Zugspitze

The Zugspitze, highest point of the Wetterstein Mountains and of Germany, rises south of Garmisch-Partenkirchen with the Austrian border running across its western summit. Its name probably comes from the Zugbahnen, the avalanche paths that score its slopes each winter. The first documented ascent was made on 27 August 1820 by Lieutenant Josef Naus, guide Johann Georg Tauschl and a surveyor's assistant named Maier, who were mapping the region for the Bavarian atlas. In 1851 a priest, Christoph Ott, had 28 bearers carry a gilded iron cross to the west summit. The mountain is built mostly of Triassic Wetterstein limestone, and two small glaciers still cling to its flanks. A weather station has recorded the summit's harsh conditions since 1900, and a rack railway tunnels through the mountain to the high plateau below.

Coordinates: 47°25′16″N 10°59′07″E · Zugspitze, 2,962 m

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