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In 2009, according to the weather survey by the German Met Office, the Zugspitze was the coldest place in Germany with a mean annual temperature of −4.2 °C. [16] The lowest measured temperature on the Zugspitze was −35.6 °C on 14 February 1940. The highest temperature occurred on 5 July 1957 when the thermometer reached 17.9 °C.
Because the borders of Germany have often changed during the course of the centuries, there were different "highest mountains" in the past. For example, during the time of the Holy Roman Empire up to 1806, the Ortler in present-day South Tyrol, at 3,905 m (12,812 ft), was the highest German
Topography of Europe. This article lists the highest natural elevation of each sovereign state on the continent of Europe defined physiographically.. Not all points in this list are mountains or hills, some are simply elevations that are not distinguishable as geographical features.
The Hochkönig in the Berchtesgaden Alps. This list of mountain and hill ranges in Germany contains a selection of the main mountain and hill regions in Germany.. In addition the list shows the highest (German) mountain in the range together with its height above sea level (taken as Normalnull (NN)) and the state in which its highest elevation is located.
The highest natural point in the capital city of Berlin, the Große Müggelberg, is, at 114.7 m [2] still 5.4 metres lower than the rubble heap of the Teufelsberg, which was piled up after the Second World War and reaches a height of 120.1 m; [3] but the highest point in Berlin is an artificially created mound of the Arkenberge, which attains a ...
Germany is certainly a destination to consider for admiring the jewel-bright colors of the fall. There are towns and villages to explore, festivals to enjoy and leisurely boat trips for relaxing.
The above European Top 10 list excludes peaks on lands and islands that are part of European countries but are outside or on the limits of the European continent and its tectonic and geographic boundaries, like Teide (with prominence of 3,715 m, 12,188 ft), Tenerife Island, Spain; Belukha peak of the Altai Mountains in Russia (with prominence of 3,343 m, 10,968 ft); and Piton des Neiges (with ...
The Apennines [2] or Apennine Mountains (/ ˈ æ p ə n aɪ n / AP-ə-nyne; Ancient Greek: Ἀπέννινα ὄρη or Ἀπέννινον ὄρος; [3] Latin: Appenninus or Apenninus Mons – a singular with plural meaning; [4] Italian: Appennini [appenˈniːni]) [note 1] are a mountain range consisting of parallel smaller chains extending c. 1,200 km (750 mi) the length of peninsular Italy.