To Germans, there's nothing funny at all about the Wank House. The restaurant atop the majestic Wank Mountain, here in the distance, is a great stop after the scenic hike up. Daniel Vogl/dpa Few names ...

Germany's vast and mystifying Harz mountain region is a mecca for those interested in the dark arts. The Brocken's slopes are renowned for the sorcerers and other mythical creatures who supposedly ...

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 2nd Battalion 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade and Allies from six nations took part in a German Mountain Warfare Course in Seinsbach Gorge, ...

BROCKEN MOUNTAIN Germany (Reuters) - Pity Saint Walpurga, the English nun from Devon. A night of 'devil worship' atop a German mountain is not how she would have wanted to be remembered. When ...

Marching through the Alps all day with a full combat load takes a lot out of you, especially on hot summer patrols at high altitudes. Luckily, Sgt. Mario Thiess, of the German army’s Mountain Infantry ...

GRAFENWOEHR, Germany -- Many Americans serving in Germany know the Edelweiss as a nice lodge and resort nestled between majestic mountains, bright, blue skies, vibrantly green trees and fluffy white ...

Anderl Heckmair, 98, a German mountain guide who led the first team to conquer the north face of the Eiger in the Swiss Alps, died Tuesday at a hospital in Oberstdorf, Germany. Heckmair already had ...

You no longer need a mountain or sheer cliff face to enjoy the thrill and challenge of technical climbing. Rock gyms have sprouted up across cities and suburbs around the world, providing a climbing ...

A forest fire in the Harz mountains of northern Germany has been fully extinguished after several days of firefighting work in rugged terrain, according to local officials on Wednesday. The fire had ...

In Switzerland's Graubunder canton, a tribe of people living high in the mountains -- retain the German dialect and customs of their ancestors. Grilled local mushrooms on bread, village of Tenna, ...

Few names could sound more inappropriate for a natural landmark in a landscape as stunning as this. Not far from the Austrian border, above green pastures where cowbells clink, is a snow-topped ...