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Austria–Germany border

International border

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Course

Within its western part, the border runs roughly from east to west, but from a point south of Salzburg to its eastern end, located at the tripoint of Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic, it runs in a mainly northeastward direction. The western end is located at the border tripoint of Germany, Austria and Switzerland within the Obersee part of Lake Constance (Bodensee), although the exact course of the international borders within Lake Constance have never been defined. The border is 817 kilometres (508 mi) long, but a straight line between the endpoints is 345 kilometres (214 mi) long.

Jungholz and Kleinwalsertal are two Austrian pene-exclaves; they can only be reached by road through German territory.

Besides Lake Constance, the border does not pass through any significant lake, but it follows the Danube, Inn and Salzach rivers along the eastern part and the Leiblach in its western part. Otherwise, the border follows the western part of the Northern Limestone Alps (Allgäu Alps, Ammergau Alps, Wetterstein, Karwendel, Bavarian Prealps, Kaiser Mountains, Chiemgau Alps, Berchtesgaden Alps), although a few valleys cross the border, too (e.g., the Inn Valley near Kufstein).

The Austrian states of Vorarlberg, Tyrol, Salzburg, and Upper Austria run along the international border, as does the German state of Bavaria.

Tripoints

The eastern tripoint between the countries of Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic is located at 48°46′18″N 13°50′22″E / 48.77167°N 13.83944°E, near the villages of Schwarzenberg am Böhmerwald and Bayerischer Plöckenstein. The western tripoint is located between Germany, Austria and Switzerland, at approximately 47°33′N 9°34′E / 47.550°N 9.567°E, in the eastern part of Upper Lake Constance.

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