Mountains and ranges in Germany and Austria
Mountains in Germany
In the first section of this article we inform you about the highest mountains in Germany. The list shows you the highest peaks in Germany. We thought it would be useful preliminary information for our Berglust fans. Most of the mountains lie within the Alps and therefore largely belong to the Berchtesgaden Alps, Wetterstein and Allgäu Alps mountain groups.
Because we cannot completely define the definition of a mountain, we have created two different distinguishing groups on the list. These are the main peaks and the remaining peaks. We have not listed the secondary peaks. According to the UIAA definitions, a peak in the Alps is considered independent if it has a peak height of 30 meters or more. But if you want to classify a peak as an independent mountain, there must be at least one notch height of 100m or more. or according to other sources from 300m. required. According to this definition, only the main peaks are counted as a whole mountain range. All smaller elevations that are below a height of 30 meters are referred to as secondary peaks.
The highest main peaks in Germany are at 2962m. the Zugspitze, at 2744m. the Hochwanner and at 2713m. the Watzmann middle peak. But if you evaluate all the independent peaks here, after the Zugspitze there is the Schneefernerkopf at 2875m and at 2750m. the Mittele Wetterspitze in second and third place. However, these two peaks are part of the Zugspitze massif and are relatively close to the Zugspitze summit.
As the borders of Germany have changed several times throughout history, many different “highest mountains” were listed in the past. In the following table you can see the 31 highest independent peaks in Germany.
The highest mountains in Germany
|
Rank |
Summit |
Height (m) |
Mountains |
|
1 |
Zugspitze |
2.962 |
Wetterstein Mountains |
|
2 |
Schneefernerkopf |
2.874 |
Wetterstein Mountains |
|
3 |
Average weather peak |
2.750 |
Wetterstein Mountains |
|
4 |
Hochwanner |
2.744 |
Wetterstein Mountains |
|
5 |
Middle Höllentalspitze |
2.743 |
Wetterstein Mountains |
|
6 |
Inner Höllentalspitze |
2.741 |
Wetterstein Mountains |
|
7 |
Outer Höllentalspitze |
2.720 |
Wetterstein Mountains |
|
8 |
Watzmann center peak |
2.713 |
Berchtesgaden Alps |
|
9 |
Watzmann-Südspitze |
2.712 |
Berchtesgaden Alps |
|
10 |
High Pale |
2.703 |
Wetterstein Mountains |
|
11 |
Weather wall corner |
2.698 |
Wetterstein Mountains |
|
12 |
Leutascher Dreitorspitze |
2.682 |
Wetterstein Mountains |
|
13 |
Eastern Flat Peak |
2.680 |
Wetterstein Mountains |
|
14 |
Hinterreintalschrofen |
2.669 |
Wetterstein Mountains |
|
15 |
High Frottspitze |
2.649 |
Allgäu Alps |
|
16 |
Girls fork |
2.645 |
Allgäu Alps |
|
17 |
Partenkirchner three-goal peak |
2.633 |
Wetterstein Mountains |
|
18 |
Alpspitze |
2.628 |
Wetterstein Mountains |
|
19 |
Large Ripple Wall Peak |
2.626 |
Wetterstein Mountains |
|
20 |
Vollkarspitze |
2.618 |
Wetterstein Mountains |
|
21 |
Bockkarkopf |
2.609 |
Allgäu Alps |
|
22 |
Hochkalter |
2.607 |
Berchtesgaden Alps |
|
23 |
Northeast Dreitorspitze |
2.605 |
Wetterstein Mountains |
|
24 |
Beaver Head |
2.599 |
Allgäu Alps |
|
25 |
Trettachspitze |
2.595 |
Allgäu Alps |
|
26 |
Great Dog Death |
2.593 |
Berchtesgaden Alps |
|
27 |
High bird |
2.592 |
Allgäu Alps |
|
28 |
Funtenseetauern |
2.578 |
Berchtesgaden Alps |
|
29 |
Opener tip |
2.576 |
Allgäu Alps |
|
30 |
Schüsselkarspitze |
2.551 |
Wetterstein Mountains |
|
31 |
Toad Peak |
2.551 |
Allgäu Alps |
In the following table we have listed the 21 highest main peaks in Germany for you. A mountain is only classified as the main peak of a massif if the peak height is more than 300m. amounts.
|
Rank |
Summit |
Height (m) |
Mountains |
|
1 |
Zugspitze |
2.962 |
Wetterstein Mountains |
|
2 |
Hochwanner |
2.744 |
Wetterstein Mountains |
|
3 |
Watzmann center peak |
2.713 |
Berchtesgaden Alps |
|
4 |
Leutascher Dreitorspitze |
2.682 |
Wetterstein Mountains |
|
5 |
Hochkalter |
2.607 |
Berchtesgaden Alps |
|
6 |
Beaver Head |
2.599 |
Allgäu Alps |
|
7 |
Great Dog Death |
2.593 |
Berchtesgaden Alps |
|
8 |
High bird |
2.592 |
Allgäu Alps |
|
9 |
Eastern Karwendelspitze |
2.538 |
Karwendel |
|
10 |
High Ice Peak |
2.523 |
Berchtesgaden Alps |
|
11 |
High Göll |
2.522 |
Berchtesgaden Alps |
|
12 |
Hochkarspitze |
2.482 |
Karwendel |
|
13 |
Great Devil Horn |
2.361 |
Berchtesgaden Alps |
|
14 |
Kahlersberg |
2.350 |
Berchtesgaden Alps |
|
15 |
Stadelhorn |
2.286 |
Berchtesgaden Alps |
|
16 |
Big thumb |
2.280 |
Allgäu Alps |
|
17 |
Höfats |
2.258 |
Allgäu Alps |
|
18 |
Soiernspitze |
2.257 |
Karwendel |
|
19 |
High Ifen |
2.229 |
Allgäu Alps |
|
20 |
Great Arnspitze |
2.196 |
Wetterstein Mountains |
|
21 |
Cross tip |
2.185 |
Ammergau Alps |
Mountains in Austria
Now you will see a list below that shows you the highest mountains in Austria, sorted by height, as well as the highest mountains in the Austrian federal states.
According to the definition that we gave above, the elevations and the peaks Kleinlockner or Wildspitze Nordgipfel etc. were here. not included in the list.
The highest mountains in Austria
|
Rank |
Summit |
Height (m) |
Location |
|
1. |
Grossglockner |
3798 |
Carinthia / Tyrol |
|
2. |
Wildspitze |
3768 |
Tyrol |
|
3. |
White ball |
3738 |
Tyrol / South Tyrol (Italy) |
|
4. |
Glocknerwand |
3721 |
Carinthia / Tyrol |
|
5. |
Grossvenediger |
3657 |
Tyrol / Salzburg |
|
6. |
Hinterer Brochkogel |
3624 |
Tyrol |
|
7. |
Back blackness |
3624 |
Tyrol / South Tyrol (Italy) |
|
8. |
Similaun |
3599 |
Tyrol / South Tyrol (Italy) |
|
9. |
Front Brochkogel |
3565 |
Tyrol |
|
10. |
Great Wiesbachhorn |
3564 |
Salzburg |
|
11. |
Rainerhorn |
3559 |
Tyrol |
|
12. |
Great Ramolkogel |
3550 |
Tyrol |
|
13. |
High Vernagtspitze |
3539 |
Tyrol |
|
14. |
Schafkogel |
3537 |
Tyrol |
|
15. |
Watzespitze |
3533 |
Tyrol |
|
16. |
Langtauferer Spitze |
3529 |
Tyrol / South Tyrol (Italy) |
|
17. |
Mumalspitze |
3522 |
Tyrol |
|
18. |
Fineil tip |
3514 |
Tyrol / South Tyrol (Italy) |
|
19. |
Hochfeiler |
3510 |
Tyrol / South Tyrol (Italy) |
|
20. |
Sugar Hutl |
3507 |
Tyrol |
The highest mountains of the mountain groups
In addition to the 51 mountain groups in the Alps listed below, there are 6 other Alpine mountain groups that are only partially located on Austrian territory. However, the highest mountains from these 6 mountain groups are outside Austria. These are the groups Silvretta (Piz Linard, Switzerland), Rieserfernergruppe (Hochgall, Italy), Sesvennagruppe (Piz Sesvenna, Switzerland), Steiner Alpen (Grintovec), Bavarian Prealps (Krottenkopf, Germany), Samnaungruppe (Muttler), Switzerland), Slovenia ). Because these 6 mountains are not on Austrian territory, you will not be able to see them in the list.
|
Rank |
Summit |
Height (m) |
Location |
|
1. |
Grossglockner |
3798 |
Carinthia / Tyrol |
|
2. |
Wildspitze |
3768 |
Tyrol |
|
3. |
Grossvenediger |
3657 |
Tyrol / Salzburg |
|
4. |
Hochfeiler |
3510 |
Tyrol / South Tyrol (Italy) |
|
5. |
Sugar Hutl |
3507 |
Tyrol |
|
6. |
Hochalmspitze |
3360 |
Carinthia |
|
7. |
Petzeck |
3283 |
Carinthia |
|
8. |
Hocharn |
3254 |
Carinthia / Salzburg |
|
9. |
Great Muntanitz |
3232 |
Tyrol |
|
10. |
High Riffler |
3168 |
Tyrol |
|
11. |
Parse egg tip |
3036 |
Tyrol |
|
12. |
Hoher Dachstein |
2995 |
Upper Austria / Styria |
|
13. |
Schesaplana |
2965 |
Vorarlberg / Graubünden (Switzerland) |
|
14. |
White Lace |
2962 |
Tyrol |
|
15. |
Zugspitze |
2962 |
Tyrol / Bavaria (Germany) |
|
16. |
Hochkönig |
2941 |
Salzburg |
|
17. |
Lizumer Reckner |
2884 |
Tyrol |
|
18. |
Hochgolling |
2863 |
Styria / Salzburg |
|
19. |
Mölltaler Polinik |
2784 |
Carinthia |
|
20. |
High waiting room |
2780 |
Carinthia / Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Italy) |
|
21. |
Great Sand Point |
2770 |
Tyrol |
|
22. |
Lower Wildgrubenspitze |
2753 |
Vorarlberg |
|
23. |
Birkkarspitze |
2749 |
Tyrol |
|
24. |
Weißeck |
2711 |
Salzburg |
|
25. |
Big Toadhead |
2656 |
Tyrol |
|
26. |
Birnhorn |
2634 |
Salzburg |
|
27. |
Cross yoke |
2558 |
Tyrol |
|
28. |
Big Priel |
2515 |
Upper Austria |
|
29. |
Rettlkirchspitze |
2475 |
Styria |
|
30. |
Monkshood |
2441 |
Styria |
|
31. |
Smoke check |
2430 |
Salzburg |
|
32. |
Vulture Head |
2417 |
Styria |
|
33. |
Zirbitzkogel |
2396 |
Styria |
|
34. |
High Gate |
2369 |
Styria |
|
35. |
Ellmauer Halt |
2344 |
Tyrol |
|
36. |
Daniel |
2340 |
Tyrol |
|
37. |
Hochiss |
2299 |
Tyrol |
|
38. |
Hochschwab |
2277 |
Styria |
|
39. |
High chair |
2237 |
Carinthia / Slovenia |
|
40. |
Glatthorn |
2133 |
Vorarlberg |
|
41. |
Dogstone |
2117 |
Salzburg |
|
42. |
Snow Mountain |
2076 |
Lower Austria |
|
43. |
Gamsfeld |
2027 |
Salzburg |
|
44. |
Hohe Veitsch |
1981 |
Styria |
|
45. |
High Nock |
1963 |
Upper Austria |
|
46. |
Sunday Horn |
1961 |
Salzburg / Bavaria (Germany) |
|
47. |
Hochstadl |
1919 |
Styria |
|
48. |
Chair leak |
1782 |
Styria |
|
49. |
Great Sulzberg |
1400 |
Lower Austria |
|
50. |
Reisalpe |
1399 |
Lower Austria |
|
51. |
Schöpfl |
893 |
Lower Austria |
The highest mountains in the federal states of Austria
|
Rank |
Summit |
Height (m) |
Location |
|
1. |
Grossglockner |
3798 |
Carinthia / Tyrol |
|
2. |
Grossvenediger |
3657 |
Tyrol / Salzburg |
|
3. |
Piz Buin |
3312 |
Vorarlberg / Graubünden (Switzerland) |
|
4. |
Hoher Dachstein |
2995 |
Upper Austria / Styria |
|
5. |
Snow Mountain |
2076 |
Lower Austria |
|
6. |
Written Stone |
884 |
Burgenland / Hungary |
|
7. |
Hermannskogel |
542 |
Vienna |
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