The Einstein is a mountain in the north of the Tannheimer valley. It rises above the village Tannheim in Tyrol. The "on" in the name of the mountain stands for the secluded location of the mountain, which is separated from the neighboring elevations by deeply cut valleys (Vilstal and Engetal) and a shallow valley watershed. The strikingly square summit soars high above its satellites. "Stone" indicates the rocky summit of limestone, which is 1866 meters above sea level. A. reached. Heinz Groth describes Einstein as the "local mountain of Tannheim". The mound height of the Einstein is 718 m, its dominance 3.5 km, with Kellenspitze and Aggenstein are the reference mountains.
The hike up the Einstein, on which a narrow path leads, promises a good all-round view of the other Tannheimer mountains and the Allgäu Alps: to the north, the eastern Alpine foothills to see in the east you can see the Aggenstein and the western walls of the Zugspitze in the west the Wertacher Hörnle, in the south under other peaks the Gaishorn, the Rauhhorn and the Kugelhorn. Dieter Seibert speaks of a "summit summit".
There are two different entrances to the summit: The southern route leads from Tannheim, the northern, also somewhat trickier, begins in the municipality of Pfronten, he passed then north of Grän, the state border between the German Free State of Bavaria and the Austrian province of Tyrol.
The tour requires surefootedness and caution in the wet, because the flanks consist of steep Schrofen terrain.