The Local Germany

Coldest late February night on Germany’s highest peak in over a century

Tue, 27 Feb 2018 12:25:03 +0100

The weather station on top of Zugspitze, the highest mountain in Germany, recorded a temperature of -30.5C on Monday evening, the furthest the mercury has fallen at this time of year since records began.

Coldest night of year has Germans shivering, from Hamburg to Bavaria

Mon, 26 Feb 2018 12:00:44 +0100

The weathermen told us that it was going to be a cold night on Sunday. And sure enough, temperatures hit a low for the winter, from the Alps all the way up to the Baltic coast.

Record-breaking cable car for tallest mountain in Germany to open Thursday

Thu, 21 Dec 2017 11:36:35 +0100

After six years of planning and construction, the new cable car to be inaugurated on Thursday will take visitors up nearly 3,000 metres to Zugspitze, the highest peak in the country.

Record-breaking new cable car for tallest mountain in Germany near completion

Wed, 11 Oct 2017 14:09:03 +0200

Operation of the new cable car which will take visitors up the 2,962 metre-high Zugspitze, Germany’s highest peak, is set to start in about ten weeks’ time. But not everyone is looking forward to it.

World's tallest cable car to go into retirement after 50-year career

Wed, 29 Mar 2017 18:10:15 +0200

The world-famous cable car taking tourists up to the Zugspitze, Germany’s highest peak, is to be taken down and replaced by a more modern transport system.

A week after heatwave, snow falls in Bavaria

Fri, 04 Sep 2015 17:33:13 +0200

From 30C to snow in under a week? It's possible in Germany where seven centimetres of the white stuff fell at the top of the Bavarian Alps on Friday.

Zugspitze kicks off German ski season

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:19:00 +0200

Germany’s ski season will begin a bit early, as ample snowfall allows operators to open the slopes on country’s highest mountain, the Zugspitze, this weekend.

Two men missing on the Zugspitze

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:27:00 +0100

Rescue workers and police are searching for two climbers who went missing two days ago on Germany’s highest mountain, the Zugspitze, in southern Bavaria.

Swiss daredevil to walk Zugspitze cable line

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:31:00 +0200

Swiss extreme tightrope artist Freddy Nock will walk a cable car line up to the peak of the Zugspitze, Germany’s highest mountain, in an attempt to break a world record this Saturday.

Lousy weekend weather on the way

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:00:00 +0200

Don’t get too used to enjoying the summer, as the weather is set to take another turn for the worst over the weekend, the German Weather Service (DWD) reported on Friday.

Zugspitze gets protective sun shield blanket for summer

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:02:00 +0200

Germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze (2,962 metres), is getting an enormous shield to protect its glacier from melting again this year, the company that runs the mountain's ski resort said on Wednesday.

Two runners dead after storm overtakes extreme Zugspitze race

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:36:00 +0200

Two participants of an extreme mountain run on Germany’s 2,962-metre Zugspitze are dead after bad weather set in on the peak on Sunday.

German hiker falls to his death on Zugspitze

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:58:00 +0200

A 57-year-old hiker from Munich fell 120 metres to his death on Germany’s highest peak, the Zugspitze, police said on Sunday.