Thierberg is a mountain located in the north and southwest of the town of

Kiefersfelden Kiefersfelden is a municipality with about 7000 inhabitants located in the district of Rosenheim in Bavaria, Germany, on the border with Tyrol, Austria. Geography Geographical location Kiefersfelden is located in the foothills of the Alps, in t ...

and thus extends over the border between Austria and Germany and it extends up to

Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

but the most part is in

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

. In the not-too-high mountain, the

Inn Valley The Inn (; ; ) is a river in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. The long river is a right tributary of the Danube, being the third largest tributary of the Danube by discharge. The highest point of its drainage basin is the summit of Piz Bernin ...

is located at approximately 500 meters above sea level. There are several lakes: Egelsee,

Hechtsee Hechtsee is a lake in Tyrol, Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vien ...

and Längsee. Thierberg mountain is named after the village and

cadastral community A cadastral community (or cadastre community, cadastral r cadastremunicipality, cadastral r cadastrecommune,Problémy s překladem termínu „katastrální území“ do angličtiny. in: Geodetický a kartografický Obzor. Český úřad zeměm� ...

"Thierberg" . On the mountain, the Thierberg castle (721 m.a.s.l) is one of the popular pilgrimage destination of the mountain that was built approximately 1280 A.C. Image:Thierbergkapelle-1.jpg, Theirberg chapel in the background is Spitzstein (left) and

Geigelstein Geigelstein is a mountain in Bavaria, Germany with an elevation of 1,808 meters above sea level. It is a mountain within the Chiemgau Alps The Chiemgau Alps () are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps and belong to the Eastern Alp ...

. Image:Thierbergkapelle-2.jpg, Theirberg chapel (inside). Image:Thierbergkapelle-3.jpg, An altar at Theirberg chapel. Image:Thierberg Kaiser-Panorama-1.jpg,

Kaiser Mountains The Kaiser Mountains (, meaning ''Emperor Mountains'') are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps and Eastern Alps. Its main ridges – are the Zahmer Kaiser and south of it the Wilder Kaiser. The mountains are situated in the Austri ...

seen from Thierberg.

External links

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www.thierberg.at
Mountains of Bavaria Kufstein Mountains of the Alps {{Bavaria-geo-stub