Natural features
Bastei Bridge, Saxon Switzerland
Lohmen, Saxony
A stone bridge built in 1851 linking towering sandstone pillars 194 m above the River Elbe, in Saxon Switzerland National Park.
Natural features in Germany
Natural features
Königssee and St Bartholomä
Schönau am Königssee, Bavaria
A long, emerald-green lake surrounded by steep mountains in Berchtesgaden National Park, often called Germany's most beautiful.
Natural features
Königsstuhl chalk cliffs, Rügen
Saßnitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Brilliant white chalk cliffs rising 118 m above the Baltic Sea, edged with ancient beech forest, in Jasmund National Park on the island of Rügen.
Natural features
Zugspitze
Grainau, Bavaria
Germany's highest mountain, at 2,962 m, on the border with Austria above Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Natural features
Mainau Island, Lake Constance
Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg
The 'flower island' on Lake Constance (Bodensee), a garden island with a baroque palace, an arboretum, a butterfly house, an Italian rose garden and …
Natural features
Triberg Waterfalls, Black Forest
Triberg, Baden-Württemberg
Some of Germany's highest waterfalls, cascading 163 m in seven steps through the fir forest of the Black Forest.