Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the Zugspitze. 3 guides.
Zugspitze railway bored four kilometres through limestone in 1930The Bayerische Zugspitzbahn climbs from Garmisch through a tunnel inside the mountain, and the summit is shared with Austria along a border that runs across it.
Two towns merged for an Olympics and never separatedGarmisch and Partenkirchen were combined for the 1936 Winter Games, and the ski stadium built for them is still in use.
Partnachklamm cut 80 metres down through Bavarian limestoneThe Partnachklamm is a 700-metre limestone gorge with a walkway cut along its wall.