Zugspitze

2026-10-11

mountain · DE · 2962 m

47.4212, 10.9863

At 2,962 metres the highest point in Germany, rising on the border with Austria in the Wetterstein Mountains. Its summit lies a few hundred metres south of the frontier line, so the actual peak is in Austria, though the whole massif is regarded as German. The first recorded ascent was in 1820 by a Bavarian survey team. The name may refer to the Zug valley to the east, or to the movement of avalanches that fall from its faces. The summit is accessible by cable car from the German side and by a rack railway from the Austrian. From the top the view reaches across the Northern Limestone Alps and, on clear days, to the peaks of the Central Alps beyond.

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