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List of mountains of Bavaria

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This list of mountains in Bavaria shows a selection of high and/or well-known mountains in the German state of Bavaria.

Highest mountains by province

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In the following table, the highest mountain in each of the 7 Bavarian provinces is listed.

Highest mountain in each of the 7 Bavarian provinces
Heights given in metres (m) above sea level (NHN)

By clicking on the word "list" in the mountain list column you will be taken to the list of mountains in that region (sometimes including those lying outside of Bavaria). The table is initially sorted by height, but may be rearranged by clicking the symbols at the head of each column.

Highest mountain Height
(m)
Landscape Mountain
lists
Region
Zugspitze 2962.0 Wetterstein Mountains List Upper Bavaria
Hochfrottspitze 2649.0 Allgäu Alps List Swabia
Großer Arber 1455.5 Bavarian Forest List Lower Bavaria
Kleiner Arber 1383.6 Bavarian Forest List Upper Palatinate
Schneeberg 1051.0 Fichtel Mountains List Upper Franconia
Dammersfeldkuppe 0927.9 Rhön List Lower Franconia
Hesselberg 0689.4 Franconian Jura List Middle Franconia

Highest mountains and hills of the regions of Bavaria

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Zugspitze
(Wetterstein Mountains)
Watzmann
(Berchtesgaden Alps)
Hochfrottspitze
(Allgäu Alps)
Eastern Karwendelspitze
(links; Karwendel Mountains)
Kreuzspitze
(Ammergau Alps)
Schafreuter
(Vorkarwendel)
Krottenkopf
(Ester Mountains)
Aggenstein
(Tannheim Mountains)
Berchtesgadener Hochthron
(Untersberg)
Sonntagshorn
(Chiemgau Alps)

In the following table the highest mountain or hill in each of the regions of Bavaria is shown. A ‘region’ is taken to be a major natural region unit.

In the column Range/Region, high or extensive mountain ranges are shown in bold, lower or smaller hills and regions, which do not have a local high point or basin, but whose (island-like) high points have prominence are shown in italics. By clicking the word “list” in the mountain lists column, you will be taken to a list of other mountains or hills in the respective region (some of which may included those outside of Bavaria).

Multiple listings of the same mountain are possible because, e.g., the Zugspitze is simultaneously the highest (Bavarian) mountain of the Alps, Bavarian Alps, Northern Limestone Alps and the Wetterstein Mountains.

The table, which is initially sorted by height, may be rearranged by clicking on the symbols at the head of each column.

Mountain/Hill Height
(m)
Range/Region Mountain
list
County/Independent town or city (D)
or district (A)
(also states)
Zugspitze 2962,0 Alps List Garmisch-Partenkirchen (BY)
Reutte (Tyrol)
Zugspitze 2962,0 Bavarian Alps
Part of the Alps
List
List
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (BY)
Reutte (Tyrol)
Zugspitze 2962,0 Northern Limestone Alps
Part of the Alps
List
List
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (BY)
Reutte (Tyrol)
Zugspitze 2962,0 Wetterstein Mountains
Part of the Alps
List
List
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (BY)
Reutte (Tyrol)
Watzmann
(Mittelspitze)
2713,0 Berchtesgaden Alps
Part of the Alps
List
List
Berchtesgadener Land
Hochfrottspitze 2649,0 Allgäu Alps
Part of the Alps
List
List
Oberallgäu (BY)
Reutte (Tyrol)
Eastern Karwendelspitze 2538,0 Karwendel Mountains
Part of the Alps
List
List
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (BY)
Innsbruck-Land, Schwaz (Tyrol)
Kreuzspitze 2185,0 Ammergau Alps
Part of the Alps
List
List
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Schafreuter
(Schafreiter)
2101,4 Vorkarwendel
Part of the Alps

List
Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen (BY)
Schwaz (Tyrol)
Krottenkopf 2086,0 Bavarian Prealps
Part of the Alps
List
List
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Krottenkopf 2086,0 Ester Mountains
Part of the Alps
List
List
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Aggenstein 1987,0 Tannheim Mountains
Part of the Alps
List
List
Ostallgäu (BY)
Reutte (Tyrol)
Berchtesgadener Hochthron 1973,0 Untersberg
Part of the Alps
List
List
Berchtesgadener Land
Sonntagshorn 1961,0 Chiemgau Alps
Part of the Alps
List
List
Traunstein (BY)
Berchtesgadener Land (BY)
Zell am See (Salzburg)
Rotwand 1884,0 Mangfall Mountains
Part of the Alps
List
List
Miesbach
Zwiesel 1781,6 Staufen
Part of the Alps
List
List
Berchtesgadener Land
Karkopf 1738,0 Lattengebirge
Part of the Alps
List
List
Berchtesgadener Land
Vogelsang 1563,0 Mangfall Mountains/Sudelfeld
Part of the Alps
List
List
Miesbach
Großer Arber 1455,5 Bavarian Forest List Regen
Einödriegel 1120,6 Lower Bavarian Forest
Part of the Bavarian Forest
List
List
Deggendorf
Raggenhorn 1056,2 Adelegg
Part of the Alps
List
List
Oberallgäu (BY)
Ravensburg (BW)
Schneeberg 1051,0 Fichtel Mountains List Wunsiedel
Platte 946,0 Steinwald List Tirschenreuth
Kreuzfelsen 938,0 Upper Palatine Forest List Cham
Dammersfeldkuppe 0927,9 Rhön List Bad Kissingen (BY)
Fulda (HE)
Högl 827,0 Rupertiwinkel
(Rupertigau)
List Berchtesgadener Land
Döbraberg 794,6 Franconian Forest List Hof
Hesselberg 689,4 Franconian Jura List Ansbach
Dürrenberg 656,4 Hahnenkamm
Part of the Franconian Jura
List
List
Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen
Blankenstein 644,0 Riesalb
Part of the Swabian Jura

List
Donau-Ries
Hohenstein 624,0 Hersbruck Jura
(Hersbruck Switzerland)

Part of the Franconian Jura
List

List
Nürnberger Land
Hohe Reuth
(Hohe Reut)
635,0 Franconian Switzerland List Bayreuth
Geiersberg
(Breitsol)
586,0 Spessart List Aschaffenburg
Hornberg 554,0 Frankenhöhe List Ansbach
Der Kolli 547,5 Odenwald List Miltenberg (BY)
Neckar-Odenwald (BW)
Hohe Schule 538,0 Grabfeld List Rhön-Grabfeld
Buchberg 528,0 Lange Berge List Coburg
Nassacher Höhe 512,0 Haßberge List Haßberge
Scheinberg 498,5 Steigerwald List Neustadt/Aisch-Bad Windsheim
Leitenberg 469,0 Abenberg Forest Roth

Mountains and hills of Bavaria

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The following section contains a selection of Bavarian mountains and hills in the seven provinces, sorted alphabetically, in each case in order of descending height:

Name, Height in metres above sea level, Location (District/Region)

  • Kleiner Arber (1,384 m), Cham district, Bavarian Forest
  • Zwercheck (1,333 m), Cham district, Bavarian Forest
  • Großer Osser (1,293 m), Cham district, Bavarian Forest
  • Enzian (1,285 m), Cham district, Bavarian Forest
  • Kleiner Osser (1,266 m), Cham district, Bavarian Forest
  • Heugstatt (1,261 m), Cham district, Bavarian Forest
  • Schwarzeck (1,238 m), Cham district, Bavarian Forest
  • Großer Riedelstein (1,132 m), on the border between Regen district and Cham district, Bavarian Forest
  • Hoher Bogen (1,079 m), Cham district, Bavarian Forest
  • Schwarzriegel (1,079 m), Cham district, Bavarian Forest
  • Eckstein (1,073 m), Cham district, Bavarian Forest
  • Hindenburgkanzel (1,049 m), Cham district, Bavarian Forest
  • Rauchröhren (1,044 m), Cham district, Bavarian Forest
  • Mittagstein (1,034 m), Cham district, Bavarian Forest
  • Kreuzfelsen (999 m), Cham district, Bavarian Forest
  • Burgstall (976 m), Cham district, Bavarian Forest
  • Platte (946 m), Tirschenreuth district, Fichtel Mountains
  • Entenbühl (901 m), Neustadt an der Waldnaab district, Upper Palatine Forest
  • Weingartenfels (896 m), Schwandorf district, Upper Palatine Forest
  • Signalberg (Upper Palatine Forest) (888 m), Schwandorf district, Upper Palatine Forest
  • Reichenstein (874 m), Schwandorf district, Upper Palatine Forest
  • Frauenstein (835 m), Schwandorf district, Upper Palatine Forest
  • Schellenberg (829 m), Neustadt/WN district, Upper Palatine Forest
  • Stückstein (808 m), Neustadt/WN district, Upper Palatine Forest
  • Steinberg (802 m), Tirschenreuth district, Upper Palatine Forest
  • Fahrenberg (801 m), Neustadt/WN district, Upper Palatine Forest
  • Armesberg (731 m), Tirschenreuth district, Fichtel Mountains
  • Rauher Kulm (682 m), Neustadt/WN district, Upper Palatine Forest
  • Poppberg (652 m), Amberg-Sulzbach district, Franconian Jura
  • Waldecker Schloßberg (641 m), Tirschenreuth district, Upper Palatine Forest
  • Göschberg (621 m), Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz district, Franconian Jura
  • Buchberg (607 m), Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz district, Franconian Jura
  • Schauerberg (601 m), Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz district, Franconian Jura
  • Dillberg (595 m), Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz district, Franconian Jura
  • Parkstein (595 m), Neustadt/WN district, Upper Palatine Forest
  • Anzenstein (593 m), Tirschenreuth district, Upper Palatine Forest
  • Kastelstein (591 m), Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz district, Franconian Jura
  • Wolfstein (580 m), Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz district, Franconian Jura
  • Dammersfeldkuppe (928 m), Bavarian-Hessian border, Rhön
  • Kreuzberg (928 m), Rhön-Grabfeld district, Rhön
  • Heidelstein (926 m), Rhön-Grabfeld district, Rhön
  • Eierhauckberg (910 m), Bavarian-Hessian border, Rhön
  • Stirnberg (899 m), Bavarian-Hessian border, Rhön
  • Hohe Hölle (894 m), Bavarian-Hessian border, Rhön
  • Himmeldunkberg (888 m), Bavarian-Hessian border, Rhön
  • Totnansberg (839 m; Black Mountains), Bad Kissingen district, Rhön
  • Schwarzenberg (832 m; Black Mountains), Bad Kissingen district, Rhön
  • Feuerberg (830 m), Bad Kissingen district, Rhön
  • Kleiner Auersberg (809 m), Bad Kissingen district, Rhön
  • Großer Auersberg (808 m), Bad Kissingen district, Rhön
  • Querenberg (805 m), Rhön-Grabfeld district, Rhön
  • Farnsberg (786 m), Bad Kissingen district, Rhön
  • Hoher Dentschberg (778 m), Rhön-Grabfeld district, Rhön
  • Lösershag (765 m), Bad Kissingen district, Rhön
  • Gangolfsberg (737 m), Rhön-Grabfeld district, Rhön
  • Platzer Kuppe (737 m; Black Mountains), Bad Kissingen district, Rhön
  • Rother Kuppe (711 m), Rhön-Grabfeld district, Rhön
  • Dreistelzberg (660 m), Bad Kissingen district, Rhön
  • Geiersberg (586 m), Aschaffenburg district, Spessart
  • Hermannskoppe (567 m), Bavarian-Hessian border, Spessart
  • Querberg (567 m), Aschaffenburg district, Spessart
  • Geierskopf (549 m), Aschaffenburg district, Spessart
  • Weickertshöhe (545 m), Main-Spessart district, Spessart
  • Steckenlaubshöhe (542 m), Main-Spessart district, Spessart
  • Hoher Knuck (539 m), Main-Spessart district, Spessart
  • Hohe Schule (538), Rhön-Grabfeld district, Rhön
  • Hirschhöhe (537 m), Main-Spessart district, Spessart
  • Sohlhöhe (530 m), Main-Spessart district, Spessart
  • Obere Waldspitze (521 m), Bavarian-Hessian border, Spessart
  • Geishöhe (521 m; with observation tower), Aschaffenburg district, Spessart
  • Gauslkopf (519 m), Main-Spessart district, Spessart
  • Rosskopf (Bavaria) (516 m), Bavarian-Hessian border, Spessart
  • Großer Goldberg (515 m), Bavarian-Hessian border, Spessart
  • Nassacher Höhe (512 m), Haßberge district, Haßberge Hills
  • Steigkoppe (502 m), Aschaffenburg district, Spessart
  • Pfirschhöhe (502 m), Main-Spessart district, Spessart
  • Zabelstein (489 m), Schweinfurt district, Steigerwald
  • Steinknückl (413 m), Aschaffenburg district, Spessart
  • Eiersberg (349 m), municipality of Oberstreu

See also

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