This list of the highest points of the German states shows the highest

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in each

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federal state together with its height and links to lists of other mountains and hills.

Overview

At , the highest mountain in Germany is

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 ...

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 ...

, whose height until 2000 was given as . The lowest height occurs in the city of Bremen: at 32.5 m the highest natural point of the smallest German state is located in

Friedehorst Park The Friedehorst Park (german: Friedehorstpark), also called the Lehnhof Park (), is a green space in the Bremen borough of on the border of states of Bremen and Lower Saxony. It is about 9 ha in area. It is home to the highest natural poin ...

in the Bremen quarter of Burglesum, although the rubbish tip in

Bremen-Blockland red = Blockland in the territory of Bremen Cityreddish grey = other parts of the Western district Blockland is a landscape and nowadays a borough of Bremen, Germany. It is part of the Western municipal district and covers an area of 30.3 km2. ...

, whose summit reaches 49 m, is higher. The highest natural point in the capital city of Berlin, the Große Müggelberg, is, at 114.7 m still 5.4 metres lower than the rubble heap of the

Teufelsberg Teufelsberg (; German for ''Devil's Mountain'') is a non-natural hill in Berlin, Germany, in the Grunewald locality of former West Berlin. It rises about above the surrounding Teltow plateau and above the sea level, in the north of Berlin's G ...

, which was piled up after the

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and reaches a height of 120.1 m; but the highest point in Berlin is an artificially created mound of the Arkenberge, which attains a height of about 122 m. Together with the highest points of the states of

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sc ...

and

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...

, none reaches a height of 200 m. At 201 m, the Kutschenberg is the highest summit in

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 sq ...

s. However, the highest point in the state is actually a spot on the Heidehöhe which reaches 201.4 m, but whose summit lies a few metres over the border in the neighbouring state of

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

. The only summit of the sixteen that is not marked by a summit cross or a stone is the rise in Friedehorst Park. The summit of the Großer Beerberg lies within a

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and is not, therefore, accessible to the public. However, peak baggers may count the observation platform which lies just below the summit.

List

This list of the highest mountains or hills in each of the German states is sorted by height in

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s (m) above

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(NHN):

References

''Arkenberge schlägt Teufelsberg''
vom 28. Januar 2015, retrieved, 12 February 2015, auf pankower-allgemeine-zeitung.de
In: ''

Der Tagesspiegel ''Der Tagesspiegel'' (meaning ''The Daily Mirror'') is a German daily newspaper. It has regional correspondent offices in Washington D.C. and Potsdam. It is the only major newspaper in the capital to have increased its circulation, now 148,000, ...

'', 27. April 2013 Teufelsberg
auf den Seiten des Bezirks Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, retrieved, 23 May 2013 ''Der Friedhorstpark (32,5 m) – Höchster Punkt Bremens''
in books.google.de Foto
der auf dem Kutschenberg stehenden Stele mit Inschrift, auf commons.wikimedia.org Höhe der Erhebung laut Geologischem Landesamt Hamburg und bis 2013 laut Aufschrift des Gipfelkreuzes Topographische Karte, TK25, Nr. 4229, Braunlage, M = 1:25.000 Artike
''Wie hoch ist der Erbeskopf nun wirklich?''
und gleichnamig
Pressemitteilung
(PDF; 145 kB) des Landesamtes für Vermessung und Geobasisinformation Rheinland-Pfalz vom 17. Januar 2008 auf lvermgeo.rlp.de (retrieved, 31 January and 1 February 2013). Höhe des Dollbergs lau

(Karte und Info) auf Saarlandbilder.net und laut Aufschrift des Gipfelschildes
Staatsbetrieb Geobasisinformation und Vermessung Sachsen (GeoSN)
'. Die nivellitische Bestimmung dieser DHHN92-Höhe wurde am 12. August 2004 von Vertretern des damaligen Landesvermessungsamtes Sachsen (jetzt Staatsbetrieb Geobasisinformation und Vermessung Sachsen) durchgeführt (die Höhe bezieht sich auf die höchste Stelle des Fichtelberges außerhalb baulicher Anlagen). retrieved, 21 December 2010, auf landesvermessung.sachsen.de {{Mountains and hills by German state ! German states Highpointing

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