Zugspitze
The Zugspitze, at 2,962 m above sea level, is the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains and the highest mountain in Germany. It lies south of the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, and the Austria–Germany border is on its western summit.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,962 metres
- Description: highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains (Eastern Alps)
- Also known as: “Weisskogel”, “Zugspitze (Ostgipfel)”, “Τσουκσπίτσε”, “Цугшпиц”, and “Цукшпице”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Münchner Haus and Höllentalferner.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ehrwald and Lermoos.
Zugspitze
- Categories: mountain, highest point, and landform
- Location: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.42122° or 47° 25′ 16″ north
Longitude
10.9863° or 10° 59′ 11″ east
Elevation
2,962 metres (9,718 feet)
Open location code
8FVGCXCP+FG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Zugspitze” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Zugspitze”
- Albanian: “Zugspitze”
- Arabic: “قمة تسوغشبيتسه”
- Aragonese: “Zugspitze”
- Armenian: “Ցուգշպիտցե”
- Basque: “Zugspitze”
- Bavarian: “Zugspitz”
- Belarusian: “Гара Цугшпіцэ”
- Belarusian: “Цугшпіцэ”
- Bosnian: “Zugspitze”
- Breton: “Zugspitze”
- Bulgarian: “Цугшпице”
- Catalan: “Zugspitze”
- Cebuano: “Zugspitze”
- Chinese: “楚格峰”
- Croatian: “Zugspitze”
- Czech: “Zugspitze”
- Danish: “Zugspitze”
- Dutch: “Zugspitze”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل قمه تسوجشبيتسه”
- Esperanto: “Zugspitze”
- Estonian: “Zugspitze”
- Finnish: “Zugspitze”
- French: “Zugspitze”
- Galician: “Zugspitze”
- Georgian: “ცუგშპიცე”
- German: “Zugspitze”
- Gilaki: “تسۊگشپيتزه”
- Greek: “Τσούγκσπιτσε”
- Greek: “Τσούκσπίτσε”
- Hebrew: “צוגשפיצה”
- Hungarian: “Zugspitze”
- Icelandic: “Zugspitze”
- Ido: “Zugspitze”
- Indonesian: “Zugspitze”
- Interlingue: “Zugspitze”
- Irish: “Zugspitze”
- Italian: “Zugspitze”
- Japanese: “ツークシュピッツェ”
- Korean: “추크슈피체산”
- Ladin: “Zugspitze”
- Latin: “Tractus Cacumen”
- Latvian: “Cugšpice”
- Latvian: “Cūgšpice”
- Lithuanian: “Cugšpicė”
- Lithuanian: “Cūgšpicė”
- Lombard: “Zugspitze”
- Lower Sorbian: “Zugspitze”
- Luxembourgish: “Zugspitze”
- Macedonian: “Цугшпице”
- Malagasy: “Zugspitze”
- Malay: “Zugspitze”
- Marathi: “त्सुगस्पिट्से”
- Moroccan Arabic: “جبل تسوڭسپيتزه”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Zugspitze”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zugspitze”
- Norwegian: “Zugspitze”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Zugspitze”
- Persian: “تسوگاشپیتسه”
- Polish: “Zugspitze”
- Portuguese: “Zugspitze”
- Romanian: “Zugspitze”
- Russian: “Цугшпитце”
- Scots: “Zugspitze”
- Serbian: “Цугшпице”
- Slovak: “Zugspitze”
- Slovenian: “Zugspitze”
- Spanish: “Zugspitze”
- Swahili: “Zugspitze”
- Swedish: “Zugspitze”
- Thai: “ซูคชปิทเซอ”
- Turkish: “Zugspitze Dağı”
- Ukrainian: “Цугшпітце”
- Upper Sorbian: “Zugspitze”
- Uzbek: “Zugspitze”
- Venetian: “Zugspitze”
- Vietnamese: “Zugspitze”
- Welsh: “Zugspitze”
- Western Panjabi: “سوگسپتزے”
- Wu Chinese: “楚格峰”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Schneefernereck and Windloch.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Irmerscharte and Faszination Erlebnismuseum Zugspitze.
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