Gondola · Sonthofen, Germany
Hornbahn, Sonthofen
Hornbahn is a gondola near Sonthofen, Germany. It climbs 514 m over 1.29 km, from 799 m to 1,312 m above sea level. Between its 8 pylons, the cable runs up to about 42 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
31/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Hornbahn is scarier than 31% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 41 of 64 in Germany.
- Highest above the ground: about 42 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 756 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 205 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 28°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Hornbahn is near Sonthofen, Germany, at 799 m above sea level (47.50042° N, 10.36600° E). From there it runs 1.29 km up to the top station at 1,312 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Nebelhornbahn Sektion III cable car · 8.5 km away · rises 278 m
- Nebelhornbahn Sektion II gondola · 9.5 km away · rises 659 m
- Nebelhornbahn Sektion I gondola · 10.8 km away · rises 442 m
- Ossi-Reichert-Bahn Sektion 1 gondola · 10.9 km away · rises 285 m
- Ossi-Reichert-Bahn Sektion 2 gondola · 11.2 km away · rises 128 m
- Schattenbergbahn funicular · 11.2 km away · rises 80 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.