The Herzogstand is a mountain in the Bavarian Pre-Alps at 1731 m above sea level northwest of Lake Walchen. It belongs to the area of the municipality of Kochel am See and, together with its neighbour Heimgarten, forms a mountain range that is located in front of the Estergebirge and slopes down to the north into the Bavarian Alpine foothills. During the Würm ice age, the Herzogstand was a so-called nunatak, i.e. a mountain whose summit protruded approx. 330 m from the ice stream. The Kesselberg, the incision between the Herzogstand and the Jochberg, was an Alpine gateway; here a branch of the Isar-Loisach glacier, which in turn was a branch of the Inn glacier, flowed through at an altitude of about 1400 m above sea level. The Herzogstand received its name in 1535 from the Bavarian dukes Wilhelm IV and Ludwig X.[3] There has been a viewing pavilion on the summit since 1865[4] at the latest. The Wittelsbach dynasty built a hunting lodge below the present Herzogstandhaus in 1857. King Ludwig II had the so-called Königshaus built in 1865. The Herzogstandbahn, a cable car that was renovated in 1994, leads to the Fahrenbergkopf at 1627 metres. Somewhat below is the Herzogstandhaus, rebuilt after a fire in 1992, at 1575 m above sea level. Northwest of it and south of the Herzogstand peak is the Martinskopf (1675 m). (Source: WIKIPEDIA)
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