Gear up for your next adventure:

🧢Beanie Hat - Keep your head warm in cold weather

🚲MTB Frame Bag - Carry tools and maps directly on your bicycle frame

⛺Backpacking Tent - Lightweight tent for long-distance hiking trips

👖Convertible Hiking Pants - Zip-off legs to adapt to changing weather conditions

🧊Insulated Water Bottle - Keeps drinks cold in summer and prevents freezing in winter

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Benken topographic maps

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Ruine Falkenstein

Germany > Bavaria > Landkreis Ostallgäu > Pfronten > Benken

Originally known as Castrum Pfronten, the stone castle was built approximately 1270–1280 by Count Meinhard II of Tyrol on the borders of his land. Because of the unusual situation of the castle it has been interpreted in historical context as a symbol of opposition to the Duchy of Bavaria. (During the winter…

Average elevation: 940 m