Located near the Austrian border, what is the name of Germany's highest mountain?
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district) Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district) Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a "Landkreis" (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Ostallgäu, Weilheim-Schongau and Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, and by the Austrian state of Tyrol. In medieval times the alpine lands were owned by the bishops of Freising and the abbots of Ettal Abbey. In 1803, when the clerical states of Germany were dissolved, the region was acquired by Bavaria. The district is located in the Bavarian Alps and includes the highest mountain of Germany, the Zugspitze (2962 m). The highest peaks are grouped along the Austrian border, where the mountain
Austria–Germany border the endpoints is long. Besides Lake Constance, the border does not pass through any significant body of water, but it follows the Inn and Danube rivers along the eastern part. The Austrian states of Vorarlberg, Tyrol, Salzburg and Upper Austria run along the international border, as does the German state of Bavaria. The eastern point is located at the border tripoint of Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic, at , near the villages of Schwarzenberg am Böhmerwald and Bayerischer Plöckenstein. The western point is located at the border tripoint of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, at approximately , in Lake Constance.