As a border mountain, the Zugspitze, Germany's highest peak, lies between Germany and Austria. It can be reached from both the German and the Austrian side. From Ehrwald, the Tyrolean Zugspitze Railway leads to the western summit of the Zugspitze. The tyrolean Zugspitz Area is located on the Austrian side, in the tyrolean Außerfern, embedded between the mountains Wetterstein with the Zugspitze at the north and the mountains Mieminger at the south.