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

Allgäu Alps The Allgäu Alps () are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps, located on the Austria–Germany border, which covers parts of the Germany, German states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg and the Austrian states of Tyrol (state), Tyrol an ...

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

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. The highest peaks in the Tannheim Mountains are the Kellenspitze (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 ...

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 (''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 (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

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*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 (federal state) Allgäu Alps Reutte District