List of the highest mountains in Germany
The list of the highest mountains in Germany includes the highest peaks in Germany . All of these mountains are located in the state of Bavaria . Within the Alps , they are in the Eastern Alps and are part of the Northern Limestone Alps . Most of them belong to the Wetterstein , Berchtesgaden and Allgäu Alps mountain groups .
Since the definition of a mountain is not generally applicable, a distinction is made between main peaks and other peaks. Side summits are not listed. In the Alps, according to the UIAA definition , a summit is considered independent from a notch height of 30 meters. In order to classify a summit as an independent mountain, minimum notch heights of 100 m or (according to other sources) of 300 meters are specified. According to the last definition, only the main peaks of entire mountain ranges are counted. All elevations below a notch height of 30 meters are considered secondary peaks.
The highest main peaks in Germany are Zugspitze (2,962 m), Hochwanner (2,744 m) and Watzmann-Mittelspitze (2,713 m). If one evaluates all the independent peaks, after the Zugspitze the snowernerkopf (2,875 m) and the middle weather peak (2,747 m) follow in places two and three. However, both are part of the Zugspitze massif and are relatively close to the Zugspitze summit.
The highest main peak, which stands entirely on German territory, is the Watzmann-Mittelspitze at 2,713 meters, as well as the Hochkalter (2,607 m), the Great Thumb (2,280 m) and the Höfats (2,259 m). The Mittlere Höllentalspitze (2,742 m) and the Hochblassen (2,703 m) are also completely on German territory, but with much less independence .
A large part of the peaks was verifiably climbed in the 19th century, Watzmann-Mittelspitze and Hoher Göll for example as early as 1800. The Zugspitze was officially climbed for the first time in 1820. However, there are suspicions about many peaks that they were climbed by unknowns in earlier times.
Since the borders of Germany have changed many times over the course of history, there have been various “highest mountains” in the past. During the colonial period up to 1918, the Kibo in the Kilimanjaro massif (at the time "Kaiser-Wilhelm-Spitze") in the colony of German East Africa , which was climbed for the first time in 1889, was officially the highest mountain in the German Empire at 5,895 m . In the Greater German Reich from 1938 to 1945 this title was given to the Grossglockner , which at 3,798 m is today the highest mountain in Austria. The highest mountain in the GDR was the Fichtelberg (1,215 m).
Legend
- Rank : Rank that the summit has among the highest mountains in Germany.
- Image : Image of the mountain
- Summit : name of the summit
- Height : Height of the mountain in meters
- Mountains : Mountains in which the mountain is located.
- Solid : (only Table 1) Indicates the solid affiliation. If the massif is named after a linked main summit, there is no link here.
- Location : (only Table 2) DE = mountain lies entirely on German territory; DE / AT = mountain lies in the area of the border between Germany and Austria , but the German territory extends at least to the summit.
- Dominance : The dominance describes the radius of the area that the mountain towers over. Specified in kilometers with reference point.
- Schartenhöhe : The notch height is the difference in height between the summit height and the highest notch , up to which you have to descend at least in order to reach a higher peak. Specified in meters with reference point.
- First ascent / first ascent : Names of the first ascent with date. Empty field means that the first person to climb or the date can no longer be traced.
There may be differences to other metric data. In the tables, the German height reference system normal height zero and data from the Bavarian Surveying Administration are used.
The highest peaks
The table lists the 30 highest independent peaks in Germany. A summit needs a notch height of over 30 meters to be considered independent.
rank |
image | summit | Height (m) |
Mountains | Solid | Dominance (km) |
Notch height (m) |
First ascent |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zugspitze | 2,962 | Wetterstein Mountains | Zugspitze |
Acherkogel |
24.6
Fernpass |
1.746
Josef Naus , Johann Georg Tauschl , Messgehilfe Maier 1 |
08/27/1820 |
2 | Schneeernerkopf | 2,874 | Wetterstein Mountains | Zugspitze |
Zugspitze |
1.7
Schneeernerscharte |
175
Hermann von Barth |
1871 |
3 | Medium weather peak | 2,750 | Wetterstein Mountains | Zugspitze |
Schneeernerkopf |
0.6
Notch to the Schneefernerkopf |
67
|
|
4th | Hochwanner | 2,744 | Wetterstein Mountains | Hochwanner |
Zugspitze |
5.5
Feldernjöchl |
701
Hermann von Barth |
1870 |
5 | Middle Höllentalspitze | 2,743 | Wetterstein Mountains | Zugspitze |
Zugspitze |
1.6
Notch the Jubiläumsgrat to the Zugspitze |
116
Hermann von Barth |
1871 |
6th | Inner Höllentalspitze | 2,741 | Wetterstein Mountains | Zugspitze |
Middle Höllentalspitze |
0.6
Notch to the Mittlerer Höllentalspitze |
90
Hermann von Barth |
09.09.1871 |
7th | Outer Höllentalspitze | 2,720 | Wetterstein Mountains | Zugspitze |
Middle Höllentalspitze |
0.6
3 Notch to the Mittlerer Höllentalspitze |
35
Hermann von Barth |
1871 |
8th | Watzmann central point | 2,713 | Berchtesgaden Alps | Watzmann |
high ropes |
15.9
Trischübel Pass |
939
Valentin Stanič |
Aug. 1800 |
9 | Watzmann southern tip | 2.712 | Berchtesgaden Alps | Watzmann |
Watzmann central point |
0.8
Watzmanngrat notch |
110 3
Peter Carl Thurwieser |
1832 |
10 | High pale | 2,703 | Wetterstein Mountains | Zugspitze |
Outer Höllentalspitze |
1.1
Wrong Grießkarscharte |
143
Hermann von Barth , Peter Klaisl |
August 25, 1871 |
11 | Wetterwandeck | 2,698 | Wetterstein Mountains | Zugspitze |
Southern weather peak |
0.5
Notch to the eastern weather tip |
30
Hermann von Barth |
1874 |
12 | Leutasch three-goal tip | 2,682 | Wetterstein Mountains | Three-goal spike |
Hochwanner |
5.2
Western Wangscharte |
346
Hermann von Barth |
August 7th, 1871 |
13 | Eastern Plattspitze | 2,680 | Wetterstein Mountains | Zugspitze |
Wetterwandeck |
1.1
weather gap |
204
Hermann von Barth |
1871 |
14th | Hinterreintalschrofen | 2,669 | Wetterstein Mountains | Hochwanner |
Hochwanner |
1.5
Notch from Teufelsgrat to Hochwanner |
109
Hermann von Barth |
09/01/1871 |
15th | Terry lace | 2,649 | Allgäu Alps | High light |
High light |
2.2
Socktalscharte |
203
Hermann von Barth |
June 16, 1869 |
16 | Girl fork | 2,645 | Allgäu Alps | High light |
high terry tip |
0.4
Notch to Hochfrottspitze |
81
Oskar Sendtner 4 |
1852 |
17th | Partenkirchner Dreitorspitze | 2,633 | Wetterstein Mountains | Three-goal spike |
Leutasch three-goal tip |
0.5
3 Notch to the Leutascher Dreitorspitze |
100
Jakob Grasegger , Karl Kiendl |
July 20, 1854 |
18th | Alpspitze | 2,628 | Wetterstein Mountains | Zugspitze |
high pale |
0.8
Grießkarscharte |
165
J. Burger |
1825 |
19th | Vollkarspitze | 2,618 | Wetterstein Mountains | Zugspitze |
high pale |
0.5
3 Notch to the Höllentalspitzen |
40
Ferdinand Henning 2 |
1897 |
20th | Bockkarkopf | 2,609 | Allgäu Alps | High light |
high terry tip |
0.6
Bockkarscharte |
106
|
|
21st | Hochkalter | 2,607 | Berchtesgaden Alps | Hochkalter |
Watzmann |
4.5
Wimbachscharte |
621
|
|
22nd | Northeastern Dreitorspitze | 2,605 | Wetterstein Mountains | Three-goal spike |
three-goal point |
0.2
3 Notch to the Dreitorspitze |
40
|
|
23 | Beaver head | 2,599 | Allgäu Alps | Beaver head |
High light |
3.5
Large stone notch |
337
5 |
1853 |
24 | Trettachspitze | 2,595 | Allgäu Alps | High light |
girls fork |
0.4
Notch to the girls fork |
145
Urban , Alois and Mathias Jochum |
Aug. 1855 |
25th | Great dog death | 2,593 | Berchtesgaden Alps | Great dog death |
Watzmann |
4.5
Dießbachscharte |
474
Karl Thurwieser |
1825 |
26th | Hochvogel | 2,592 | Allgäu Alps | Hochvogel |
Urbeleskarspitze |
5.4
Hornbachjoch |
572
Trobitus |
1832 |
27 | Funtenseetauern | 2,578 | Berchtesgaden Alps | Selbhorn |
Selbhorn |
4
Hochbrunnsulzen |
220
Johann Grill , Albert Kaindl |
Around 1865 |
28 | Opener tip | 2,576 | Allgäu Alps | Big toad head |
large toad head |
0.7
Notch to the Großer Krottenkopf |
137
5 |
1854 |
29 | Schüsselkarspitze | 2,551 | Wetterstein Mountains | Three-goal spike |
Leutasch three-goal tip |
0.3
3 Notch to the Leutascher Dreitorspitze |
60
Heinrich Moser, Oscar Schuster |
1894 |
30th | Krottenspitze | 2,551 | Allgäu Alps | Big toad head |
opener tip |
0.3
Notch to Öfnerspitze |
78
|
The highest main peaks
The table shows the 21 highest main peaks in Germany. A mountain is classified as the main peak of a massif if its notch height is more than 300 meters.
- 1 First ascent by name. Historical maps from the 18th century suggest that the Zugspitze was climbed before 1770.
- 2 As part of a survey
- 3 Exact value not known as an altitude mark is missing. Estimation was based on contour lines from a topographic map .
More lists from Bergen
- List of the highest mountains in the German states
- List of mountains and ridges in Germany
- List of the most dominant mountains in Germany
- Highest mountain
literature
- DAV map : 4/3 Wetterstein and Mieminger Mountains, Eastern Leaf (1: 25,000). 2005
- DAV card: 5/1 Karwendel, western sheet (1: 25,000). 2005
- DAV card: 5/2 Karwendel, medium sheet (1: 25,000). 2000
- DAV card: 10/1 Steinernes Meer (1: 25,000). 2006
- Kompass hiking, biking and ski tour map: Sheet 3 Allgäu Alps, Kleinwalsertal (1: 50,000). Compass maps, Innsbruck 2005, ISBN 978-3-85491-005-3
- Kompass hiking, bike and ski tour map: Sheet 03 Oberstdorf, Kleinwalsertal (1: 25,000). Compass maps, Innsbruck 2009, ISBN 978-3-85491-231-6
- Kompass hiking, biking and ski touring map: Sheet 25 Zugspitze, Mieminger chain (1: 50,000). Compass maps, Innsbruck 2008, ISBN 978-3-85491-026-8
Web links
- Bayern-Viewer : Online maps for the state of Bavaria
Individual evidence
- ↑ The four thousand meter peaks of the Alps - Official UIAA directory. (PDF; 648 kB) In: UIAA Bulletin. UIAA , accessed May 7, 2009 (No. 145, March 1994).
- ^ Bavarian Surveying Administration : Bayernviewer. Bavarian State Government, accessed on May 19, 2009 .
- ↑ About adventurers and mountain pioneers. (No longer available online.) Allgaeuer-anzeigeblatt.de, 2005, archived from the original on July 18, 2011 ; Retrieved May 6, 2009 .
- ↑ a b DAV: Historical Zugspitz map from around 1770 discovered. bergleben.de, September 20, 2006, accessed on July 21, 2015 .