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Garmisch-Partenkirchen District
Coat of arms of Garmisch-Partenkirchen District
Bavaria gap
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Bavaria
Adm. region Upper Bavaria
Capital Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Area
 • Total
1,012 km2 (391 sq mi)

Garmisch-Partenkirchen District is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Ostallgäu, Weilheim-Schongau and Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, and by the Austrian state of Tyrol.

History[]

In medieval times the alpine lands were owned by the bishops of Freising and the abbots of Ettal Abbey. In 1803, when the clerical states of Germany were dissolved, the region was acquired by Bavaria.

Geography[]

The district is located in the Bavarian Alps and includes the highest mountain of Germany, the Zugspitze (2962 m). The highest peaks are grouped along the Austrian border, where the mountain ridges of the Wettersteingebirge and the Karwendelgebirge rise. Between them the Isar river runs northwards. North of these ridges there is a valley housing the tourist resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The valley together with the surrounding mountains is called the Werdenfelser Land. Further north the ridges of the Ammergebirge and the Estergebirge rise, which are still over 2000 m high. In the northernmost parts of the district there is alpine uplands (about 600 m high). Here the Staffelsee is located, a lake of 8 km².

Coat of arms[]

Coat of arms The coat of arms displays:
  • a lion with the head of a griffin, being the symbol of Steingaden Abbey
  • a portrait of Corbinianus, the patron saint of the city of Freising
  • the white and blue checked pattern of Bavaria

Towns and municipalities[]

The district includes no towns. All places have the status of municipalities.

  1. Bad Bayersoien
  2. Bad Kohlgrub
  3. Eschenlohe
  4. Ettal
  5. Farchant
  6. Garmisch-Partenkirchen
  7. Grainau
  8. Großweil
  1. Krün
  2. Mittenwald
  3. Murnau am Staffelsee
  4. Oberammergau
  5. Oberau
  6. Ohlstadt
  7. Riegsee
  8. Saulgrub
  1. Schwaigen
  2. Seehausen am Staffelsee
  3. Spatzenhausen
  4. Uffing
  5. Unterammergau
  6. Wallgau

References[]

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Coordinates: 47°35′N 11°10′E / 47.58, 11.17

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