Hammersbach (758 m above sea level) is a village in the municipality of Grainau at the foot of the Wetterstein Mountains in South Germany. It is located at the southwestern end of the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and is an important base for tours by mountaineers and hikers.

There is a halt on the Bavarian Zugspitze Railway and Eibsee bus within the parish, which runs from Garmisch-Partenkirchen to the Eibsee.[1]

Summits

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From Hammersbach the following summits may be ascended by experienced Alpinists:

Trails

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  • Eibsee Circular Trail (Eibsee-Rundweg): From Hammersbach along the ridgeway (Höhenweg) to the Eibsee Hotel, then around the Eibsee lake and back (ca. 15 km/height difference 500 m)
  • Höllental valley via the Höllental entrance hut through the Höllental Gorge to the Höllentalanger Hut.
  • From the Höllentalanger Hut (1,387 m) to the Höllentor (2,050 m) and on to the cable car station of Osterfelderkopf.
  • From the Höllentalanger Hut over the Hupfleitenjoch to the cable car station of Kreuzeckhaus (1,680 m)
  • From Hammersbach via Waldeck (1,238 m) to the Kreuzjoch (1,719 m)

References

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  1. ^ "Eibseebus Fahrplan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2022-10-27.

47°27′58″N 11°2′48″E / 47.46611°N 11.04667°E / 47.46611; 11.04667