Watzmann
Sign in to saveThe Watzmann () is a mountain in the Berchtesgaden Alps south of the village of Berchtesgaden. It is the third highest in Germany, and the highest located entirely on German territory.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Watzmann
- Mountain.photo
- Watzmann von Norden.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- The Watzmann, seen from the north
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 2,713
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 953
- Mountain.map
- Alps
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in the Alps
- Mountain.label_position
- left
- Mountain.location
- Bavaria, Germany
- Mountain.range
- Berchtesgaden Alps
- Mountain.first_ascent
- 1799 or 1800 by Valentin Stanič
- Mountain.easiest_route
- Scramble
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Schönau am Königsee
- Elevation
- 2713
- Material used
- limestone
- Image
- Watzmann von Norden.jpg
- Significant event
- first ascent
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- topographic prominence
- 953
- Commons category
- Watzmann
- Commons gallery
- Watzmann
- located in protected area
- Berchtesgaden National Park
- topographic isolation
- 15.9
- hashtag
- Watzmann
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Watzmann Glacier and other icefields
- Climbing
- From the North
- Archenkanzel
- East Face
- References
- External links
The Watzmann () is a mountain in the Berchtesgaden Alps south of the village of Berchtesgaden. It is the third highest in Germany, and the highest located entirely on German territory.
Three main peaks array on a N-S axis along a ridge on the mountain's taller western half: Hocheck (2,651 m), Mittelspitze (Middle Peak, 2,713 m) and Südspitze (South Peak, 2,712 m).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Watzmann” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (8)
On the map
3 mapped locations