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3. View of Zugspitze and Eibsee – Eibsee loop from Mittenwald

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Jörg

August 17, 2025

Eibsee (Weitsee and Untersee)

In the northeast, the 4.8-hectare and 26-meter-deep Untersee is almost completely separated from the main part of the lake, the 172-hectare Weitsee, by a narrow section 50 meters wide and only 0.5 meters deep. A hiking trail leads along the northern shore of the Eibsee over a small bridge at this narrow section. The deepest point of the entire lake, at 34.5 meters, is only about 90 meters from the eastern southern shore (approximately at the level of the Frillensee). The completely separated small neighboring lakes include the Frillensee in the south (not to be confused with the larger Frillensee near Inzell), as well as the Braxensee, Steingringpriel, Steinsee, Froschsee, and Drachenseelein in the north.

Due to its location below the Zugspitze and its clear, green-tinged water, the lake is considered one of the most beautiful lakes in the Bavarian Alps. It was formed when the Isar-Loisach glacier retreated at the end of the Würm glaciation, leaving a depression that filled with water. Between 1700 BC and 1400 BC, a landslide covering an area of 13 km² and a volume of 350 million m³ crossed the central and eastern part of the lake. The estimated energy release from this landslide, with an average fall height of 1,400 m, corresponds to approximately 2.9 megatons of TNT (approximately 220 Hiroshima bombs).

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Location: Grainau, Landkreis Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

View of Lake Eibsee

1. View of Zugspitze and Eibsee – Eibsee loop from Garmisch-Partenkirchen (BZB)

2. Reschbergwiesen Meadows – View of Zugspitze and Eibsee loop from Farchant

3. View of Zugspitze and Eibsee – Eibsee loop from Mittenwald

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