Glaswand, Mountain ridge in the Bavarian Prealps, Bavaria, Germany

Glaswand is a mountain ridge in the Bavarian Prealps, part of the Benediktenwand group. Its crest runs east-west, separated from the Benediktenwand by the Glaswandscharte. The south side drops steeply through forest to the Achalaalm at 1265 m, while the north side falls as a prominent rock wall that gives the ridge its name. The western secondary summit reaches 1439 m.

The name Glaswand comes from "Nikolauswand", after Saint Nicholas, patron of the church of St. Nikolaus in Jachenau. In local speech Nicholas is "Kloas", giving "Kloaswand", which was rendered as Glaswand in surveys around 1810 and also recorded as Aerzwand. The ridge today carries the municipal boundary between Jachenau to the south and Benediktbeuern to the north, with the western secondary summit, 1439 m, marking the triple point with Kochel am See.

The name Glaswand comes from "Nikolauswand", after St. Nicholas, patron of the church in Jachenau. In local dialect Nicholas is called Kloas, so Nikolauswand became Kloaswand, recorded around 1810 as Glaswand and also as Aerzwand. The ridge marks the municipal boundary between Jachenau to the south and Benediktbeuern to the north.

There are no marked trails: all approaches run pathless over the south flank or along the ridge, so route-finding and sure footing are needed. The ridge is split from the Benediktenwand by the Glaswandscharte. The south side drops steeply through forest toward the Achalaalm at 1265 m.

The name Glaswand is a 19th-century High German rendering of Kloaswand, from the Jachenau dialect word Kloas for Saint Nicholas, patron of the village church of St. Nikolaus. The survey around 1810 also recorded the alternative name Aerzwand. The ridge marks the municipal boundary between Jachenau to the south and Benediktbeuern to the north, with a triple point to Kochel am See on the western secondary summit at 1439 m.