Grainau is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in southern

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. It is located at the foot of the

Zugspitze The Zugspitze (), at above sea level, is the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains as well as the highest mountain in Germany. It lies south of the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and the Austria–Germany border runs over its western su ...

mountain, the tallest mountain in Germany in the sub-mountain range of the

Wetterstein The Wetterstein mountains (german: Wettersteingebirge), colloquially called Wetterstein, is a mountain group in the Northern Limestone Alps within the Eastern Alps. It is a comparatively compact range located between Garmisch-Partenkir ...

Alps which is a branch off the main mountain range it is connected to, the

Alps The Alps () ; german: Alpen ; it, Alpi ; rm, Alps ; sl, Alpe . are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately across seven Alpine countries (from west to east): France, Swi ...

. Lake Eibsee in Grainau lies at the foot of the Zugspitze surrounded by forest.

Geography

Grainau lies at the foot of the

in the

Wetterstein Mountains The Wetterstein mountains (german: Wettersteingebirge), colloquially called Wetterstein, is a mountain group in the Northern Limestone Alps within the Eastern Alps. It is a comparatively compact range located between Garmisch-Partenki ...

. It is part of the seven municipalities of the former

County of Werdenfels The County of Werdenfels (German: ''Grafschaft Werdenfels'') in the present-day Werdenfelser Land in South Germany was a county that enjoyed imperial immediacy that belonged to the Bishopric of Freising from the late 13th century until the secularis ...

, along with Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Farchant,

Mittenwald Mittenwald is a German municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria. Geography Mittenwald is located approximately 16 kilometres to the south-east of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It is situated in the Valley of the River Isar, ...

Krün Krün is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It belongs with Garmisch-Partenkirchen as district capital and cultural center as well as other municipalities to the region Werdenfelser Land. A few kilometers so ...

and

Wallgau Wallgau is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria, Germany. Population Growth :''*Statistics according to the Bavarian government, as of 2007.'' Demographics :''*Stati ...

. Grainau is also home to two mountain lakes, the Badersee and the Eibsee. Waxenstein mountain sits to the south, while the Kramerspitz mountain and

Ammergau Alps The Ammergau Alps (german: Ammergauer Alpen or ''Ammergebirge'') are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps in the states of Bavaria (Germany) and Tyrol (Austria). They cover an area of about 30 x 30 km and begin at the outer edge ...

sit to the north. The district of Grainau is made up of: * Obergrainau (parish village) * Untergrainau and Hammersbach (church village) * Schmölz (village) * Eibsee (hamlet)

Notable people

* Lorenzo Quaglio the Younger (1793–1869) painter and lithographer, painted ''Alm am Eibsee bey Grainau'' in 1831 * Alfred Gerstenberg (1893 in Grainau – 1959 in Bad Tölz) Luftwaffe general *

Wilhelm Rudolf Mann Wilhelm Rudolf Mann (4 April 1894 – 10 March 1992) was a German factory manager for IG Farben and later with Bayer. Early life Mann was the son of Rudolf Mann, a shipping agent who later became a board member at IG Farben and Bayer, and his wif ...

(1894 in Wiesbaden – 1992 in Grainau) factory manager for IG Farben and later with Bayer * Hans Stuck (1900 in Warsaw – 1978 in Grainau) motor racing driver * Peter Schneider (born 1940, in Lübeck) writer, lived in Grainau from 1945 to 1950 *

Pepi Bader Pepi is the name of: People ;Regnal name * Pepi I Meryre, the third pharaoh of the Sixth dynasty of Egypt (2332–2282 BC) * Pepi II Neferkare, the fifth pharaoh of the Sixth dynasty of Egypt (2284–2184 BC) * Pepi III Seneferankhre, a pharaoh of ...

(born 1941 in Grainau) bobsledder, competed in the

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...

and

1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Euro ...

winning silver medals in the two-man event

References

Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district) {{GarmischPartenkirchendistrict-geo-stub