Facts

• The Zugspitze at 2,962 m is Germany’s highest mountain.
• The region is scattered with lakes, including the Königssee, Germany’s highest lake, the Chiemsee, Bavaria’s largest lake, and the Tegernsee, Bavaria’s most beautiful.
• The lively city of Munich (München) is the area’s capital.

Where about

Upper Bavaria lies at the south of Bavaria and is bordered to the north-east by the region of East Bavaria, to the north by the region of Franconia and to the west by Allgäu/Bavarian Swabia.