The Meteorological Observatory Hohenpeißenberg is the oldest mountain

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in the world. It is located in the

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Hohenpeißenberg Hohenpeißenberg is a municipality in the Weilheim-Schongau district, in Bavaria, Germany. Hohenpeißenberg is situated in the Bavarian Oberland, in the Alpine Foreland. It exists only as a local subdistrict. Geography The highest point is th ...

, about 60 kilometres southwest of

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, and at 977 metres above sea level. Meteorological data is collected on the site continuously since 1781. The measurement series ranks among the longest ever, and was never impacted by

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effects, a problem encountered by the comparably long records from the

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

and

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observatories.Peter Winkler: ''Hohenpeißenberg 1781–2006 – das älteste Bergobservatorium der Welt.'' Page 3. See also: Literature. As of today, it is operated by

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, and takes part in the

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programme.

Literature

* Peter Winkler: ''Hohenpeißenberg 1781-2006 - das älteste Bergobservatorium der Welt.'' Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach am Main 2006, . * Deutscher Wetterdienst (Hrsg.): ''200 Jahre meteorologische Beobachtungen auf dem Hohenpeißenberg 1781-1980.'' Offenbach am Main 1981, .

References

External links

Station description from World Meteorological Organization

Station description from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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