Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Zugspitze Base Camp, 1936 Winter Olympics Site, and the Alpine Market Town Below Germany's Highest Peak
Garmisch-Partenkirchen has about 26,000 residents and lies in a broad valley at the foot of the Wetterstein mountains in Oberbayern. The Zugspitze (2,962 m), Germany's highest mountain, is reached by cable car and rack railway from the town. Garmisch and Partenkirchen were merged in 1935 ahead of the 1936 Winter Olympics. The Olympia-Skistadion and Grosse Olympiaschanze (ski jump) remain from that era.
Innsbruck is about 60 kilometres south across the Austrian border. Munich is roughly 90 kilometres north. Mittenwald lies to the southeast. The Partnach gorge, a narrow limestone canyon, draws visitors. The New Year's ski jumping event on the Grosse Olympiaschanze opens the Vierschanzentournee (Four Hills Tournament) annually.
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen has about 26,000 residents and lies in a broad valley at the foot of the Wetterstein mountains in Oberbayern. The Zugspitze (2,962 m), Germany's highest mountain, is reached by cable car and rack railway from the town. Garmisch and Partenkirchen were merged in 1935 ahead of the 1936 Winter Olympics. The Olympia-Skistadion and Grosse Olympiaschanze (ski jump) remain from that era.
Innsbruck is about 60 kilometres south across the Austrian border. Munich is roughly 90 kilometres north. Mittenwald lies to the southeast. The Partnach gorge, a narrow limestone canyon, draws visitors. The New Year's ski jumping event on the Grosse Olympiaschanze opens the Vierschanzentournee (Four Hills Tournament) annually.
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