Mittagberg

Mittagberg
Mittagberg
	Mittagberg from the direction of Rettenberg (North-East)
Highest point
Elevation	1,451 m (4,760 ft) Mittagberg
Prominence	0.5 m (1.6 ft) Mittagberg
Isolation	0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi)
Coordinates	47°42′10″N10°12′56″E / 47.70278°N 10.21556°E Coordinates: 47°42′10″N10°12′56″E / 47.70278°N 10.21556°E
Geography
	Mittagberg Location in the Alps
Location	Bavaria, Germany
Parent range	Allgäu Prealps west of the Iller, Allgäu Alps

Last updated April 25, 2019

The Mittagberg ("Midday Mountain") is a 1,451-metre-high (4,760 ft) mountain located in the Allgäu Alps in Bavaria, Germany. Located just south of Immenstadt, this mountain is part of the Nagelfluh Chain, and eponymous nature park. Its vertical separation is at least 31 metres,^[1] metres, with a prominence of 500 metres when using the Bärenköpfle as reference.

The Allgäu Alps are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps, located in Bavaria in Germany and Tyrol and Vorarlberg in Austria. The range lies directly east of Lake Constance.

Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a landlocked federal state of Germany, occupying its southeastern corner. With an area of 70,550.19 square kilometres, Bavaria is the largest German state by land area comprising roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany. With 13 million inhabitants, it is Germany's second-most-populous state after North Rhine-Westphalia. Bavaria's main cities are Munich and Nuremberg.

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North Seas to the north, and the Alps, Lake Constance and the High Rhine to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.

Name

When looking at the mountain from Immenstadt, the sun at noon is right on top of the peak, giving it its name "Mittag" based on the German word for noon (mid day).

Immenstadt im Allgäu is a town in the Upper Allgäu, the southernmost district of Bavaria, Germany, in the German Alps. First mentioned in a 1275 administrative tract, it was granted town privileges in 1360, which makes it one of the oldest towns in the area. It was the seat of the counts of Königsegg-Rothenfels until 1804.

Routes

There are multiple hiking trails that lead up to the top of the mountain.

Alternative routes

There is a ski lift that goes from Immenstadt to the top, with one interruption approximately in the middle of the mountain. During the winter, more ski lifts open for skiing. A 5.1-kilometre-long (3.2 mi) toboggan run leads from the summit of the mountain to Immenstadt.

Ski lift Transport device that carries skiers up a hill

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A toboggan is a simple sled which is a traditional form of transport used by the Innu and Cree of northern Canada.

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References

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[1] Exact value unknown. Given value is a minimum (it could be up to 19 metres higher). The value was estimated from the difference in contour lines (20 vertical metres) on the topographical map (map scale 1:25,000).