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Zugspitze, Bavaria, Bayern, Tirol, Tyrol, Germany, Deutschland, Austria, Oesterreich, fotoeins.com

Fotoeins Friday: Zugspitze, AT-DE border (5)

In various travels throughout the years, I’ve found myself standing at the Austrian-German (AT-DE 🇦🇹🇩🇪) border, often up in the Alps. That’s a given in this part of the world, but there are low or flat parts to the border as well.

The Zugspitze summit proper makes the peak the highest point in Germany. The shared border with Austria does not mean the same; the highest point in Austria lies 135 km to the east-southeast (Grossglockner). Back at Zugspitze, the German gondola from Eibsee and the Austrian gondola from Obermoss are connected by a covered passageway. The south end of the passage is marked by signs welcoming visitors to Austrian Tirol or German Bavaria. The international border straddles the mountain ridge where a toll house used to control the flow of people and goods between the two nations.

I made the photos above on 25 Feb 2017 with a Canon EOS6D mark1. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-r60.

E533, Scharnitz, Tirol, Mittenwald, Bayern, Germany, Deutschland, Austria, Österreich, fotoeins.com

Fotoeins Friday: Mittenwald-Scharnitz, AT-DE border (4)

In various travels throughout the years, I’ve found myself standing at the Austrian-German (AT-DE 🇦🇹🇩🇪) border, often up in the Alps. That’s a given in this part of the world, but there are low or flat parts to the border as well.

At a low point in the Isar river valley the Austrian-German border stretches across the European E533 highway. Approaching from the north, a stone column with the word “Tirol” is visible, marking the start of Scharnitz, Tirol, and Austria. A turn of the head back and visible are signs welcoming cars into Germany (Mittenwald, Bavaria). Parallel with the road is the Mittenwald railway with trains between Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Innsbruck. It’s all good in summer, but less so in winter with this section of road subject to weather closure.

I made the photos above on 12 May 2018 with a Canon EOS6D mark1. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-qWb.

Fellhorn, Oberstdorf Kleinwalsertal Bergbahnen, Allgaeuer Alps, Allgaeu, Oberstdorf, Swabia, Bavaria, Bayern, Germany, fotoeins.com

Fotoeins Friday: Karwendelbahn, AT-DE border (2)

In various travels throughout the years, I’ve found myself standing at the Austrian-German (AT-DE 🇦🇹🇩🇪) border, often up in the Alps. That’s a given in this part of the world, but there are low or flat parts to the border as well.

Karwendelbahn mountain station (Mittenwald). Above the the mountain station of the Karwendelbahn cable car is the Karwendel bowl, around which visitors can walk on the “lip” also known as the Passamani-Rundweg path. The eastern edge of the bowl straddles the German-Austrian border labelled in the image as “DE” and “AT”, respectively. On the path is a grey border stone (Grenzstein) with “B” for Bayern (Bavaria) on one side, and “Ö” for Österreich (Austria) on the opposite side.

I made the photo above on 30 May 2018 with a Canon EOS6D mark1 and these settings: 1/1000-sec, f/16, ISO1000, and 24mm focal length. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-qQ1.

Zugspitze, Tiroler Zugspitzbahn, Ehrwald, Tirol, Tyrol, Austria, Oesterreich, fotoeins.com

Fotoeins Friday: winter scenes, four (Ehrwald)

I’m at the foot of a vertical wall of rock almost 3 kilometres in height.

On a calm winter day, late-afternoon sunlight from the southwest casts a warm glow on the Zugspitze mountain and the red-brown houses in the town of Ehrwald in Austria’s Tirol, not far from the border with Germany’s Bavaria. Visible are two pylons (upper left) and the mountain station associated with the Tiroler Zugspitzbahn cable car between Ehrwald and the mountain’s Austrian summit. The panoramic view from the latter can be seen in the winter scene from two weeks ago.

I made the image on 25 Feb 2017 with a Canon EOS6D mark1 and these settings: 1/1250-sec, f/16, ISO1000, and 50mm focal length. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-o28.

Zugspitze, Wettersteingebirge, Tiroler Zugspitzbahn, Ehrwald, Tirol, Tyrol, Österreich, Austria, fotoeins.com

Fotoeins Friday: winter scenes, two (Zugspitze AT)

Thanks to the European Schengen agreement, visitors to the the Zugspitze summit can easily traverse between the German and Austrian sides without border checks. Last time, I provided the view from the German side. This time with this west-facing view from the Austrian side, visitors can hop on the Tiroler Zugspitzbahn cable car down into Tirol (pylon and cable car station at right). At the very left edge of the frame are radio antennae for Telekom Austria’s reserve relay station, behind which is the massive wedge of rock called the Zugspitzeck (Zugspitz corner) overlooking the towns of Ehrwald and Lermoos.

I made the image on 25 Feb 2017 with a Canon EOS6D mark1 and these settings: 1/800-sec, f/16, ISO500, and 24mm focal length. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-o1q.