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Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Bavarian: Garmasch-Partakurch) is an Alpine ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany.^[1]

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1940 Winter Olympics
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district)
Populated places established in 1935
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Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.

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Alfred Gerstenberg

Alfred Gerstenberg (6 April 1893, in Grainau – 1 January 1959, in Bad Tölz) was a German Luftwaffe general.

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Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing (cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings.

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Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics

At the 1936 Winter Olympics at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, alpine skiing was arranged for the first time in the Olympics, a combined event for men and women.

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Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing has been contested at every Winter Olympics since 1936, when a combined event was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

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Alpspitze

The Alpspitze is a mountain, 2628 m, in Bavaria, Germany.

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Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Andrea Schöpp

--> Andrea Schöpp (born 27 February 1965) is a German curler from Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

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Armed Forces Recreation Centers

Armed Forces Recreation Centers (AFRCs) are a chain of Joint Service Facility resorts hotels owned by the United States Department of Defense to provide rest and relaxation in the form of lodging and outdoor recreation for United States military service members, US military retirees and other authorized patrons.

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Armin Bittner

Armin Bittner (born November 28, 1964) is a German former alpine skier.

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Aspen, Colorado

Aspen is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States.

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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.

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Augsburg

Augsburg (label) is a city in the Bavarian part of Swabia, Germany, around west of the Bavarian capital Munich.

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Ausserfern Railway

The Ausserfern Railway (Außerfernbahn) is a cross-border railway line in the German state of Bavaria and the Austrian state of Tyrol.

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Austria

Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.

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Bavaria

Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a state in the southeast of Germany.

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Bavarian language

Bavarian (Bairisch; Bavarian: Boarisch or Boirisch), alternately Austro-Bavarian, is a major group of Upper German varieties spoken in the south-east of the German language area, including the German state of Bavaria, most of Austria and the Italian region of South Tyrol.

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Bavarian Zugspitze Railway

The Bavarian Zugspitze Railway (Bayerische Zugspitzbahn) is one of four rack railways still working in Germany, along with the Wendelstein Railway, the Drachenfels Railway and the Stuttgart Rack Railway.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

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Biathlon

The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.

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Biathlon World Cup

The Biathlon World Cup is a top-level biathlon season-long competition series.

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Bids for the 2018 Winter Olympics

Three cities applied with bids to host the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics (also known as XXIII Olympic Winter Games and XII Paralympic Winter Games) in October 2009.

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Biogeochemistry

Biogeochemistry is the scientific discipline that involves the study of the chemical, physical, geological, and biological processes and reactions that govern the composition of the natural environment (including the biosphere, the cryosphere, the hydrosphere, the pedosphere, the atmosphere, and the lithosphere).

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Black Death

The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe from 1346 to 1353.

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BMW Motorrad

BMW Motorrad is the motorcycle brand and division of German automotive manufacturer, BMW.

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Botanical garden

A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms botanic and botanical and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens.

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Bremen

Bremen (Low German also: Breem or Bräm), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (Stadtgemeinde Bremen), is the capital of the German state of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (Freie Hansestadt Bremen), a two-city-state consisting of the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven.

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Bundesautobahn 95

is a motorway in southern Germany, supposed to connect Munich with Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

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Bundesstraße 2

The Bundesstraße 2 (abbr. B2) is a German federal highway, running some 1000 kilometres from the Polish border near Gartz to the Austrian border near Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

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Chamonix

Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (Chamôni-Mont-Blanc), more commonly known simply as Chamonix (Chamôni), is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.

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Christian Neureuther

Christian Neureuther (born 28 April 1949) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Germany.

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Christoph Probst

Christoph Ananda Probst (6 November 1919 – 22 February 1943) was a German student of medicine and member of the White Rose (Weiße Rose) resistance group.

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Cobblestone

Cobblestone is a natural building material based on cobble-sized stones, and is used for pavement roads, streets, and buildings.

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County of Werdenfels

The County of Werdenfels (German: Grafschaft Werdenfels) in the present-day Werdenfelser Land in South Germany was a county that enjoyed imperial immediacy that belonged to the Bishopric of Freising from the late 13th century until the secularisation of the Bishopric in 1803.

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Dortmund

Dortmund (Düörpm; Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the ninth-largest city in Germany.

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Double summit

A double summit, double peak, twin summit, or twin peak is a mountain or hill that has two summits, separated by a col or saddle.

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Dreitorspitze

The Dreitorspitze is a large and very prominent, multi-peak mountain massif in the eastern part of the Wetterstein Mountains in southern Germany. Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Dreitorspitze are Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district).

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Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe is a subregion of the European continent.

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Edelweiss Lodge and Resort

Edelweiss Lodge and Resort is a U.S. Department of Defense owned recreation hotel in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

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Elevation

The elevation of a geographic ''location'' is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface (see Geodetic datum § Vertical datum).

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Eschenlohe

Eschenlohe is a German municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria, on the Loisach River. Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Eschenlohe are Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district).

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Felix Neureuther

Felix Neureuther (born 26 March 1984) is a German retired World Cup alpine ski racer and former World champion.

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FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France (Honore Bonnet) and the USA (Bob Beattie).

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FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships is an alpine skiing competition organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS).

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FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978 were held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, West Germany, between 29 January and 5 February.

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FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 were the 41st FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, held 7–20 February in Germany at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria.

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Four Hills Tournament

The Four Hills Tournament (Vierschanzentournee) or the German-Austrian Ski Jumping Week (Deutsch-Österreichische Skisprung-Woche) is a ski jumping event composed of four World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each year since 1953.

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Franz Klarwein

Franz Klarwein (8 March 1914 – 16 December 1991) was a German operatic lyric tenor and later character tenor.

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Garmisch Classic

Garmisch Classic is an alpine ski area in the Bavarian Alps of southern Germany, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria. Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Garmisch Classic are ski areas and resorts in Germany.

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Garmisch Olympia Stadium

Garmisch Olympia Stadium is an arena in Garmisch, Germany.

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Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district)

Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Bavarian: Garmasch-Partakurch) is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in Bavaria, Germany.

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Garmisch-Partenkirchen station

Garmisch-Partenkirchen station (Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bahnhof) is a junction station in the German State of Bavaria.

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George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies

The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies is a bi-national United States Department of Defense and Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany) security and defense studies institute.

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German Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology

The German Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (also called the 'Kinderrheumaklinik', i.e. the Pediatric Rheumatology Hospital) is the largest specialized center for the treatment of children and adolescents with rheumatic diseases and chronic pain syndromes in Europe.

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German language

German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.

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German mediatisation (deutsche Mediatisierung) was the major redistribution and reshaping of territorial holdings that took place between 1802 and 1814 in Germany by means of the subsumption and secularisation of a large number of Imperial Estates, prefiguring, precipitating, and continuing after the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Grainau

Grainau is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in southern Bavaria, Germany. Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Grainau are Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district).

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Große Olympiaschanze

The Große Olympiaschanze (Great Olympic Hill) is a ski jumping hill located on the Gudiberg, south of the district of Partenkirchen of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany, and is traditionally the venue of the Four Hills Tournament's New Year's jumping.

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Hamburg

Hamburg (Hamborg), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,.

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Hank Smith (singer)

Hank Smith, (September 15, 1934 – October 19, 2002) was a Canadian country music singer.

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Hanns Kilian

Hans Kilian (alternate listings: Hanns Kilian, Hans Killian, or Hanns Killian (2 May 1905 – 17 April 1981) was a German bobsledder who competed from the late 1920s to the late 1930s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won two bronze medals (1928: Five-man, 1932: Four-man). Kilian also won seven medals at the FIBT World Championships, including three golds (Two-man: 1931, Four-man: 1934, 1935), one silver (Four-man: 1938), and two bronzes (Two-man and four-man: both 1939).

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Hans Peter Blochwitz

Hans Peter Blochwitz (born 28 September 1949) is a German lyric tenor, who is known internationally in opera and concert, especially for singing parts in Mozart operas.

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Hans-Joachim Stuck

Hans-Joachim Stuck (born 1 January 1951), nicknamed "Strietzel", is a German racing driver who has competed in Formula One and many other categories.

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Hermann Levi

Hermann Levi (7 November 1839 – 13 May 1900) was a German Jewish orchestral conductor.

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Hiking

Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside.

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Humid continental climate

A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold (sometimes severely cold in the northern areas) and snowy winters.

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Ice hockey

Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport.

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Innsbruck

Innsbruck (Austro-Bavarian) is the capital of Tyrol and the fifth-largest city in Austria.

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Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof

Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof (German, 'Innsbruck Main Station' or 'Innsbruck Central Station') is the main railway station in Innsbruck, the capital city of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol.

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Intercity Express

Intercity Express (commonly known as ICE) is a high-speed rail system in Germany.

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Karl Popper

Sir Karl Raimund Popper (28 July 1902 – 17 September 1994) was an Austrian–British philosopher, academic and social commentator.

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Käthe Grasegger

Käthe Grasegger, later Deuschl (19 June 1917 – 28 August 2001) was a German alpine skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics.

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Kempten

Kempten ((Swabian German)) is the largest town of Allgäu, in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany.

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King's House on Schachen

The King's House on Schachen (Königshaus am Schachen) is a small villa (Schlösschen) at Schachen, Wetterstein Formation, about 10 km south of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany, built by Ludwig II of Bavaria.

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Lahti

Lahti (Lahtis) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Päijät-Häme.

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Laura Dahlmeier

Laura Dahlmeier (born 22 August 1993) is a retired German biathlete.

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List of statistical offices in Germany

The statistical offices of the German states (German: Statistische Landesämter) carry out the task of collecting official statistics in Germany together and in cooperation with the Federal Statistical Office.

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Ludwig II of Bavaria

Ludwig II (Ludwig Otto Friedrich Wilhelm; 25 August 1845 – 13 June 1886), also called the Swan King or the Fairy Tale King (der Märchenkönig), was King of Bavaria from 1864 until his death in 1886.

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Ludwig Thoma

Ludwig Thoma (21 January 1867 in Oberammergau – 26 August 1921 in Tegernsee) was a German author, publisher and editor, who gained popularity through his partially exaggerated description of everyday Bavarian life.

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Magdalena Neuner

Magdalena "Lena" Holzer (née Magdalena Neuner, born 9 February 1987) is a retired German professional biathlete.

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Maria Höfl-Riesch

Maria Höfl-Riesch (née Riesch, born 24 November 1984) is a former German alpine ski racer.

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Marina Anna Eich

Marina Anna Eich (born 17 December 1976) is a German film actress and producer.

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Martina Beck

Martina "Molly" Beck (born Martina Glagow; 21 September 1979 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany) is a retired German biathlete.

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Matthias Wörndle

Matthias Wörndle (7 December 1909 – 15 October 1942) was a German cross-country skier.

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München Hauptbahnhof

München Hauptbahnhof or Munich Central Station is the main railway station in the city of Munich, Germany.

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Michael Ende

Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende (12 November 1929 – 28 August 1995) was a German writer of fantasy and children's fiction.

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Michael Pössinger

Michael Pössinger (18 January 1919 – 23 May 2003) was a German bobsledder who competed in the early 1950s.

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Michaela Steiger

Michaela Steiger (born 1964) is a German actress for theatre, film and television.

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Miriam Neureuther

Miriam Neureuther (Gössner; born 21 June 1990) is a former German biathlete and cross-country skier.

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Mittenwald

Mittenwald is a German municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria. Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Mittenwald are Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district).

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Mittenwald Railway

The Mittenwald Railway (Mittenwaldbahn), popularly known as the Karwendelbahn (Karwendel railway), is a railway line in the Alps in Austria and Germany.

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Monika Wagner

Monika Wagner (born 28 February 1965 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany) is a German curler.

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Mountain resort

A mountain resort is a place to holiday or vacation located in an elevated and typically at least relatively isolated area.

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Munich

Munich (München) is the capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria, Germany.

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Munich–Garmisch-Partenkirchen railway

The Munich–Garmisch-Partenkirchen railway is a single track, electrified main line railway in the southern part of the German state of Bavaria.

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NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American.

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New Year's Day

In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day is the first day of the calendar year, 1 January.

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Nordic skiing

Nordic skiing encompasses the various types of skiing in which the toe of the ski boot is fixed to the binding in a manner that allows the heel to rise off the ski, unlike alpine skiing, where the boot is attached to the ski from toe to heel.

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Northern Limestone Alps

The Northern Limestone Alps (Nördliche Kalkalpen), also called the Northern Calcareous Alps, are the ranges of the Eastern Alps north of the Central Eastern Alps located in Austria and the adjacent Bavarian lands of southeastern Germany.

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Oceanic climate

An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.

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Partnach

The Partnach is an mountain river in Bavaria, Germany.

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Partnach Gorge

The Partnach Gorge (Partnachklamm) is a deep gorge that has been incised by a mountain stream, the Partnach, in the Reintal valley near the south German town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Partnach Gorge are Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district).

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Pepi Bader

Josef "Pepi" Bader (29 May 1941 – 30 October 2021) was a West German bobsledder who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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Prince-Bishopric of Freising

The Prince-Bishopric of Freising (German: Hochstift Freising) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1294 until its secularisation in the early years of the 19th century.

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Pyeongchang County

Pyeongchang (in full, Pyeongchang-gun) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region.

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Rack railway

A rack railway (also rack-and-pinion railway, cog railway, or cogwheel railway) is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails.

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Reinhard Ketterer

Reinhard E. Ketterer (born 1948 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen) is a German retired competitive figure skater who competed for West Germany as a single skater and pair skater.

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Reutte

Reutte (Swabian: Raete) is a town in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

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Richard Strauss

Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer and conductor best known for his tone poems and operas.

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Robert Rosner

Robert Rosner (born June 26, 1947) is an astrophysicist and founding director of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago, where he is the William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor in the departments of Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics.

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Roman Wörndle

Roman Wörndle (4 October 1913 – 2 February 1942) was a German alpine skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics.

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Rosi Mittermaier

Rosa Anna Katharina Mittermaier-Neureuther (Mittermaier; 5 August 1950 – 4 January 2023) was a German alpine skier.

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Sári Barabás

Sári Barabás (14 March 1914 – 16 April 2012) was a Hungarian operatic soprano, particularly associated with coloratura roles.

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SC Riessersee

SC Riessersee is a professional ice hockey team based in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Oberbayern, Germany.

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Seat of government

The seat of government is (as defined by Brewer's Politics) "the building, complex of buildings or the city from which a government exercises its authority".

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Sister city

A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.

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Ski jumping

Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp.

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Skiing

Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow for basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport.

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Snowboarding

Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Stefan Gaisreiter

Stefan Gaisreiter (born 10 December 1947 in Murnau am Staffelsee) is a West German bobsledder who competed from the late 1960s to the late 1970s.

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Susanne Riesch

Susanne Riesch (born 8 December 1987, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, West Germany) is a former alpine ski racer.

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Teutons

The Teutons (Teutones, Teutoni, Τεύτονες) were an ancient northern European tribe mentioned by Roman authors.

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Thaddäus Robl

Thaddäus "Thaddy" Robl (22 October 1877 – 18 June 1910) was a German professional cyclist who was active between 1894 and 1910, initially in road racing, later predominantly in motor-paced racing.

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The Neverending Story

The Neverending Story (Die unendliche Geschichte) is a fantasy novel by German writer Michael Ende, published in 1979.

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Trail running

Trail running is a type of running that takes place on outdoor trails, often in mountainous terrain, and often includes significant ascents and descents.

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Ulla Mitzdorf

Ulla Mitzdorf (15 March 1944 – 19 July 2013) was a German scientist.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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University of Chicago

The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois.

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Upper Bavaria

Upper Bavaria (Oberbayern) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany.

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Venice

Venice (Venezia; Venesia, formerly Venexia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.

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Werdenfels Castle

The ruins of Werdenfels Castle (Burg Werdenfels) stand about 80 metres above the Loisach valley between Garmisch and Farchant in the county of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Upper Bavaria.

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White Rose

The White Rose (Weiße Rose) was a non-violent, intellectual resistance group in Nazi Germany which was led by five students and one professor at the University of Munich: Willi Graf, Kurt Huber, Christoph Probst, Alexander Schmorell, Hans Scholl and Sophie Scholl.

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Winter sports

Winter sports or winter activities are competitive sports or non-competitive recreational activities which are played on snow or ice.

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Witch-hunt

A witch-hunt, or a witch purge, is a search for people who have been labeled witches or a search for evidence of witchcraft.

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Wolfgang Seiler

Wolfgang Seiler (born 22 January 1940 in Remscheid) is a German biogeochemist and climatologist.

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World Meteorological Organization

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology and geophysics.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Zugspitze

The Zugspitze, at above sea level, is the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains and the highest mountain in Germany.

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1936 Winter Olympics

The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (IV.) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 (Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 February 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

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1976 Winter Olympics

The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (XII., XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 (Austro-Bavarian), were a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from February 4 to 15, 1976.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garmisch-Partenkirchen

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See also

1935 establishments in Germany

1940 Winter Olympics

American diaspora in Europe

Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district)

Populated places established in 1935

Ski areas and resorts in Germany