Cable car · Bad Reichenhall, Germany
Predigtstuhlbahn
Predigtstuhlbahn is a cable car near Bad Reichenhall, Germany. It climbs 1,095 m over 2.10 km, from 476 m to 1,571 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 206 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
96/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Predigtstuhlbahn is scarier than 96% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 5 of 64 in Germany.
- Highest above the ground: about 206 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.16 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 872 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 36°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.24 km of the 2.10 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Predigtstuhlbahn is near Bad Reichenhall, Germany, at 476 m above sea level (47.71664° N, 12.87209° E). From there it runs 2.10 km up to the top station at 1,571 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1928-07-01
Nearby lines
- Seilbahn Reiteralpe cable car · 7.5 km away · rises 1,039 m
- Untersbergbahn cable car · 11.3 km away · rises 1,319 m
- Obersalzbergbahn cable car · 13.8 km away · rises 449 m
- Festungsbahn funicular · 16.2 km away · rises 31 m
- Reißzug funicular · 16.3 km away · rises 60 m
- Jennerbahn Sektion 1 gondola · 16.5 km away · rises 554 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.