Editing Wank (mountain) (section)

==Summit==
[[File:Wank map.gif|right|thumb|Map of the Wank and part of Garmisch-Partenkirchen]]
[[File:Wank Gipfelkreuz.jpg|thumb|[[Summit cross]] on the Wank]]
The grassy summit of the Wank is topped by a cross, set up in July 1904 by the Werdenfelser Heimat Partenkirchen society. Nearby is an observatory and the Wank-Haus, also known as the Alois Huber Haus, a [[mountain hut]] that provides food and accommodation to visitors. The Wank-Haus was built by the local branch of the German Alpine Association (DAV) in 1911. Its construction was originally proposed in 1894 and was approved by the Bavarian Forest Service in 1903. It was designed by the Partenkirchen DAV's Treasurer, Alois Huber, and work began in July 1910. It was opened on 28 May 1911 and was renamed after Huber following his death in 1922. It has since been renovated and upgraded on several occasions, most recently in 2006.<ref>"[http://www.becker-stoll.de/geschichte.htm Geschichte zum WANK-HAUS]". Wank-Haus, Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Accessed 15 December 2010  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910062609/http://www.becker-stoll.de/geschichte.htm |date=September 10, 2011 }}</ref>

The summit is known for its views across the region, which provide views of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and a panorama of the [[Zugspitze]] and the [[Wetterstein]] mountain range.<ref>McLachlan, Gordon. ''The rough guide to Germany'', pp. 118-119. Rough Guides, 2004. {{ISBN|978-1-84353-293-4}}</ref> Patrons of Garmisch's spas sometimes take-in the sunshine at the summit as part of their ''Liegekur'' ("[[deckchair]] cure").<ref>Porter, Darwin et al. ''Frommer's Europe'', p. 424. Frommer's, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-470-63232-1}}</ref>

{{wide image|Wank Panorama2.jpg|1200px|Panorama taken from the summit of the Wank|alt=Panorama taken from the summit of the Wank}}

===Summit observatory===
The summit observatory, which is located at an altitude of {{convert|1782|m|ft}}, is an important scientific measuring station operated by the Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research of [[Karlsruhe Institute of Technology]]. Since 1972 it has measured a variety of atmospheric and climatic phenomena, including the levels of [[ozone]], [[nitric oxide]], [[sulphur dioxide]] and various [[hydrocarbon]]s in the atmosphere as well as meteorological data such as the levels of temperature, [[dew point]], [[relative humidity]], pressure, wind, global and direct irradiance. It became part of the [[World Meteorological Organization]]'s Background Air Pollution Monitoring Network in 1982.<ref name="Slemr">F. Slemr, H. E. Scheel, "Trends in atmospheric mercury concentrations at the summit of the Wank mountain, Southern Germany," ''Atmospheric Environment'', Volume 32, Issue 5, Atmospheric Transport, Chemistry and Deposition of Mercury, March 1998, Pages 845-853, {{ISSN|1352-2310}}, {{doi|10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00131-3}}.</ref> Supplementary meteorological stations have also been established at middle elevation ({{convert|1175|m|ft}} above sea level) and in the valley at {{convert|735|m|ft}}. This has enabled scientists to measure a range of natural phenomena including the transport of air pollutants in the region<ref name="Rennenberg" /><ref>"[https://www.imk-ifu.kit.edu/317.php Observatories: Wank Summit Station (47.51 °N, 11.14°E, 1780 m)]". Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Accessed 18 January 2019</ref> and a marked decline since 1990 in the amount of atmospheric [[mercury (element)|mercury]] pollution, an effect which has been attributed to the post-1989 closure of polluting factories in the former [[Eastern Bloc]] states.<ref name="Slemr" />