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22-651: Bayrischzell is located in the Mangfallgebirge between Schliersee in the West and Oberaudorf in the East. It is located at the foot of Wendelstein mountain, at the foot of Sudelfeld and below the Sudelfeld pass. It lies at the northern exit of Ursprungtal . It is 23 kilometres (14 mi) southeast of Miesbach , 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Kufstein , 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of Oberaudorf. In

44-523: A "Haberfeldtreiben" took place, with over 100 drivers instead. By 1900 tourism began to take off. The coat of arms in its current form has existed since 1959, with silver diamonds is reminiscent of the close historical relationship with the Wittelsbachs . From 1900 a railway was constructed along the Leitzachtal , from Munich to Bayrischzell via Westerham . On 1 October 1911, the terminus of

66-407: A cable car from Osterhofen since 1970. The Wendelstein ski resort with its 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) of slopes is a secret tip for experienced skiers. On the edge of the village is the heated open air swimming pool, "Alpenfreibad Bayrischzell". There are also tennis courts, a mini golf course and in winter an ice rink and a curling rink. In Geitau, on the western edge of the municipality, lies

88-846: The Ester Mountains in the extreme west, the summits of the Bavarian Prealps are all below 2000 metres in height and only a few have prominent limestone cliffs . According to the 1984 classification of the Eastern Alps by the German Alpine Club the Bavarian Prealps are delineated as follows: Prealp region from Murnau via Kochel am See , Bad Tölz to Rosenheim – Inn to Kiefersfelden – Kieferbach – Glemmbach – Ellbach – Kaiserhaus (in Brandenberg ) – Brandenberger Ache – Erzherzog-Johann-Klause (at

110-758: The Herzogstand and Heimgarten and the long ridge of the Benediktenwand . The eastern part of the Prealps between the rivers Isar and Inn is known as the Mangfall Mountains , because its streams – the Rottach, Weißach, Schlierach and Leitzach – all flow into the Mangfall river, which drains the whole area and forming an important groundwater store for the city of Munich . The highest peak in

132-680: The Inn valley). The highest peak in the Mangfalls is the Rotwand at 1.884 m above  sea level (NN) , one of the most popular local mountains for Munich's citizens at all times of the year. The Wendelstein lies a few kilometres further northeast of the Rotwand, but is separated from it by a valley. Another popular destination is the Brünnstein . These and the other main peaks in

154-682: The Northern Limestone Alps along the Austria–Germany border . They include the Bavarian Prealp region between the river Loisach to the west and the river Inn to the east; the range is about 80 kilometres (50 mi) long and 20–30 kilometres (12–19 mi) wide. The term is not defined politically, but alpine-geographically because, although the range is mostly located in Bavaria , southeast Germany , small areas of

176-692: The Northern Limestone Alps . The name comes from the river Mangfall , whose tributaries, the Rottach , Weißach , Schlierach and Leitzach , drain large parts of the area and form an important drinking water reservoir for the city of Munich . The mountain region is bounded by the Isar valley in the west, the Inn valley in the east, the Brandenberg Alps (the Rofan) and the Austrian state border in

198-726: The Bavarian Prealps lie in the state of Tyrol (e.g. the Hinteres Sonnwendjoch south of the Rotwand ), Austria . The term is not to be confused with the Bavarian Alps or the Bavarian Alpine Foreland . These terms include the whole of the alpine region (together with parts of the Wetterstein , the Karwendel , etc.) and the whole Alpine Foreland on Bavarian state territory. Except in

220-536: The Brandenberger Ache) – Sattelbach – Ampelsbach – Achenbach – Walchen – Isar to Krün – Kranzbach – Kankerbach – Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Loisach to Murnau. The westernmost part of the Bavarian Prealps is formed by the Ester Mountains and its highest peak, the Krottenkopf (2,086 metres/6,844 ft), which is also the highest summit in the Prealps. To the northeast the range is enclosed by

242-988: The Dream Path runs from Geretsried to the Brauneck Gipfelhaus via Bad Tölz and Lenggries. Most of this stage is located in the Alpine Foreland. The fourth stage runs from the Brauneck-Gipfelhaus via the Benediktenwand in the Jachenau . The fifth stage runs from the Jachenau to Vorderriß, where the path enters the Karwendel. The end point is at Hinterriß. In addition there is the Via Bavarica Tyrolensis ,

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264-549: The Geitau gliding airfield, operated by LSC Schliersee. During winter, 96 kilometres (60 mi) of groomed trails are available for cross-country skiing. In Summer there are 28 kilometres (17 mi) of marked Nordic walking trails. Mangfallgebirge The Mangfall Mountains ( German : Mangfallgebirge ), or sometimes Mangfall Alps , are the easternmost part of the Bavarian Prealps that, in turn, belong to

286-592: The Mangfall Mountains are (sorted by height in metres (m) above Normalnull (NN): Like the Alps as a whole, the Mangfall Mountains were heavily affected by the last ice age ( Würm glaciation ). For example, lakes like the Tegernsee , and the typical U-shaped valleys were formed by glaciers. Bavarian Prealps The Bavarian Prealps ( German : Bayerische Voralpen ) are a mountain range within

308-576: The brown bear Bruno was killed by two hunters and a policeman by a lung shot at 150 metres (490 ft). He had come from Italy via Tyrol in May 2006. The stuffed bear has been displayed since April 2008 in Museum of Man and Nature . According to a survey by the ATS (Alpenregion Tegernsee Schliersee), Bayrischzell is the most liveable town in the district of Miesbach In autumn 2007, director Rainer Kaufmann filmed

330-689: The eastern part of the Bavarian Prealps – located on Austrian state territory in spite of the name – is the Hinteres Sonnwendjoch at 1,986 metres/6,516 ft above sea level . The Bavarian Prealps border the following mountain ranges in the Alps: To the north the Bavarian Prealps border on the Alpine Foreland . Many peaks in the Bavarian Prealps are part of Munich's Hausbergen ("home mountains") and may be climbed all year round on foot, by ski mountaineers or with snowshoes . There are good and simple, even family-friendly, routes to most of

352-503: The entire Alps, including the Bavarian Prealps. The Violette Way of the Via Alpina runs in 9 stages through the Bavarian Prealps as follows: The Munich–Venice Dream Path ( Traumpfad München–Venedig ), first publicised in 1977, also runs through the Bavarian Prealps. Although it is not an official long-distance path, it has become well known because so many walking clubs and states were involved in its creation. The third section of

374-619: The railway Schliersee-Bayrischzell became operational. In 1970 the Wendelstein Cable Car was completed. The German University Sports Association (Arbeitsgemeinschaft deutscher Sportreferenten) was established in 1948 in Bayrischzell even before the constitution of the Federal Republic on 2 April 1948 in Bayrischzell. On the night of 26 June 2006 on the 1,500-metre-high (4,900 ft) Kümpflalm near Rotwand ,

396-705: The south. North of the Mangfalls lies the Alpine Foreland . The region has an area of 752.40 km or, by narrower definitions, only 333 km . The Mangfall Mountains are divided into the Tegernsee Mountains (from the Isar to the line Tegernsee − Rottach −Weiße Valepp), Schliersee Mountains (to the Leitzach valley) and the Wendelstein Group (between the Leitzach glacial valley and

418-559: The summits. Several also offer scenic, generally well-protected climbing routes across a wide range of climbing grades (UIAA II to X): the Roßstein and Buchstein , Plankenstein (Direkter Ostgrat: IV+, Nadel Südwand: X), Ruchenköpfe (Münchner Riß: III, Dülfer Riß: IV). A ski touring classic is the Rotwand-Reib'n , which runs up to the Rotwand. The Via Alpina , a cross-border long-distance trail with five route sections, runs over

440-527: The television movie The best comes first for ZDF. In the 1980s Heirs to be learned was filmed in Bayrischzell. The adjoining Sudelfeld with 19 ski lifts and around 31 kilometres (19 mi) of prepared ski runs is one of the most famous ski resorts in the Bavarian Alps and the largest in the German contiguous ski area. It can be reached from the village on a chairlift. Wendelstein can be reached by

462-535: The west of the municipality, near the border with the Schliersee municipality, is the Taubensteinhaus at 1,567 metres (5,141 ft) altitude. Bayrischzell has 15 designated districts: Between 500 and 700 AD clearings were made in the area of today's municipality. In 1076 a hermitage with Margarethe chapel was founded by Haziga, the wife of Palatine Count Otto II. Of Scheyern-Wittelsbach. In 1079 this

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484-627: Was converted into a monastery, but by 1085 was moved to Fischbachau . With its proximity to Tyrol , Bayrischzell was the scene of armed conflicts in both the Spanish and Austrian wars of succession and in the Napoleonic Wars and local mountain guard skirmishes with the Tyroleans. In 1811/12 the cell (or cell Margarethe) was made an independent parish . Since 1832, the town has been officially called Bayrischzell. On 5/6. December 1846

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