mountain

Hochvogel: A famed mountain straddling Germany and Austria faces a rocky collapse

It is one of the most famous mountains in the Allgäu Alps - and it could soon be history. According to experts, the summit of the Hochvogel will soon collapse, and up to 260,000 cubic metres of rock could fall into the valley.

mountain

Police left stumped by third axe attack on cross

Police say a mystery culprit who keeps trying to cut down a giant Christian cross on top of a mountain at the border of Germany and Austria may be driven by religious motives.

car

Driver walks home from 60-metre fall

A driver walked home unaided and went to bed largely unharmed after her car plunged 60 metres over a cliff in Bavaria. She was saved by the trees below.

accidents

Five hikers dead after 400-metre fall in Alps

Five German tourists, including a 14-year-old girl, have fallen to their deaths while walking in the Swiss Alps, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. A member of the group survived, watching the accident from below.

Sport

Climbers killed in Mont Blanc avalanche from southern Germany

Three of the eight mountaineers killed this Sunday in an avalanche on Mont Blanc in the French Alps were from southern Germany, officials announced Tuesday – but the fourth German remains unidentified.