The Bodenschneid is a 1,668 m high mountain in the

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in the Mangfall range in the German Free State of

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Location and area

The Bodenschneid rises between the lakes of

Tegernsee Tegernsee () is a Town#Germany, town in the Miesbach (district), Miesbach district of Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the banks of Tegernsee (lake), Lake Tegernsee, which is 747 m (2,451 ft) AMSL, above sea level. A spa town, it is su ...

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and Spitzingsee and lies in the southern part of the district of

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right on the boundary between the parishes of Kreuth to the west and

to the east. The Bodenschneid is long ridge, treeless at the top, with steep crags in the north. Another ridge, the ''Peißenberg'', runs away from the summit to the northwest to the less well-known peaks of Rinnerspitz, Wasserspitz and Rainerkopf.

Ascent

The summit may be reached by foot from ''Fischhausen-Neuhaus'' (on the southern shore of

), from Spitzingsee, from the ''Suttengebiet'' (Moni Alm) or from ''Enterrottach'' (southeast of

, parish of

Rottach-Egern Rottach-Egern () is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality (''Gemeinde Rottach-Egern am Tegernsee'') and town located at Tegernsee (lake), Lake Tegernsee in the district of Miesbach (district), Miesbach in Upper Bavaria, Germany, about 55 km ( ...

). Around 300 m below its highest point is ''Rettenböck Alm'' where there is an accommodation hut, Bodenschneidhaus, belonging to the

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and which is open all-year round. The shortest ascent, from the

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(chairlifts from Sutten and Spitzing) over the gently ascending southern ridge, takes an hour. Even in winter many ski tourers and

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hikers make their way to the top from Fischhausen via the Bodenschneidhaus. This is the classic ascent, running initially through woods to the hut and finally climbing steeply up to the open summit.

History

The

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, Georg Jennerwein, was shot on the Peißenberg on 6 November 1877.

Gallery

File:t0602_foto_01.jpg, The summit File:P5133275wikipedia.jpg, The Bodenschneidhaus and the summit

Sources

* Reinhard Rolle: ''Hüttenwandern zwischen Garmisch und Berchtesgaden''; Edition Förg, Rosenheim;

External links

Homepage of the Bodenschneidhaus and photographs of the Bodenschneid
{{Authority control Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Bavaria One-thousanders of Germany Bavarian Prealps