Destinations
The Obersee is a quiet mountain lake about 600 metres south-east of the Königssee, reached via the Salet boat landing. The Röthbach Falls plunge over the Röthwand, at around 380 m the highest waterfall in Germany.HighlightsBoat trip across the Königssee to Salet, then a short walkTurquoise, very quiet mountain lake framed by steep rock facesRöthbach Falls – at around 380…
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The Hintersee is a small mountain lake about two kilometres west of the centre of Ramsau. It formed around 3,500 to 4,000 years ago, when a rockslide from the Hochkalter massif dammed the Klausbach.HighlightsClear, turquoise-green water reflecting the Hochkalter and Reiter AlpeZauberwald: a geotope of moss-covered rockslide blocks on the shoreHistoric 19th-century painters’ colonyCircular path around…
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The Watzmannhaus at 1,930 m is one of the best-known mountain huts in the Bavarian Alps and the central base for ascents of the Watzmann. The German Alpine Club hut offers food and overnight stays in dormitories and rooms. Approach: the normal route leads from the Wimbachbrücke via the Stubenalm and Mitterkaseralm to the hut, around 1,200…
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Set on a hillside high above Berchtesgaden, the Camping-Resort Allweglehen is one of the region's best-known sites, above all for the wide view of the Watzmann and Untersberg from many pitches. Who it suits: open year-round, in winter also a base for ski tours and winter hiking. Terraced pitches, sanitary area,…
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At 2,713 m, the Watzmann is the third-highest mountain in Germany and at the same time one of the most legend-shrouded. Its striking profile with the Hocheck, Mittelspitze and Südspitze, the so-called “Watzmann children”, shapes the panorama above the Königssee. Tours on the Watzmann Watzmannhaus (1,930 m): the classic approach from Wimbach/Ramsau to the DAV hut, a demanding but non-technical mountain hike….
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Founded in 1978, Berchtesgaden National Park is the only national park in the German Alps and one of the best places in the country to watch large wild animals in the wild. Anyone who brings time, patience and good binoculars has a realistic chance of encountering species that have long since vanished elsewhere. Which animals…
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The Königssee is regarded as one of the cleanest and, at up to 190 metres, deepest lakes in Germany. Set between the steeply rising walls of the Watzmann massif and the Hagen mountains, it looks like a Nordic fjord that has strayed into the Alps. What makes the Königssee special Electric boats since 1909: for conservation reasons…
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