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Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a favoured holiday spot for skiing, snowboarding, and hiking, having some of the best skiing areas (Garmisch Classic and Zugspitze) in Germany. It was the site of the 1936 Winter Olympics , the first to feature alpine skiing .
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Bavarian: Garmasch-Partakurch) is a Landkreis in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Ostallgäu , Weilheim-Schongau and Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen , and by the Austrian state of Tyrol .
Garmisch Classic is an alpine ski area in the Bavarian Alps of southern Germany, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria. [1] Its maximum elevation is 2,050 m (6,726 ft) above sea level at Osterfelderkopf, with a vertical drop of 1,350 m (4,429 ft). Other peaks of ski area are the Kreuzjoch at 1,719 m (5,640 ft) and Kreuzeck at 1,651 m (5,417 ft). [2]
Oberammergau is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria, Germany.The small town on the Ammer River is known for its woodcarvers and woodcarvings, for its NATO School, and around the world for its 380-year tradition of mounting Passion Plays.
Mittenwald is located approximately 16 kilometres to the south-east of Garmisch-Partenkirchen.It is situated in the Valley of the river Isar, by the northern foothills of the Alps, on the route between the old banking and commercial centre of Augsburg, to the north, and Innsbruck to the south-east, beyond which is the Brenner Pass and the route to Lombardy, another region with a rich ...
Map of the Wank and part of Garmisch-Partenkirchen Summit cross on the Wank. The grassy summit of the Wank is topped by a cross, set up in July 1904 by the Werdenfelser Heimat Partenkirchen society. Nearby is an observatory and the Wank-Haus, also known as the Alois Huber Haus, a mountain hut that provides food and accommodation to visitors ...
Murnau am Staffelsee (often shortend to Murnau) [3] [4] is a market town in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region of Bavaria, Germany. The market originated in the 12th century around Murnau Castle. Murnau is on the edge of the Bavarian Alps, about 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of Munich.
The Alpspitze is a mountain, 2628 m, in Bavaria, Germany. Its pyramidal peak is the symbol of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and is one of the best known and most attractive mountains of the Northern Limestone Alps. It is made predominantly of Wetterstein limestone from the Upper Triassic.