Aggenstein Explained

Aggenstein
Fetchwikidata:	ALL
Range:	Tannheim Mountains, Allgäu Alps
Map:	Alps
Location:	Bavaria, Germany / Tyrol, Austria
Coordinates:	47.5369°N 10.5581°W
Geology:	Main dolomite from the Triassic Lechtal nappe
Easiest Route:	From Grän (Enge car park) to the Bad Kissinger Hut

The Aggenstein is a mountain, 1,986 metres high (according to German survey: ^[1]) in the Allgäu Alps on the border Bavaria, Germany and Tyrol, Austria. It is located in the Bavarian part of the Tannheim Mountains, a few kilometres south of Pfronten (Ostallgäu).

Location and surrounding area

The prominence of the Aggenstein is at least 266 metres,^[2] its isolation is 1.8 kilometres, the Brentenjoch being the reference peak.

Routes to the summit

• Via Pfronten – Breitenberg – Böser Tritt – Bad Kissinger Hut (Alpine Club hut) – summit (ca. 2.5 hours)
• Via Pfronten Breitenberg – Böser Tritt – Langer Strich – summit (ca. 2 hours); cable car available
• Via Pfronten – Reichenbach-Klamm – Bad Kissinger Hut (Alpine Club hut) – summit (ca. 3.5 hours)
• Via Grän/Enge (Austria) – Bad Kissinger Hut – summit (ca. 2.5 hours)
• Via Grän – Füssener Jöchle – Tannheimer Höhenweg – Bad Kissinger Hut – summit (ca. 2.5 hours); cable car available

Notes and References

1. [Landesamt für Vermessung und Geoinformation Bayern|Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung]
2. Its exact value is not known; the given value is a minimum - it could be up to 19 metres higher - derived from the contour interval (20 metres) in the 1:25,000 scale map.