This list of the highest points of the German states shows the highest
mountain
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or
hill
A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. It often has a distinct summit.
Terminology
The distinction between a hill and a mountain is unclear and largely subjective, but a hill is universally considered to be not a ...
in each
German
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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 ...
's
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
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
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
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Hamburgian(s)
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,
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
biosphere reserve
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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
metre
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s (m) above
sea level
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(NHN):
See also
*
Mountains
**
List of the highest mountains in Germany
This is a list of the highest mountains in Germany. All of these mountains are located in the federal state of Bavaria. They lie within the Alps in the region known as the Eastern Alps and are part of the Northern Limestone Alps. The majority ...
**
List of mountains in Switzerland
This article contains a sortable table of many of the major mountains and hills of Switzerland. The table only includes those summits that have a topographic prominence of at least above other points, and ranks them by height and prominence. The ...
**
List of highest mountains in the world
**
List of the highest mountains in the continents
*
Ranges
In the Hebrew Bible and in the Old Testament, the word ranges has two very different meanings.
Leviticus
In Leviticus 11:35, ranges probably means a cooking furnace for two or more pots, as the Hebrew word here is in the dual number; or perhaps ...
**
List of mountain ranges
This is a list of mountain ranges on Earth and a few other astronomical bodies. First, the highest and longest mountain ranges on Earth are listed, followed by more comprehensive alphabetical lists organized by continent. Ranges in the oceans an ...
**
List of mountain and hill ranges in Germany
This list of mountain and hill ranges in Germany contains a selection of the main mountain and hill regions in Germany.
In addition the list shows the highest (German) mountain in the range together with its height above sea level (taken as Norma ...
References
[''Arkenberge schlägt Teufelsberg''](_blank)
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](_blank)
auf den Seiten des Bezirks Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, retrieved, 23 May 2013
[''Der Friedhorstpark (32,5 m) – Höchster Punkt Bremens''](_blank)
in books.google.de
[Foto](_blank)
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
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