Wender·Vista
Zugspitze
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileGermany
on the German-Austrian border, above Garmisch

Zugspitze

— the highest snow in Germany, held above the Eibsee.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“The highest mountain in Germany at 2,962 metres, standing on the Austrian border in the Wetterstein range. From the Eibsee, a green-blue lake at the foot, the cable car climbs almost two thousand vertical metres in ten minutes to the summit cross. The Schneeferner glacier still holds a small patch of ice below the peak, smaller every season. From the top you can see four countries on a clear morning.

from the studio
Zugspitze
— bring it home

Zugspitze, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Zugspitze

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

The Zugspitze rises to 2,962 metres above sea level on the border between Bavaria, Germany, and Tyrol, Austria. It is the highest summit in Germany and the highest of the Wetterstein range. The base town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen sits at 708 metres, and the Eibsee, the cable-car lake station, at 973 metres. The Seilbahn Zugspitze, opened in December 2017, carries passengers from the Eibsee to the summit in about ten minutes; it set three world records on opening, including the tallest single-pillar support for a cable car.

— the air

At nearly three kilometres the summit air is roughly thirty percent thinner than at the Eibsee, and the temperature averages eight degrees Celsius colder than Garmisch in any season. The Schneefernerhaus research station, at 2,650 metres on the south face, has monitored alpine atmospheric chemistry continuously since 1999. Föhn winds from the south can push summit visibility from a hundred kilometres to none within an hour. On clear winter mornings the view from the cross takes in Germany, Austria, Italy, and Switzerland.

— the season

Snow holds on the summit from October into June. The Schneeferner glacier, once two glaciers covering more than thirty hectares in 1820, has shrunk below five hectares and is expected to lose its glacier status within the next decade. The ski season on the Zugspitzplatt typically runs from November to early May, the longest in Germany. The Eibsee thaws in April and warms to swimming temperature in July and August. Wildflower meadows on the lower slopes peak in late June at the alpine huts.

— informed by Wikipedia: Schneeferner
— where
Germany · Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria
— elevation
2,962 m · 9,718 ft
— position
47.4211° N · 10.9858° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
4 km NE
Eibsee
alpine lake
9 km NE
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
base town
at the lake
Schneefernerhaus
research station
5 km SW
Ehrwald
Austrian base town
N
Zugspitze
Eibsee
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Schneefernerhaus
Ehrwald
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Zugspitze — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

The summit reaches 2,962 metres, or 9,718 feet, above sea level. It is the highest mountain in Germany and the highest point of the Wetterstein range, on the border with Austria.

Three cable cars serve the summit: the Seilbahn Zugspitze from the Eibsee on the German side, the cog railway and glacier cable from Garmisch, and the Tiroler Zugspitzbahn from Ehrwald in Austria.

The Eibsee is a green-blue alpine lake at 973 metres on the German side of the Zugspitze. It covers about 1.8 square kilometres and is the lower terminus of the Seilbahn Zugspitze cable car.

The Schneeferner remains, but it has shrunk from more than thirty hectares in 1820 to under five hectares today. Germany's environment ministry expects it to lose glacier status within the next decade.

The ski season on the Zugspitzplatt usually runs from mid-November to early May, the longest in Germany. The runs sit at 2,000 to 2,720 metres and are accessed from Garmisch by cog railway.

— about the piece in your home

It often is. Bavarians recognise the summit cross and the Eibsee instantly, and the piece has been a common gift in our shop for retiring climbers and ski-club members in the region.

The pale snow, slate, and Eibsee turquoise read well in Alpine-modern, Tyrolean Traditional, and Scandi-warm rooms. The piece also sits cleanly above a desk in a study panelled in pine or oak.

Yes. Alpine-modern continues to be a strong direction in mountain homes: wool, leather, dark timber, and a single high peak on the wall. The Zugspitze reads as the German anchor of that style.

A single Large works above a console. Above a sofa, a 4-tile Mural gives the summit its scale; for a long wall, a 9-tile Mural carries the lake and the mountain together.

Yes. Choose Dura Satin or Matte for kitchens and bathrooms; both are scratch-resistant and humidity-tolerant. The Glossy finish is for dry wall display in living rooms, bedrooms, and offices.

Microfibre and water. The colour is infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure and will not lift. Avoid abrasive pads and bleach-based sprays.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is drawn from the studio's own atlas under the eye of Reid Wender. The work is not licensed and is not sold through other shops.

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