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The Chiemgau Alps are a ___MASK1___ range in the ___MASK40___ Limestone Alps and therefore belong to the Eastern Alps . Their major part is situated in ___MASK93___ , Germany and only a small section crosses the Austrian border into the states of Salzburg and Tirol . They reach their highest elevation ( 1961 m ) in the Sonntagshorn , a peak straddling the German - Austrian border . ___MASK37___ ( literally : " Salt Fortress ") is the fourth - largest city in Austria and the capital of the federal state of ___MASK37___ . Eastern Alps is the name given to the eastern half ___MASK86___ the Alps , usually defined as the area east ___MASK86___ a line from Lake Constance and the Alpine Rhine valley up to the Splügen Pass at the Alpine divide and down the Liro River to Lake Como in the south . The peaks and mountain passes are lower compared to the Western Alps , while the range itself is broader and less arched . Bad Reichenhall is a spa town , and administrative ___MASK21___ of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper ___MASK93___ , Germany . It is located near Salzburg in a basin encircled by the Chiemgau Alps ( including Mount Staufen ( 1 , 771 m ) and Mount Zwiesel ( 1 , 781 m ). Together with other alpine towns Bad Reichenhall engages in the Alpine Town of the Year Association for the implementation of the Alpine Convention to achieve sustainable development in the alpine arc . Bad Reichenhall was awarded Alpine Town of the Year 2001 . A spa town is a resort town based around a mineral spa ( a developed mineral spring ). Patrons visited spas to " take the waters " for their purported health benefits . The word " spa " is derived from the name ___MASK86___ Spa , such a town in Belgium . ___MASK93___ is a federal state of Germany . Located in the German southeast with an area of 70 , 548 square kilometres ( 27 , 200 sq mi ), ___MASK93___ is the largest German state . Its territory comprises roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany , and , with 12 . 9 million inhabitants , it is Germany ' s second most populous state . Munich , ___MASK93___ ' s capital and largest city , is the third largest city in Germany . Upper ___MASK93___ is one of the seven administrative districts of ___MASK93___ , Germany . The Hochstaufen is located in the ___MASK35___ ___MASK86___ Bad Reichenhall ( Landkreis Berchtesgadener Land ) and is the easternmost mountain ___MASK86___ the Chiemgau Alps . The mountain belongs to the Staufen massif and is a popular destination for mountaineering . In the 17th century there were some mines at the Hochstaufen , the best known gallery was the Doktor - Oswald - Gallery , located only 60 m underneath the summit . At an altitude ___MASK86___ 1 , 750 m is the Reichenhaller Haus , an alpine hut ___MASK86___ the Deutscher Alpenverein ( Section Bad Reichenhall ) . The ___MASK40___ Limestone Alps , also called the ___MASK40___ Calcareous Alps , are the ranges of the Eastern Alps north of the Central Eastern Alps located in Austria and the adjacent Bavarian lands of southeastern Germany . The distinction from the latter group , where the higher peaks are located , is based on differences in geological composition . Geography . If viewed on a west - east axis , the ___MASK40___ Limestone Alps extend from the Rhine valley and the Bregenz Forest in Vorarlberg , Austria in the west extending along the border between the German federal - state of ___MASK93___ and Austrian Tyrol , through Salzburg , Upper Austria , Styria and Lower Austria and finally ending at the Wienerwald at the city - limits of Vienna in the east . ___MASK27___ , officially the Federal Republic ___MASK86___ ___MASK27___ , is a federal parliamentary republic in central - western Europe . It includes 16 constituent states , covers an area ___MASK86___ , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With about 82 million inhabitants , ___MASK27___ is the most populous member state ___MASK86___ the ___MASK8___ . After the United States , it is the second most popular immigration destination in the world . ___MASK27___ ' s capital and largest metropolis is Berlin . Other major cities include Hamburg , Munich , ___MASK56___ , Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Düsseldorf . ___MASK30___ is a municipality in the German Bavarian Alps . It is located in the ___MASK23___ ___MASK54___ ___MASK86___ Berchtesgadener Land in ___MASK93___ , near the border with Austria , some 30 km ___MASK23___ ___MASK86___ Salzburg and 180 km southeast ___MASK86___ Munich . To the ___MASK23___ ___MASK86___ the city the ___MASK30___ National Park stretches along three parallel valleys . ___MASK51___ is a ___MASK54___ in ___MASK93___ , Germany . It is bounded by the ___MASK54___ of Traunstein and by the state of Austria .