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Grainau (Southern Bavarian: Groana) is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in southern Bavaria, Germany. It is located at the foot of the Zugspitze mountain, the tallest mountain in Germany in the sub-mountain range of the Wetterstein Alps which is a branch off the main mountain range it is connected to, the Alps. Lake Eibsee in Grainau lies at the foot of the Zugspitze surrounded by forest.

Key facts

German location.name
Grainau
German location.image_photo
Grainau 1.JPG
German location.image_caption
View of Grainau's church with the Zugspitze behind
German location.image_coa
DEU Grainau COA.svg
German location.image_plan
Grainau in GAP.svg
German location.state
Bayern
German location.region
Oberbayern
German location.district
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
German location.elevation
758
German location.area
49.38
German location.postal_code
82491
German location.area_code
08821
German location.licence
GAP
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
09 1 80 118
German location.website
www.grainau.de
German location.mayor
Stephan Märkl
German location.leader_term
2020–26
German location.party
CSU

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Wikidata facts

Country
Germany
Population
3621
Area
49.38
Elevation
758
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Official website
www.grainau.de
Image
Grainau 1.JPG
Dialing code
08821
Licence plate code
GAP
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hashtag
Grainau
Commons category
Grainau
topic's main category
Category:Grainau
postal code
82491
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Grainau (Southern Bavarian: Groana) is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in southern Bavaria, Germany. It is located at the foot of the Zugspitze mountain, the tallest mountain in Germany in the sub-mountain range of the Wetterstein Alps which is a branch off the main mountain range it is connected to, the Alps. Lake Eibsee in Grainau lies at the foot of the Zugspitze surrounded by forest.

== Geography == Grainau lies at the foot of the Zugspitze in the Wetterstein Mountains. It is part of the seven municipalities of the former County of Werdenfels, along with Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Farchant, Mittenwald, Krün and Wallgau. Grainau is also home to two mountain lakes, the Badersee and the Eibsee. Waxenstein mountain sits to the south, while the Kramerspitz mountain and Ammergau Alps sit to the north.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grainau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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