Wallberg, Mountain peak in Mangfallgebirge, Bavaria, Germany

Wallberg is a 1,722 m mountain in the Mangfallgebirge, part of the Bavarian Alps above Rottach-Egern on the Tegernsee. The Wallbergbahn mountain station stands at 1,623 m, where the Panoramarestaurant Wallberg sits; from there a scree and rock path climbs about 100 m to the summit cross in 20 to 30 minutes. The transmitter Wallberg of Bayerischer Rundfunk is next to the mountain station.

The Wallberg Panorama Road was begun in 1935 by the Rottach-Egern improvement association and opened in 1937 up to the Moosalm. About 600 SA men who had fled to Bavaria after the failed Nazi putsch in Austria in 1934 were used in its construction. From 1959 the Wallberg races for cars and motorcycles were held on the road; the last international race took place in 1988.

The Wallberg-Kirchlein chapel began with an idea hatched in winter 1902 by Kooperator Joseph Stadler, innkeeper Lorenz Bachmair and Joseph Höß. In February 1903 they founded the "Verein Wallbergkirchlein", which counted 700 members from the Tegernseer Tal and Munich by 1905. The Wallberg-Almgenossenschaft donated the site; Munich architect Hans Schurr drew the plans and the chapel was consecrated in 1909.

You can walk from the base or take the cable car to reach the upper stations more quickly. The hiking trail takes several hours, but the cable car option is better if you want to spend less time on the slope.

The Wallberg Panorama Road, begun in 1935 and opened in 1937, climbs 4 km at up to 12% to the Wallbergmoos-Alm at 1,117 m. About 600 SA men who had fled to Bavaria after the failed 1934 putsch in Austria were used to build it. In winter the road is closed to motor vehicles and becomes part of the toboggan run.