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Facts+Numbers
Mayor
1st Mayor Thomas Schmid
2nd Mayor Daniela Bittner
3rd Mayor Hannes Krätz
Total Area
Almost 50,000 acres
Population
A total of 27,680, of this number 26,320 registered as principal residences and 1,360 registered as secondary residences
Altitude
City Hall: 708 m above sea level
Highest Mountain
Zugspitze: 2,962 m above sea level
Distance from Major Cities
Munich: 90 km (54 U.S. miles)
Innsbruck: 55 km (33 U.S. miles)
Sister Cities
Aspen/Colorado, USA
Chamonix, France
Lahti, Finland
Department of Tourism
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Tourismus
Directors of Tourism
Peter Nagel
Peter Ries
Choices of Accommodation
800 - from cosy vacation rentals to luxury hotels
Beds
9,000
Number of Overnight Stays (2011)
1.198.251
Restaurants/Bars
213 - from Bavarian delicacies to gourmet restaurants
Shops
500 - from shops specializing in traditional clothing to designer boutiques
Casino
Roulette, poker, black jack, slot machines, special events
Convention Centre
10 fully equipped, modern facilities (rooms of 29 to 800 square metres) as well as 1,000 square metres of exhibition floor.Partner alliance with "Gipfeltreffen", the Bavarian seal of quality for 40 different convention centres in the state of Bavaria.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Best of the Alps
- BAYERN TOURISMUS Marketing GmbH
- Tourismusverband München-Oberbayern e.V.
- Zugspitz-Region
- Zugspitzland
Landscape
Garmisch-Partenkirchen is nestled in a broad valley at the confluence of the Loisach, a tributary river with its source in Tyrol, and the Partnach, a mountain stream springing from the Wetterstein Mountain Range. Surrounded by the Ammer Mountain Range, the Ester Mountains and the Wetterstein Mountain Range which includes Germany’s highest peak, the Zugspitze.
Summer Outdoor Activities
- Hiking trails (300 km)
- Nordic walking (guided tours available as well)
- Rock climbing (21 routes, various degrees of difficulty 3 to 8)
- Bicycling/Mountain biking (453 km of cycling routes)
- Kayaking/Canoeing
- Rafting
- Archery
- Hang gliding/Paragliding
- Lakes for swimming and boating
- Golf
Winter Outdoor Activities
- Alpine skiing/Snowboarding
- Cross-country skiing (28 km ski runs)
- Biathlon event for guests
- Tobogganing/night tobogganing
- Snowshoeing
- Winter hiking
- Winter Nordic walking (guided tours available as well)
Skiing Resorts
- Zugspitze skiing resort: Germany’s only glacier skiing resort; ski lifts open from November to May; 22 km of ski slopes
- Classic ski resort: Lifts open from December to April; 40 km of ski slopes
- 169 km ski slopes nearby
Indoor Activities
- Swimming/sauna (Alpsitz-Wellenbad Swimming Pool)
- Health and spa centres available in selected hotels
- Tennis
- Ice skating/"Eisstockschießen“ (similar to curling)/curling
- Air gun shooting
Health and Wellness
Premium class health resort with healing climate ("Heilklimatischer Kurort"); exercise therapy in a therapeutic climate; 140 km of high-altitude hiking paths, Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a "WellVital-Ort", i.e. a place offering a wide range of spa facilities and spa hotels that are called "WellVital" hotels; the spa's municipal park offers a concert series from May to September; bare foot path; an information path on the respiratory tract; numerous health service providers.
Points of Interest
Historic towns centres of Garmisch and Partenkirchen, Partnachklamm (canyon), the Olympic sports facilities with the ski jumping facility, churches, museums and exhibitions, ruin of Werdenfels Castle, the Königshaus am Schachen (the King’s House on the Schachen), Richard-Strauss-Institute, Zugspitze
Ski Lift Companies
- Bayerische Zugspitzbahn Bergbahn AG with Zugspitze cable car, Alpspitze cable car, Kreuzeck cable car, Hausberg cable car and Wank cable car
- Partenkirchener Bergbahnen GmbH with Eckbauer and Graseck cable cars
Nearby Places of Interest
Mittenwald, Oberammergau, Murnau am Staffelsee, Kochel am See, Neuschwanstein castle; Linderhof castle; Glentleiten openair museum; München, Innsbruck