Berchtesgaden Alps

The Berchtesgaden Alps (German: Berchtesgadener Alpen) are a mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps, named after the market town of Berchtesgaden located in the centre. The central part belongs to the Berchtesgadener Land district of southeastern Bavaria, Germany, while the adjacent area in the north, east and south is part of the Austrian state of Salzburg (Salzburger Land).

1 Geography
- 1.1 Boundaries and neighbouring groups
- 1.2 Mountains and lakes
2 Literature
3 References
4 External links

Geography

Boundaries and neighbouring groups

The Berchtesgaden Alps border on the following other mountain groups of the Alps:

Salzkammergut Mountains to the east (Osterhorn Group), separated by the Salzburg Basin (city of Salzburg, Hallein)
Tennen Mountains to the southeast, on the far side of the Salzach gap at Pass Lueg
Salzburg Slate Alps to the south, bounded by the line from Bischofshofen - Mühlbachtal (village of Mühlbach) – Dienten Saddle – Dienten – Filzen Saddle –Urslau via Maria Alm to Saalfelden
Kitzbühel Alps for a small section in the southwest near Saalfelden
Lofer and Leogang Mountains to the west, from the Salzburg Saalach valley as far as Lofer
Chiemgau Alps to the northwest from Unken (Salzburg) via the Bavarian Schneizlreuth to Bad Reichenhall

The Berchtesgaden Alps are included under this name in the generally accepted Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps (AVE) as mountain group no. 10 and counted as part of the Northern Limestone Alps.

Mountains and lakes

While the highest mountain of the Berchtesgaden Alps is the Hochkönig (2,941 metres (9,649 ft)) located in the Austrian part, the best known peak is the Watzmann massif, the third-highest mountain of Germany at 2,713 metres (8,901 ft). The range also comprises the Obersalzberg slope east of Berchtesgaden, notorious for the former Berghof domicile of Adolf Hitler. The picturesque heart is the glacial Königssee lake with the famous St. Bartholomew's pilgrimage church, part of the Berchtesgaden National Park established in 1978. The range also comprises glaciers like the Blaueis as well as the Steinernes Meer high karst plateau.

Other major peaks include:

Hochkalter, 2,607 m.
Großer Hundstod, 2,593 m.
Funtenseetauern, 2,578 m.
Hocheisspitze, 2,523 m.

Hoher Göll, 2,522 m.
Großes Teufelshorn, 2,361 m.
Kahlersberg, 2,350 m.
Stadelhorn, 2,286 m.

Literature

Heinrich Bauregger: Berchtesgadener Land, Rother Wanderführer, Bergverlag Rother, Munich, ISBN 978-3-7633-4226-6
Bernhard Kühnhauser: Berchtesgadener Alpen, Rother Alpenvereinsführer alpin, Bergverlag Rother, Munich, ISBN 978-3-7633-1127-9 appeared in October 8

References

External links

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Tours and summits in the Berchtesgaden Alps at steinmandl.de
Berchtesgaden National Park
Municipality of Berchtesgaden
Berchtesgadener Land
Berchtesgaden Alps
Photo gallery
Alpine climbing in the Berchtesgaden Alps
Mountain tour in the Berchtesgaden Alps

v t e Mountain ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps

Allgäu Alps Ammergau Alps Bavarian Prealps Berchtesgaden Alps Brandenberg Alps Bregenz Forest Chiemgau Alps Dachstein Ennstal Alps Gutenstein Alps Hochschwab Kaiser Karwendel Lechquellen Lechtal Alps Leogang Lofer Mieminger Chain Mürzsteg Alps Upper Austrian Prealps Rax-Schneeberg Group Salzburg Slate Alps Salzkammergut Tennen Totes Gebirge Türnitz Alps Wetterstein Vienna Woods Ybbstal Alps

v t e Biosphere reserves in Germany

Bavarian Forest Berchtesgaden Alps Bliesgau Middle Elbe Palatinate Forest Rhön Mountains Rügen Schaalsee Schorfheide-Chorin Spreewald Swabian Jura Thuringian Forest Upper Lusatia Vesser Valley Thuringian Forest Vilm Wadden Sea

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