The Mittagberg ("Midday Mountain") is a mountain located in the

Allgäu Alps The Allgäu Alps (german: Allgäuer Alpen) are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps, located in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany and Tyrol and Vorarlberg in Austria. The range lies directly east of Lake Constance. Character ...

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 ...

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. Located just south of

Immenstadt Immenstadt im Allgäu () is a town in Oberallgäu, the southernmost district of Bavaria, Germany, in the German Alps. First mentioned in a 1275 administrative tract, it was granted town privileges in 1360, which makes it one of the oldest towns in ...

, this mountain is part of the Nagelfluh Chain, and eponymous nature park. Its vertical separation is at least 31 metres,Exact value unknown. Given value is a minimum (it could be up to 19 metres higher). The value was estimated from the difference in

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s (20

vertical metre Vertical position or vertical location, also known as vertical level or simply level, is a position along a vertical direction above or below a given vertical datum (reference level). Vertical distance or vertical separation is the distance betwe ...

s) on the topographical map (

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1:25,000). metres, with a prominence of 500 metres when using the Bärenköpfle as reference.

Name

When looking at the mountain from

, the sun at noon is right on top of the peak, giving it its name "Mittag" based on the German word for noon (mid day).

Routes

There are multiple

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s that lead up to the top of the mountain.

Alternative routes

There is a

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that goes from Immenstadt to the top, with one interruption approximately in the middle of the mountain. During the winter, more ski lifts open for skiing. A

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run leads from the summit of the mountain to Immenstadt.

References

Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Bavaria {{Bavaria-geo-stub