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Zugspitze

The Zugspitze, at 2,962 m above sea level, is the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains and the highest mountain in . It lies south of the town of in , and the Austria–Germany border is on its western summit.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,962 metres
  • Description: highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains (Eastern Alps)
  • Also known as: “Weisskogel” and “Zugspitze (Ostgipfel)”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Münchner Haus and Höllentalferner.

Mountain hut
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The on 's highest mountain, the Zugspitze, is an Alpine Club hut belonging to the Section of the German Alpine Club. The category 2 hut lies on the west summit of the Zugspitze at a height of 2,959 metres and is thus the highest refuge hut in the German Alps.

Glacier
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a in the western Wetterstein Mountains. It is a cirque glacier that covers the upper part of the Höllental valley and its location in a rocky bowl between the and Germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze, means that it is well-protected from direct sunshine.

Railway station
Photo: Altsprachenfreund, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as the Glacier Station Zugspitzplatt, is a high-altitude railway terminus of the Bayerische Zugspitzbahn, a cog railway that connects to the Zugspitzplatt, a plateau on Zugspitze, Germany's highest mountain at 2,962 meters.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ehrwald and Hammersbach.

Photo: Triplec85, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a picturesque village in the Northwest Tyrol region of . Nestled at the foot of the Zugspitze, Germany's highest peak, is a popular destination for outdoor enthusiasts year-round.

Village
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is a village in the municipality of at the foot of the Wetterstein Mountains in South Germany. It is located at the southwestern end of the market town of and is an important base for tours by mountaineers and hikers.

Zugspitze

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
node 27384190
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
2760454
Wiki­data ID
Q3375
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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: “Τσουκσπίτσε”
  • 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: “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: “Цугшпиц”
  • Serbian: “Цугшпице”
  • Serbian: “Цукшпице”
  • 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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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Irmerscharte and Faszination Erlebnismuseum Zugspitze.

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