Germany Physical Map
A free printable physical map of Germany, with elevation shown in color and shaded relief. The labeled version names the mountain ranges, deserts, plains, rivers, seas and highest peaks, plus the capital and largest cities. The blank version leaves them off for students to fill in.
Highest Point
Zugspitze
9,718 ft
Lowest Point
Neuendorf-Sachsenbande
about 12 ft below sea level
Choose your version
Labeled or blank.
Both are free PDFs sized for US Letter paper.
Labeled
Ranges, deserts, plains, rivers, lakes, seas and the highest peaks, all named. Use it as a reference or an answer key.
downloadLabeled PDF
Blank
The same terrain with no names and a name line at the top, for students to label the features themselves.
downloadBlank PDFThe physical geography of Germany
Germany rises from north to south. The north is part of the North European Plain, low and flat, bordering the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. The center is a band of forested uplands and low mountains, including the Harz and the Black Forest. In the far south the land climbs to the Bavarian Alps, where the Zugspitze is the highest peak. The Rhine flows north along the western side of the country, and the Danube begins in the Black Forest and flows east.
Major rivers
- Rhine
- Elbe
- Danube
- Main
- Weser
- Oder
Find it on the map
- The flat northern plain
- The Alps along the southern border
- The Rhine valley in the west
Built from real data, not stock images.
The terrain is drawn from a global elevation model (Mapzen terrain tiles, built from NASA SRTM and other public surveys). Coastlines, rivers, lakes and feature names come from Natural Earth. The colors are spread over this country’s own elevation range, so its terrain shows clearly whether it is flat or mountainous.
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