The Mangfall Mountains (german: Mangfallgebirge), or sometimes Mangfall Alps, are the easternmost part of the
Bavarian Prealps
The Bavarian Prealps (german: Bayerische Voralpen) are a mountain range within the Northern Limestone Alps in south Germany. They include the Bavarian Prealp region between the river Loisach to the west and the river Inn to the east; the range is a ...
that, in turn, belong to the
Northern Limestone Alps. The name comes from the river
Mangfall
The Mangfall is a river of Upper Bavaria, Germany. The Mangfall is the outflow of the Tegernsee lake and discharges in Rosenheim from the left into the Inn. It is long.
Towns and villages on the Mangfall
* Gmund am Tegernsee
* Valley
* Weyar ...
, whose tributaries, the
Rottach,
Weißach,
Schlierach and
Leitzach
Leitzach is a river of Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Mangfall near Feldkirchen-Westerham.
See also
*List of rivers of Bavaria
A list of rivers of Bavaria, Germany:
A
* Aalbach
*Abens
* Ach
* Afferbach
* Affinger Bach
* Ailsbach
*Aisch
* ...
, drain large parts of the area and form an important drinking water reservoir for the city of
Munich.
Geography
Location
The mountain region is bounded by the
Isar
The Isar is a river in Tyrol, Austria, and Bavaria, Germany, which is not navigable for watercraft above raft size. Its source is in the Karwendel range of the Alps in Tyrol; it enters Germany near Mittenwald and flows through Bad Tölz, Munic ...
valley in the west, the
Inn valley
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in the east, the
Brandenberg Alps (the Rofan) and the Austrian state border in the south. North of the Mangfalls lies the
Alpine Foreland. The region has an area of 752.40 km² or, by narrower definitions, only 333 km².
The Mangfall Mountains are divided into the
Tegernsee Mountains (from the Isar to the line
Tegernsee−
Rottach−Weiße Valepp),
Schliersee Mountains (to the Leitzach valley) and the
Wendelstein Group (between the
Leitzach
Leitzach is a river of Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Mangfall near Feldkirchen-Westerham.
See also
*List of rivers of Bavaria
A list of rivers of Bavaria, Germany:
A
* Aalbach
*Abens
* Ach
* Afferbach
* Affinger Bach
* Ailsbach
*Aisch
* ...
glacial valley and the
Inn valley).
Peaks
The highest peak in the Mangfalls is the
Rotwand at , one of the most popular local mountains for Munich's citizens at all times of the year. The
Wendelstein lies a few kilometres further northeast of the Rotwand, but is separated from it by a valley. Another popular destination is the
Brünnstein.
These and the other main peaks in the Mangfall Mountains are (sorted by height in metres (m) above ''
Normalnull
("standard zero") or (short N. N. or NN ) is an outdated official vertical datum used in Germany. Elevations using this reference system were to be marked (“meters above standard zero”). has been replaced by (NHN).
History
In 187 ...
'' (NN):
*
Rotwand (1.884 m),
Miesbach district
*
Großer Traithen (1.852 m),
Rosenheim district
*
Wendelstein (1.838 m), Rosenheim district
*
Risserkogel (1.826 m), Miesbach district
*
Schinder (1.808 m), Miesbach district
*
Ruchenköpfe (1.805 m), Miesbach district
*
Plankenstein (1.768 m), Miesbach district
*
Kaserwand (1.690 m), Rosenheim district
*
Brecherspitz
The Brecherspitz is a mountain in Bavaria, Germany. It is about 18 minutes from nearby towns of Fischbachau and Schliersee. From the top, you can see views of small lake Spitzingsee, Miesbach District, and Austria
Austria, , bar, Öst ...
(1.683 m), Miesbach district
*
Monte Scanapà (1.669 m), Rosenheim district
*
Hochsalwand
Hochsalwand is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member sta ...
(1.625 m), Rosenheim district
*
Brünnstein (1.619 m), Rosenheim district
*
Seebergkopf (1.538 m), Rosenheim district
*
Großer Riesenkopf (1.337 m)
*
Madron (942 m), Rosenheim district
*
Petersberg Petersberg may refer to:
* The Hotel Petersberg near Bonn, the site of the
** Petersberg Agreement, 1949, regarding the international status of West Germany.
** Petersberg tasks, 1992 and 1997, regarding European security cooperation. Also known a ...
(847 m), Rosenheim district
Lakes
Like the Alps as a whole, the Mangfall Mountains were heavily affected by the last ice age (
Würm glaciation). For example, lakes like the
Tegernsee, and the typical
U-shaped valleys were formed by glaciers.
References
External links
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Miesbach (district)
Bavarian Prealps
Mountain ranges of Bavaria