in the column mountain list one arrives at such a (partly also in continuous text form) with further mountains of the respective landscape (partly also outside of Bavaria). The table can be sorted by clicking on the symbols next to the column headings.

Zugspitze massif with Zugspitze (l); highest mountain in Germany in Upper Bavaria (from the southwest / Fernpass )
Mountain range Mountain
list 		Belonging
to the Bavarian Alps 		Highest mountain
in Bavaria 		Height
(m)
Allgäu Alps list partially Terry lace 2649
Ammergau Alps list mostly Cross point 2185
Wetterstein Mountains list partially Zugspitze 2962
Bavarian Prealps list partially Krottenkopf 2086
Karwendel list partially Eastern Karwendelspitze 2538
Chiemgau Alps list mostly Sunday horn 1961
Berchtesgaden Alps list partially Watzmann 2713
  1. ↑ Bavarian Prealps: with the Ester Mountains , Walchensee Mountains , Benediktenwand group and Mangfall Mountains
  2. ↑ Karwendel: the main part is in Tyrol

Landscape image

Like the Alps as a whole, the Bavarian Alps as part of the Northern Alps were strongly shaped by the last Ice Age . It emerged Kare , lakes and the typical subway valleys through Glacier . Deposits from the Ice Age rivers and especially the glaciers created a hilly landscape with lakes and moors , especially in the foothills of the Alps .

literature

  • Sergio Marazzi : Atlante orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA - Suddivisione orografica internazionale unificata del Sistema Alpino . 1st edition. Priuli & Verlucca, Scarmagno 2005, ISBN 88-8068-273-3 (Italian, abstract [PDF; 1.6 MB ; accessed on December 26, 2016]).

Web links

Wikivoyage: Bavarian Alps  - Travel Guide