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Guffert
Schafreuter
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Schafreuter
Hochunnutz
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Tegernsee Mountains · Bavaria · GermanySummit weather, forecast and climate

Fockenstein

1,564 mSnow likely Jan–Mar · Dec
Elevation1,564 mabove sea level
Prominence320 mindependent height
Isolation2.5 kmto a higher summit
Summit, Jul19°average high
47.68° N, 11.65° EElevation 1,564 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
From the valley to the top
  • Summit1,564 m
  • Mid-mountain1,140 m
  • Valley · Hohenburg712 m

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Fockenstein in brief

Fockenstein rises to 1,564 m in the Tegernsee Mountains, Bavaria, Germany. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 320 m.

At the summit, July is the mildest month with average highs of 19°, while nights fall below freezing in 6 months of the year.

The nearest town is Hohenburg, 5.1 km to the W at 712 m.

Facts

Elevation
1,564 m · 5,131 ft
Prominence
320 m
Range
Tegernsee Mountains
Region
Bavaria
Country
Germany
Coordinates
47.6847, 11.6525
Nearest airport
Innsbruck Airport (INN) · 53 km
iiForecast

Weather at three heights

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

The top of Fockenstein by month

Summit temperatures and precipitation

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted
-15°-10°-5°0°5°10°15°20°25°1°-7°Jan2°-7°Feb5°-4°Mar10°0°Apr14°4°May17°7°Jun19°9°Jul18°9°Aug14°6°Sep11°2°Oct5°-2°Nov1°-5°DecPrecipitation
Climate normals for Fockenstein by month
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high1°2°5°10°14°17°19°18°14°11°5°1°
Average low-7°-7°-4°0°4°7°9°9°6°2°-2°-5°
Precipitation120 mm117 mm159 mm140 mm200 mm248 mm286 mm264 mm184 mm136 mm151 mm146 mm
Cloud cover46%50%53%50%48%48%41%42%47%46%51%50%
Daylight8h 5010h 1511h 5013h 3715h 0715h 5815h 3814h 1912h 3710h 559h 198h 27
Month score181715173954626240211617

Snow and freezing level

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C
Snow likely Jan–Mar · Dec
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Freezing level1,100 m1,200 m1,700 m2,300 m3,000 m3,450 m3,700 m3,700 m3,100 m2,550 m1,800 m1,250 m
Summit❄ snow❄ snow❄ snowabove 0 °Cabove 0 °Cabove 0 °Cabove 0 °Cabove 0 °Cabove 0 °Cabove 0 °Cabove 0 °C❄ snow
ivTerrain

Fockenstein in 3D

vNeighbours

Peaks nearby

Mountains of Germany
MountainElevationProminenceDistanceJuly summit high
Guffert2,194 m1,143 m18 km SE13°
Mondscheinspitze2,106 m–24 km S14°
Schafreuter2,102 m–23 km SW13°
Seebergspitze2,085 m–24 km S14°
Vorderunnutz2,078 m–20 km S13°
Hochunnutz2,075 m–19 km S13°
Seekarspitze (Vorkarwendel)2,053 m130 m23 km S14°
Fleischbank2,026 m120 m25 km SW14°
viBase towns

Where to stay nearby

Hohenburg
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Hohenburg

Bavaria · 5.1 km W
14°Oct high
12wet days
47score
Hohenburg
Lenggries
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Lenggries

Bavaria · 5.8 km W
14°Oct high
12wet days
48score
Lenggries
Bad Wiessee
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Bad Wiessee

Bavaria · 6.0 km NE
14°Oct high
12wet days
44score
Bad Wiessee
Kreuth
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Kreuth

Bavaria · 8.5 km SE
14°Oct high
12wet days
45score
Kreuth
Around here

Hohenburg and around

Hohenburg
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Hohenburg

Bavaria · Germany
Jun–Augbest months
24°July high
712 maltitude
Hohenburg

Nature

Sylvensteinsee
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11 km S

Sylvensteinsee

Lake · 748 m
Sylvensteinsee
Jachen
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2.7 km S

Jachen

River
Jachen
Weißach (Tegernsee)
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12 km E

Weißach (Tegernsee)

River
Weißach (Tegernsee)

Mountains

Birkkarspitze
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31 km S

Birkkarspitze

2,749 m · Karwendel
Birkkarspitze
Mittlere Ödkarspitze
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31 km SW

Mittlere Ödkarspitze

2,745 m · Hinterautal-Vomper Chain
Mittlere Ödkarspitze
Östliche Ödkarspitze
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31 km S

Östliche Ödkarspitze

2,738 m · Karwendel
Östliche Ödkarspitze

Heritage

St. Jakobus der Ältere, Lenggries
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1.4 km NW

St. Jakobus der Ältere, Lenggries

architectural heritage monument in Bavaria · 1722
St. Jakobus der Ältere, Lenggries
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under 100 m SW

Schloss Hohenburg

architectural heritage monument in Bavaria
Schloss Hohenburg
Hohenburg
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0.3 km E

Hohenburg

architectural heritage monument in Bavaria
Hohenburg

Museums

Heimatmuseum Lenggries
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1.2 km NW

Heimatmuseum Lenggries

Local museum
Heimatmuseum Lenggries
Bad Tölz city museum
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10 km N

Bad Tölz city museum

City museum · 1886
Bad Tölz city museum
Fraunhofer Glashütte
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14 km W

Fraunhofer Glashütte

Industry museum · 1990
Fraunhofer Glashütte