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Breitenstein (mountain)

mountain in Germany

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ879983 ↗
Source-derived summary

Breitenstein (German pronunciation: [ˈbʁaɪtn̩ˌʃtaɪn]) is a 1,622 m (5,322 ft) high mountain of the Bavarian Prealps.

Normal routes

The most common route is from Fischbachau to the Kesselalm continuing via the Hubertushütte to the summit. The route to the mountain is popular and can get quite crowded on weekends.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Breitenstein (mountain)” is mountain in Germany. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Breitenstein, mountain and Germany, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current 49-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Breitenstein, mountain and Germany is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “mountain in Germany” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q879983. Authority coordinates are 47.722, 11.989. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Breitenstein (mountain)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Breitenstein (mountain) primary sources, Breitenstein (mountain) archive and Breitenstein research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Breitenstein (mountain)”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Breitenstein (mountain)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.