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2CR Soldier reenlists on the highest point of Germany
2CR Soldier reenlists on the highest point of Germany. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- 2CR Soldier reenlists on the highest point of Germany
- Nature
- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Garmisch-Partenkirchen is an Alpine ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Work and settlement beneath the snowline
Partenkirchen originated as the Roman town of Partanum on the trade route from Venice to Augsburg and is first mentioned in the year A.D.
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ACCESS CHANGES
A route reaches Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Garmisch-Partenkirchen station is on the Munich–Garmisch-Partenkirchen line and the Mittenwald Railway (Garmisch–Mittenwald–Innsbruck).
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SKIING THROUGH THE WOODS
ski run in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Germany. Wetterstein mountains (Oberreintalschrofen upside of Oberreintal). This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- ski run in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Germany. Wetterstein mountains (Oberreintalschrofen upside of Oberreintal)
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- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
1936
Winter becomes organised
The town is known as the site of the 1936 Winter Olympic Games, the first to include alpine skiing, and hosts a variety of winter sports competitions.
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Garmisch-Partenkirchen is recorded at 47.395° N, 11.098° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 2,720 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Ledger AOD.EU.GARMISCH.V00
2CR Soldier reenlists on the highest point of Germany
2CR Soldier reenlists on the highest point of Germany. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- 2CR Soldier reenlists on the highest point of Germany
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
TODAY
Garmisch-Partenkirchen now
A variety of Nordic and alpine World Cup ski races are held here, usually on the Kandahar Track outside town.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
2CR Soldier reenlists on the highest point of Germany
AOD.EU.GARMISCH.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
SKIING THROUGH THE WOODS
AOD.EU.GARMISCH.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Garmisch-Partenkirchen overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.