Wallberg (1.722 asl) is a mountain in the Mangfallgebirge, part of the
Bavarian Alps
The Bavarian Alps (, ) is a collective name for several mountain ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps within the German state of Bavaria.
Geography
The term in its wider sense refers to that part of the Eastern Alps that lies on Bavarian state ...
in the south of
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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General Information
The Wallberg has made history as the starting point for large distance flights of paragliders and hang-gliders. The Wallberg toboggan run is Germany's longest winter toboggan run. The Wallberg race on the Wallbergstraße, one of the best-known automobile mountain races in the 1960s, has not been held for some time for ecological reasons.
The ascent from the Wallbergbahn valley station near
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 ( ...
leads over a saddle to the left past the Setzberg (1,706 m) to the mountain station of the Wallbergbahn. The Wallberg panorama restaurant is located 1,623 m above sea level, 30 minutes walking below the summit.
The transmitter Wallberg is on the mountain.
Literature (in German)
* "Die Wallbergstraße mit dem Schweiß der Legionäre gepflastert". Tegernseer Tal-Heft Nr. 94, S. 34 ff, Tegernseer Tal Verlag
Archivregister des Tegernseer Tal Verlags
* Schroeder, Peter: Wallberg-Rennen. 1959–1988. Miesbach: Maurus, 2012.
References
Mountains of Bavaria
Mountains of the Alps
Miesbach (district)
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