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© ZDF 2015 The Watzmann - one of the highest mountains in Germany. Particularly notorious among climbers: the east face. The 1800 meter high rock bastion is the highest vertical wall in the Eastern Alps. By 2014, 102 mountaineers had died on this wall, a good twice as many as on the Eiger North Face. Rockfall, sudden changes in the weather and avalanches are deadly dangers here. Climbers have to be rescued from the east face several times a year. The mountain rescue specialists are called out on missions around 300 times a year. Their area of operation is the Berchtesgaden Alps around the Königssee.