Cable car · Schwangau, Germany
Tegelbergbahn
Tegelbergbahn is a cable car near Schwangau, Germany. It climbs 891 m over 1.95 km, from 825 m to 1,716 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 162 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
94/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Tegelbergbahn is scarier than 94% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 10 of 64 in Germany.
- Highest above the ground: about 162 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 601 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.61 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.38 km of the 1.95 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Tegelbergbahn is near Schwangau, Germany, at 825 m above sea level (47.56819° N, 10.75622° E). From there it runs 1.95 km up to the top station at 1,716 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 44 people
Nearby lines
- Ehrenberg Liner funicular · 11.7 km away · rises 107 m
- Top Liner funicular · 11.8 km away · rises 165 m
- Hahnenkammbahn Höfen gondola · 12.6 km away · rises 808 m
- Breitenbergbahn gondola · 14.7 km away · rises 656 m
- Füssener Jöchle gondola · 15.3 km away · rises 613 m
- Obere Karbahn II gondola · 16.2 km away · rises 286 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.