The Brandenberg Alps () are a sub-group of the

Northern Limestone Alps The Northern Limestone Alps (), also called the Northern Calcareous Alps, are the ranges of the Eastern Alps north of the Central Eastern Alps located in Austria and the adjacent Bavarian lands of southeastern Germany. The distinction from the ...

, that run in front of the Eastern Alps for their whole length. They lie entirely in

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between Achensee in

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, the Inn Valley and the

Bavarian Prealps The Bavarian Prealps () are a mountain range within the Northern Limestone Alps along the Austria–Germany border. They include the Bavarian Prealp region between the river Loisach to the west and the river Inn River, Inn to the east; the range is ...

. They are widely known in German as the ''Rofangebirge'', although the actual ''Rofan'' (also ''Sonnwendgebirge'') is only the western part of the area between the

Brandenberger Ache The Brandenberger Ache is a river of Bavaria, Germany, and of the Kufstein District, Tyrol, Austria. It is a long left tributary of the Inn. It starts as the outflow of the Spitzingsee in southern Bavaria, and flows from north to south to the t ...

stream and the Achensee lake. It consists of a central mountain group and three individual mountains. The Guffert (), which is located outside the central group, forms a distinct mountain block. It is located north of Kramsach, between the Tegernsee

Blauberge The Blauberge ("Blue Mountains") or Blauberg are a mountain range in the Bavarian Prealps on the border between the states of Bavaria in Germany and Tyrol in Austria. Its highest summit is the ''Halserspitze'', Federal Office for Metrology and Su ...

and the central Rofan. The Unnütze, at the northern end of the Achensee east of Achenkirch, and the Ebener Joch () east of Maurach at the southern end of the Achensee, are also outside the central mountain range.

Neighbouring mountain ranges

The Brandenberg Alps border on the following other sub-groups in the Alps: *

(to the north) * Kaisergebirge (to the east) * Kitzbühel Alps (to the south) * Tux Alps (to the southwest) *

Karwendel The Karwendel is the largest mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps. It is located on the Austria–Germany border. The major part belongs to the Austrian federal state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol, while the adjacent area in the north is part ...

(to the west)

Central Group

Summits on the Rofan main ridge (''Rofan-Hauptkamm'') from west to east

*''Klobenjochspitze'' () *''Kotalmjoch'' () *''Stuhljöchl'' () *''Stuhlböcklkopf'' () * Streichkopf () * Hochiss (), highest summit in the Rofan * Spieljoch () * Seekarlspitze () * Roßkopf (Nordgipfel ) * Rofanspitze ()

Summits on the Dalfaz Walls from north to south

*''Dalfázer Joch'' () *''Dalfázer Köpfln'' () *''Dalfázer Wand'' () *''Dalfázer Roßkopf'' () * Rotspitze ()

Summits on the ridge starting south of the Rofanspitze

* Sagzahn () *''Schokoladetafel'' () * Vorderes Sonnwendjoch () * Haidachstellwand ()

Summits in the Brandenberg Alps from northeast to southwest

*'' Pendling'' (), southwest of

Kufstein Kufstein (; ) is a town in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the administrative seat of Kufstein District. With a population of about 20,000 it is the second largest Tyrolean town after the state capital Innsbruck. The greatest landmark is Kufstein For ...

*''Köglhörndl'' () *''Hundsalmjoch'' () *''Kienberg'' (), northeast of

Brandenberg Brandenberg is a municipality in the Austrian state of Tyrol in the district Kufstein. It consists of the ''Brandenberg'' village and the ''Aschau'' locality (German: ''Ortsteil''). Brandenberg was first mentioned in 1140, and became an independe ...

Waterbodies

* Zireiner See

External links

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Photographs and tour descriptions

Brandenberg Alps on kamdoalp.cz - Hikes description, prominent peaks
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