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PhotoSecrets Garmisch-Partenkirchen, first published May 3, 2016. This version output April 21, 2018.
Curated, coded and designed by Andrew Hudson. Copyright © Andrew Hudson for PhotoSecrets (Photo Tour Books, Inc.). Photos, text and maps copyrights are listed in the credits section.
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A great travel photograph, like a great news photograph, requires you to be in the right place at the right time to capture that special moment. Professional photographers have a short-hand phrase for this: “F8 and be there.”
There are countless books that can help you with photographic technique, the “F8” portion of that equation. But until now, there’s been little help for the other, more critical portion of that equation, the “be there” part. To find the right spot, you had to expend lots of time and shoe leather to wander around, track down every potential viewpoint, and essentially re-invent the wheel.
In my career as a professional travel photographer, well over half my time on location is spent seeking out the good angles. Andrew Hudson’s PhotoSecrets does all that legwork for you, so you can spend your time photographing instead of wandering about. It’s like having a professional location scout in your camera bag. I wish I had one of these books for every city I photograph on assignment.
PhotoSecrets can help you capture the most beautiful sights with a minimum of hassle and a maximum of enjoyment. So grab your camera, find your favorite PhotoSecrets spots, and “be there!”
Bob Krist has photographed assignments for National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, Travel/Holiday, Smithsonian, and Islands. He won “Travel photographer of the Year” from the Society of American Travel Writers in 1994, 2007, and 2008.
For National Geographic, Bob has led round-the-world tours and a traveling lecture series. His book In Tuscany with Frances Mayes spent a month on The New York Times’ bestseller list and his how-to book Spirit of Place was hailed by American Photographer magazine as “the best book about travel photography we’ve ever read.”
The parents of three sons, Bob and his wife live in New Hope, Pennsylvania.
Thank you for reading PhotoSecrets. As a fellow fan of travel and photography, I hope this guide will help you quickly find the most visually stunning places, and come home with equally stunning photographs.
PhotoSecrets is designed to show you all the best sights. Flick through, see the classic shots, and use them as a departure point for your own creations. Get ideas for composition and interesting viewpoints. See what piques your interest. Know what to shoot, where to stand, when to go, and why it’s interesting. Now you can spend less time researching and more time photographing.
The idea for PhotoSecrets came during a trip to Thailand, when I tried to find the exotic beach used in the James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun. None of the guidebooks I had showed a picture, so I thought a guidebook of postcard photos would be useful for us photographers. Twenty-plus years later, you have this guide. Thanks!
Now, start exploring — and take lots of photos!
Originally an engineer, Andrew Hudson started PhotoSecrets in 1995. His first book won the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best First Book and his second won the Grand Prize in the National Self-Published Book Awards.
Andrew has published 38 nationally-distributed photography books. He has photographed assignments for Macy’s, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Men’s Health and Seventeen, and been a location scout for Nikon. His photos and articles have appeared in Alaska Airlines, National Geographic Traveler, Shutterbug Outdoor and Nature photography, Where, and Woman’s World.
Andrew has a degree in Computer Engineering from Manchester University and a certificate in copyright law from Harvard Law School. Born in Redditch, England, he lives with his wife, two kids, and two chocolate Labs, in San Diego, California.
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Name: | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
Address: | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Wunsiedel, Upper Franconia, Bavaria |
What: | Mountain resort town and district |
GPS: | 47.5, 11.083333 |
Country: | Germany |
State: | Bavaria |
Region: | Upper Bavaria |
Time zone: | CET (UTC+1) |
Population: | 85,443 district |
Website: | gapa.de |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a district in Bavaria, Germany.
Photographer: Schloss Elmau
Year: 2007.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Schloss Elmau, built by Carl Sattler in the style of Reformarchitektur during WW1 between 1914 and 1916, is a two-story listed monument with hipped roof, tower and porch, situated between Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Mittenwald in Bavaria, Germany.
Addr: | Krün, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Wunsiedel, Bavaria | Where: | 47.46194 11.18611 |
What: | Castle | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Hilpert
Year: 2005.
Source: Wikipedia
License: Released by author into the public domain.
Photographer: H Helmlechner
Year: 2015.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
Photographer: Michielverbeek
Year: 2012.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Addr: | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Wunsiedel, Bavaria | Where: | 47.500 11.283 |
What: | Church | When: | Anytime |
AKA: | Sankt Sebastian Kirche |
Photographer: Māris Romanovskis
Year: 2008.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Softeis
Year: 2005.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Linderhof Palace is a Schloss in Germany, in southwest Bavaria near Ettal Abbey.
Addr: | Ettal, Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Where: | 47.57167 10.96056 |
What: | Palace | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Diego Delso
Year: 2014.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Softeis
Year: 2005.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Diego Delso
Year: 2014.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Gustavo Trapp
Year: 2008.
Source: Wikipedia
License: Released by author into the public domain.
Photographer: Softeiscommonswiki
Year: 2005.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Silverije
Year: 2015.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Addr: | Linderhof Palace, Ettal, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria | Where: | 47.57167 10.96056 |
When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Pe-Sa
Year: 2009.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Addr: | Linderhof Palace, Ettal, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria | Where: | 47.57167 10.96056 |
What: | Grotto | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Eiscommonswiki
Year: 2005.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Tony Castle
Year: 2010.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
Addr: | Linderhof Palace, Ettal, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria | Where: | 47.57167 10.96056 |
What: | Fountain | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Softeiscommonswiki
Year: 2005.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Addr: | Linderhof Palace, Ettal, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria | Where: | 47.57167 10.96056 |
What: | Statue | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Wolfgang Manousek
Year: 2004.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY 2.
Photographer: Tony Castle
Year: 2010.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
Photographer: Gracekelly
Year: 2011.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Addr: | Linderhof Palace, Ettal, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria | Where: | 47.57167 10.96056 |
What: | Pavilion | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Diego Delso
Year: 2014.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Tony Castle
Year: 2010.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
Addr: | Linderhof Palace, Ettal, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria | Where: | 47.57167 10.96056 |
What: | Statue | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Bbb
Year: 2007.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 1.
Photographer: Jan Beckendorf
Year: 2004.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
Photographer: © Pierre André
Year: 2016.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
Photographer: Gustavo Trapp
Year: 2008.
Source: Wikipedia
License: Released by author into the public domain.
Addr: | Linderhof Palace, Ettal, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria | Where: | 47.57167 10.96056 |
What: | Statue | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Diego Delso
Year: 2014.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Addr: | Linderhof Palace, Ettal, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria | Where: | 47.57167 10.96056 |
What: | Building | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Tony Castle
Year: 2010.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
Addr: | Linderhof Palace, Ettal, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria | Where: | 47.57167 10.96056 |
What: | Statue | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Amadeusfk
Year: 2010.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
Addr: | Linderhof Palace, Ettal, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria | Where: | 47.57167 10.96056 |
What: | Temple | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Eland Andriy
Year: 2013.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Geolina163
Year: 2015.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
Photographer: Geolina163
Year: 2015.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
Addr: | Linderhof Palace, Ettal, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria | Where: | 47.57167 10.96056 |
What: | Statue | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Geolina163
Year: 2015.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
Addr: | Linderhof Palace, Ettal, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria | Where: | 47.57167 10.96056 |
What: | Statue | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Geolina163
Year: 2015.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
Photographer: Reywas92
Year: 2006.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Addr: | Linderhof Palace, Ettal, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria | Where: | 47.57167 10.96056 |
What: | Kiosk | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Heribert Pohl --- Thanks For Half A Million Clicks
Year: 2006.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
Addr: | Linderhof 14, 82488 Ettal, Bavaria | Where: | 47.5671 10.958999 |
What: | Hotel | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Andrea Griffini
Year: 2008.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Ettal Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in the village of Ettal close to Oberammergau and Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany.
Addr: | Ettal, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Wunsiedel, Bavaria | Where: | 47.57167 11.09500 |
What: | Abbey | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Mattana
Year: 2007.
Source: Wikipedia
License: Released by author into the public domain.
Photographer: Diego Delso
Year: 2014.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Addr: | Where: | 47.57167 11.09500 | |
What: | Dome | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Mattana
Year: 2007.
Source: Wikipedia
License: Released by author into the public domain.
Photographer: Diego Delso
Year: 2014.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Addr: | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Wunsiedel, Bavaria | Where: | 47.567 11.100 |
What: | Church | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Photo flea
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY 3.
Addr: | Farchant, Bavaria | Where: | 47.528967 11.126833 |
What: | Waterfall | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Octagon
Year: 2009.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY 3.
Addr: | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Wunsiedel, Bavaria | Where: | 47.47611 11.02472 |
What: | Church | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Bbb
Year: 2009.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Addr: | Mittenwald, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria | Where: | 47.417 11.250 |
What: | Sculpture | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Sebman81
Year: 2011.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The Leutasch Gorge is a gorge near Mittenwald and Unterleutasch in the Bavarian-Tyrolean border area through which the Leutascher Ache river flows.
Addr: | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria | Where: | 47.428245 11.246424 |
What: | Gorge | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Marius Hoch
Year: 2011.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Marius Hoch
Year: 2011.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Putput
Year: 2006.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Pelz
Year: 2012.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Helmlechner
Year: 2013.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Addr: | Seehausen am Staffelse, Bavaria | Where: | 47.677861 11.200926 |
What: | Statue | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Stefan Dudde
Year: 2012.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Rufus46
Year: 2011.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Rene Meyer=Berreu
Year: 2004.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The Staffelsee is a lake in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district of Bavaria, Germany.
Addr: | Murnau am Staffelsee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Where: | 47.689 11.163 |
What: | Lake | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Diego Delso
Year: 2014.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Oberammergau is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria, Germany.
Photographer: Jebulon
Year: 2013.
Source: Wikipedia
License: Released by author into the public domain.
Addr: | Where: | 47.598212 11.064542 | |
What: | Hotel | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Diego Delso
Year: 2014.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Addr: | Oberammergau, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria | Where: | 47.59667 11.06444 |
What: | Church | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Allie Caulfield
Year: 2003.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY 2.
Addr: | Oberammergau, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria | Where: | 47.595630 11.068800 |
What: | Dome | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Raslama
Year: 2004.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY 3.
The Kofel is a 1,342 metres mountain in the Bavarian Alps of Germany.
Addr: | Oberammergau, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria | Where: | 47.58694 11.05972 |
What: | Mountain | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Grundkarte
Year: 2009.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Horemu
Year: 2006.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
Photographer: Solicitr
Year: 2027.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Dave Dunford
Year: 2012.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Addr: | Uffing, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Wunsiedel, Bavaria | Where: | 47.713958 11.149025 |
What: | Church | When: | Anytime |
AKA: | Sankt Agathe Kirche |
Photographer: Bjs
Year: 2011.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Addr: | Unterammergau, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria | Where: | 47.6150 11.0283 |
What: | Statue | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Túrelio
Year: 2012.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Ra Boe
Year: 2008.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The Wetterstein mountains also simply called the Wetterstein, is a mountain group in the Northern Limestone Alps within the Eastern Alps.
Photographer: Richard Bartz
Year: 2007.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
The Partnach Gorge is a deep gorge that has been incised by a mountain stream, the Partnach, in the Reintal valley near the south German town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Addr: | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Wunsiedel, Bavaria | Where: | 47.46917 11.11861 |
What: | Gorge | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Michael Fiegle
Year: 2009.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Richard Bartz
Year: 2008.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
Photographer: Sebastian Stürzl
Year: 2009.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The Vollkarspitze is a 2,630 m high mountain in the Wetterstein group in Germany that, until 2001, had twin peaks.
Addr: | Wetterstein, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria | Where: | 47.42167 11.03472 |
What: | Mountain | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Grundkarte
Year: 2009.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Martin Fisch
Year: 2009.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
Gudiberg is a mountain of Bavaria which hosted skiing in the 1936 Winter Olympics.
Addr: | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria | Where: | 47.476 11.119 |
What: | Mountain | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Johannes Löw
Year: 2005.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
Addr: | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria | Where: | 47.48139 11.11778 |
What: | Ski-jumping hill | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Christian Nawroth
Year: 2008.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The Höllental, English translation “Hell Valley” or “Valley of Hell” is one of the routes on the German side leading up the Zugspitze on the German-Austrian border in the northern Alps.
Addr: | Where: | 47.441037 11.033885 | |
What: | Path | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Wolfgang Kopp
Year: 2006.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
The Höllentalanger Hut is a managed hut owned by the German Alpine Club in the Wetterstein Mountains of Bavaria, in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Addr: | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria | Where: | 47.43806 11.02472 |
What: | Hut | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Andreas Schmidt
Year: 2003.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: This File Is Lacking Author Information
Year: 2009.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY 3.
Addr: | Where: | 47.44750 11.02278 | |
What: | Mountain | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Octagon
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY 3.
The Zugspitze, at 2,962 m above sea level, is the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains as well as the highest mountain in Germany.
Addr: | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria | Where: | 47.42111 10.98528 |
What: | Mountain | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Andreas Schmidt
Year: 2003.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Michael Fiegle
Year: 2009.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Nixalsverdruss
Year: 2005.
Source: Wikipedia
License: Released by author into the public domain.
Eibsee is a lake in Bavaria, Germany, 9 km southwest of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and roughly 100 km southwest of Munich.
Addr: | Where: | 47.45778 10.97306 | |
What: | Lake | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Josep Renalias
Year: 2007.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The Eibsee Cable Car, which opened in 1963, is a cable car which connects the lower station near lake Eibsee with the top station at 2,950 metres above sea level next to the summit of Zugspitze, Germany’s highest mountain on the border to Austria.
Addr: | Where: | 47.4560722 10.9917361 | |
What: | Cable car | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Günter Seggebäing
Year: 2006.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
The Alpspitze is a mountain, 2,628 m, in Bavaria, Germany.
Addr: | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria | Where: | 47.42944 11.04750 |
What: | Mountain | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Octagon
Year: 2006.
Source: Wikipedia
License: Released by author into the public domain.
Photographer: Tk2commonswiki
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Rhaessner
Year: 2005.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Nilsf
Year: 2006.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Octagon
Year: 2009.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY 3.
Photographer: Christian Nawroth
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Heinrich Stürzl
Year: 2007.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
West peak of the Partenkirchen Dreitorspitze: K.
Addr: | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria | Where: | 47.40000 11.12389 |
What: | Mountain | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Ger
Year: 2006.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
At 2,744 metres the Hochwanner is the second highest mountain in Germany after the Zugspitze.
Addr: | Wetterstein, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria | Where: | 47.39583 11.05417 |
What: | Mountain | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Luidger
Year: 2004.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Christian Nawroth
Year: 2008.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The Höllentalferner is a glacier in the western Wetterstein Mountains.
Addr: | Wetterstein, Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Where: | 47.42667 10.99750 |
What: | Glacier | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Heinrich Stürzl
Year: 2012.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Sebastian Stürzl
Year: 2010.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Günter Seggebäing
Year: 2006.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
The Höllentalspitzen are three peaks in the Wetterstein Mountains near Garmisch-Partenkirchen in southern Germany.
Addr: | Wetterstein, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria | Where: | 47.42056 11.02056 |
What: | Mountain | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Grundkarte
Year: 2009.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Heinrich Stürzl
Year: 2005.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Heinrich Stürzl
Year: 2005.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Heinrich Stürzl
Year: 2005.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Heinrich Stürzl
Year: 2005.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The Jubiläumsgrat or Jubiläumsweg, also nicknamed Jubi in climbing circles, is the name given to the climbing route along the arête between the Zugspitze and the Hochblassen.
Addr: | Wetterstein, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria | Where: | 47.42083 11.02639 |
What: | Climbing route | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Hermann Schmitz
Year: 2003.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Bbb-Commons
Year: 2013.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Addr: | Where: | 47.439002 11.049964 | |
What: | Mountain | When: | Anytime |
Wik: |
Photographer: Jacquesverlaeken
Year: 2011.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Addr: | Bad Bayersoien, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Wunsiedel, Bavaria | Where: | 47.683 11.000 |
What: | Church | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Someone
Year: 2007.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Jacquesverlaeken
Year: 2011.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Addr: | Bad Bayersoien, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Wunsiedel, Bavaria | Where: | 47.683 11.000 |
What: | Chapel | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Octagon
Year: 2009.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY 3.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a mountain resort town in Bavaria, southern Germany.
Photographer: Christian Allinger
Year: 2012.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY 2.
Addr: | Where: | 47.494916 11.092063 | |
What: | Fountain | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Christian Allinger
Year: 2012.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY 2.
Addr: | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria | Where: | 47.494443 11.109924 |
What: | Fountain | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Bkp
Year: 2010.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The Bavarian Zugspitze Railway is one of four rack railways still working in Germany, along with the Wendelstein Railway, the Drachenfels Railway and the Stuttgart Rack Railway.
Addr: | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria | Where: | 47.491785 11.097019 |
What: | Railway | When: | Anytime |
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Photographer: Corradox
Year: 2014.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 4.
Turtle from Michael Ende’s novel “Momo.”
Addr: | Michael-Ende-Kurpark, Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Where: | 47.495542 11.090374 |
What: | Sculpture | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Jugarum
Year: 2007.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Edelweiss Lodge and Resort is a US Department of Defense owned recreation hotel in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Addr: | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria | Where: | 47.484 11.067 |
What: | Hotel | When: | Anytime |
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Photographer: Tk
Year: 2006.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The King’s House on Schachen is a small castle at Schachen, Wetterstein mountain massif, about 10 km south of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany, built by Ludwig II of Bavaria.
Addr: | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Wunsiedel, Bavaria | Where: | 47.4196972 11.1125861 |
What: | Castle | When: | Anytime |
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Photographer: Florian Schott
Year: 2004.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Dark Avenger
Year: 2006.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The ruins of Werdenfels Castle stand about 80 metres above the Loisach valley between Garmisch and Farchant in the county of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Upper Bavaria.
Addr: | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria | Where: | 47.516458 11.0919 |
What: | Castle | When: | Anytime |
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Photographer: Dark Avenger
Year: 2006.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Dark Avenger
Year: 2006.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Dark Avenger
Year: 2006.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Waugsberg
Year: 2007.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Addr: | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Wunsiedel, Bavaria | Where: | 47.600 11.183 |
What: | Bridge | When: | Anytime |
Photographer: Luidger
Year: 2007.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY 3.
Addr: | Ester Mountains, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria | Where: | 47.54056 11.17583 |
What: | Mountain | When: | Anytime |
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Photographer: Grundkarte
Year: 2009.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Luidger
Year: 2010.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY 3.
Photographer: Kogo
Year: 2005.
Source: Wikipedia
License: GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.
The Hohe Kisten is a mountain, 1,922 m above sea level, in the Ester range in the Bavarian Prealps and lies north of the Krottenkopf — the main summit of the Ester range.
Addr: | Ester Mountains, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria | Where: | 47.56194 11.20917 |
What: | Mountain | When: | Anytime |
AKA: | Estergebirge | Wik: |
Photographer: Luidger
Year: 2004.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The Krottenkopf, 2,086 metres/6,844 ft, is a peak in the Ester Mountains and the highest mountain in the Bavarian Prealps.
Addr: | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria | Where: | 47.54528 11.19278 |
What: | Mountain | When: | Anytime |
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Photographer: Kogo
Year: 2005.
Source: Wikipedia
License: GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.
Simetsberg is a mountain in the Bavarian Prealps of southern Germany.
Addr: | Ester Mountains, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria | Where: | 47.56750 11.25500 |
What: | Mountain | When: | Anytime |
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Photographer: Someone
Year: 2005.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
The Wank is a mountain in southern Germany, situated in the Loisach valley close to the Austrian border in the southwestern Ester Mountains range near Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Addr: | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria | Where: | 47.517 11.150 |
What: | Mountain | When: | Anytime |
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Photographer: Isderion
Year: 2011.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 3.
Photographer: Túrelio
Year: 2006.
Source: Wikipedia
License: CC-BY-SA 2.
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