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The Staffelsee is a lake in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district of Bavaria, Germany.The settlements of Murnau, Seehausen and Uffing lie on its shores. Within its 7 km 2 (2.7 sq mi) area lie seven islands, the largest and only inhabited of which is Wörth.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen. 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. It later replaced Sapporo, Japan as the host of the 1940 Winter ...
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.
Murnau is a minor train hub, since Murnau station is the place where the Munich–Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the Oberammergau lines intersect. The first electrical signal box of the Deutsche Bundesbahn was installed here. The municipality has three other stations on the Oberammergau line: Murnau Ort, Seeleiten-Berggeist, and Grafenaschau.
However, the new platform is to be built south-east of the old stop on the other side of the tracks to provide better access to the ski stadium and the Garmisch-Partenkirchen hospital. The costs of the reactivation would be borne by Deutsche Bahn if a study yet to be prepared concludes that 100 accesses per day will be achieved.
North of these ridges is a valley housing the tourist resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The valley together with the surrounding mountains is called the Werdenfelser Land. Further north the ridges of the Ammergebirge and the Estergebirge rise, which are still over 2000 m high. In the northernmost parts of the district there is alpine uplands ...
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 .
Garmisch-Partenkirchen station (German: Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bahnhof) is a junction station in the German State of Bavaria. It is the biggest station in Garmisch-Partenkirchen . It has five platform tracks and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station . [ 2 ]