The Tannheim Mountains''Utrata Fachwörterbuch: Geographie - Englisch-Deutsch/Deutsch-Englisch''
by Jürgen Utrata (2014). Retrieved 10 Apr 2014. (german: Tannheimer Berge) are a sub-group of 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 ...

in the Bavarian-Tyrolean border region. Their name is derived from the village of

Tannheim Tannheim (Württemberg) () is a municipality in the district of Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Geography It is located in upper Swabia at the river Iller which forms the border to Bavaria. Sights *Church of St. Martin, built 17 ...

in the

Tannheim Valley The Tannheimer Tal ("Tannheim valley") is a high valley, at an elevation of about 1,100 metres, in the Tannheim Mountains, which are part of the Allgäu Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol (Bezirk Reutte, county of Reutte).It is ...

in the Austrian state of

Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...

. The highest peaks in the Tannheim Mountains are the

Kellenspitze The Kellenspitze, often also called the ''Kellespitze'' or ''Köllenspitze'', at is the highest peak in the Tannheim Mountains. It lies in the Austrian state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol. Originally the mountain was known locally as the ''Metzenarsch ...

(2,238 m) and Gimpel (2,176 m); both can easily be ascended from

Nesselwängle Nesselwängle is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Geography Nesselwängle lies at the entrance to the Tannheim Valley The Tannheimer Tal ("Tannheim valley") is a high valley, at an elevation of about 1 ...

in the Tannheim valley. Other summits include the Gehrenspitze (2,163 m), Rote Flüh (2,111 m), the Schartschrofen (1,968 m), the ''Schneidspitze'' (2,009 m) and the ''Kelleschrofen'' (2,091 m), from which rises the

Babylonian Tower The Babylonische Turm (literally: "Babylonian Tower") is a 2,060-metre-high rock needle on the eastern arête of the Kellenspitze (2,238 m), the highest summit in the Tannheim Mountains in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Seen from the south the p ...

(''Babylonischer Turm''). To the north of Tannheim rises the

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, a striking, isolated summit. Bases for tours in the Tannheim Mountains are the Gimpelhaus (private), the Tannheim Hut (DAV), the

Otto Mayr Hut Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded f ...

(DAV) and the ''Füssen Hut'' (private). The base for the local mountain rescue services is the operations room in the multi-purpose centre in

and the Gimpelalm. Allgaeuer Alpen Panorama 1

References

Sources

*Freudig, Toni. ''Klettern auf der Tannheimer Sonnenseite'', Eigenverlag. *Freudig, Toni. ''Klettern im Herzen der Tannheimer'', Eigenverlag. *Freudig, Toni. ''Klettern rund um den Aggenstein'', Eigenverlag. {{Authority control Mountain ranges of the Alps Mountain ranges of Tyrol (state) Allgäu Alps Reutte District