Germany Guidebooks

Kletterführer Bochumer Bruch

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A brilliant little pdf guidebook to the quarry can be had for free at the above link.

Klettergarten Stetten im Remstal

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A mini-guidebook just for Stetten.

Sportkletterführer Oberammergau

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sportclimbing in Oberammergau

Chiemgau Rock

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climbing between Inn and Saalach. In English!

Bayerische Alpen Band 1

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climbing in Chiemgau and Berchtesgaden

München rockt!

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Climbing in Konstein, Berg am Starnberger See, Oberammergau (Frauenwasserl, Kraxentrager), Kochel, Bad Heilbrunn, Brauneck, Roß- und Buchstein, and climbing gyms in the area of Munich

Schwarze Säulen - Kletterführer Mayen

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A must for crack climber!
language german, english
336 pages
edition 2013

Harz Rocks 2 - Kletterführer Harz und Vorland

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Guidebook for all Harz venues (except "Okertal" which is showcased in Harz Rocks 1)
From GeoQuest:
Alle Klettergebiete im Harz und im Harzvorland auf 384 Seiten detailliert beschrieben von Axel Hake. Außer das Okertal, das ist bereits im Harz Rocks 1 enthalten. Von den Bodensteiner Klippen im Nordwesten bis zum Steinbachtal im Osten bis hin zu den Felsen im Südharz werden im Harz Rocks 2 alle Klettermöglichkeiten des Harzes beschrieben. Der Harz bietet dabei eine unglaublich große Gesteinsvielfalt: Sandstein, Kalk und vor allem: Granit!

Farbige Fototopos, viele Übersichts- und Detailkarten, üppigst bebildert mit Kletter- und Stimmungsbildern sowie Zusatzinformationen zu den wichtigsten Akteuren der Kletterszene und den erstaunlichen Sehenswürdigkeiten des nördlichsten deutschen Mittelgebirges. Die Teilgebiete:

– Bodensteiner Klippen (inklusive der kürzlich fürs Klettern freigegebenen Felsen)
– Nordharz (Felsen bei Bad Harzburg)
– Oberharz (Felsen bei Schierke)
– Rübeland (Kalkstein, Marmor und Melaphyr)
– Harzvorland (weiche Sandfelsen und quarzitische Härtlinge entlang der Teufelsmauer)
– Steinbachtal (das Granitgebiet hat unglaublich viele neue Routen!)
– Ilfelder Gebiet (Stille und abgelegene Felsen)
– Südharz (u.a. Ruine Scharzfels und Römerstein)
– Westharz (Felsen bei Clausthal-Zellerfeld)
– inklusive: Eiskletterguide!

Harz Rocks 1 - Okertal

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Rough translation from the publisher (Geoquest):
Climbing in the western part of Harz is purely on granite. Rough but charming climbs are located in a beautiful natural environment.
Old forests with beautifully formed crags sometimes right next to streams make Harz one of the most picturesque climbing areas north of the Alps. Sport and trad routes coexist and some of the best pure crack routes of northern Germany can be found in the region. The area is a great alternative to the more popular (and often crowed) limestone area Ith.
The guidebook includes perfect pictures showing the routes, detailed information about access to individual crags, route descriptions, star rating, and suggested gear to bring.

Harz West and Harz Ost

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Two guidebooks which divide the Harz into two halves. In total, they're about 300 pages and €40+.

Harz Block

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bouldern in and around the Harz
412 pages
German / English

Bodensteiner Sandsteinklippen

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Guide for the rocks of the small but beautiful climbing area "Bodensteiner Sandsteinklippen" (Hainberg)
86 pages
language german
edition 2008

Bayerische Voralpen

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Good topos and maps describe the climbing destinations between Kochel and Kampenwand, which offer routes ranging in length from single to 8-pitches and difficulties from 5.3 to 5.13.

Alpinkletterführer Karwendel

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Not only are Alpine classics in perfect rock described here, but also modern alpine sport climbing and kid-friendly crags.

Alpinkletterführer Wetterstein Nord

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Many alpine destinations around Wetterstein mixed in with some consumer-friendly sport crags.

Bayerische Alpen Band 3

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Guidebook for areas from Bayrischzell through Benediktbeuern

Bayerische Alpen Band 2

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Climbing guidebook for the Bavarian Alps, Out of Rosenheim & Kufstein. Sport climbing in den Bavarian Alps.

Allgäu-Rock

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Climbing guidebook to Allgäu

Allgäu-Block

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Bouldering guidebook for Allgäu

Allgäu und Ammergau

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Allgäu and Ammergau compact

Donautal

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Climbing in the Donautal and Zollernalb

Best of Schwäbische Alb

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A collection of great climbs in the Schwäbische Alb

Blautal

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Climbing in Ach Valley and Blau Valley – round of Blaubeuren

Uracher Alb

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Climbing in Ermstal, Echaz Valley and Lauter

Lenninger Alb

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climbing in the area of lenninger alb

Ostalb

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Climbing areas in the eastern part of Schwäbische Alb

Schwarzwald Süd

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Climbing in the southern half of the Black Forest including around Freiburg

Schwarzwald Nord

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Climbing in the northern half of the Black Forest, including Battert

Stuttgart rockt!

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Climbing around Stuttgart, Nagoldtal, Hessigheimer rock gardens, Stetten

Klettern am Haardtrand

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Climbing in the haardt, between Landau and Bad Dürkheim

Pfalz

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In general, route development in the Pfalz has slowed, so while you can certainly get this brand new guidebook with up-to-date routes, an older guidebook would also suffice.

Südlicher Frankenjura

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Climbing in Altmühltal, Danube Gorge, Konstein, Laber- and Naabtal

Bouldern Odenwald

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Bouldering guidebook for the Odenwald

Odenwald

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Up-to-date guidebook for climbing in Odenwald.

Ostbayern

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This out-of-print guidebook is to be replaced in the 3rd quarter of 2016.

BlocReich

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The bouldering guidebook to Thüringen.

Steinreich

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At the moment sold out, but a new one is coming.

Der Elbsandsteinführer

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A facsimile of a previous guidebook which has since gone out of print. This one, too, is going out of print, so get it fast if you want one. It's written by Bernd Arnold and describes the best routes in Elbsandstein. A great general guidebook to the area.

Kletterführer Elbtal

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The climbing guidebook for the Bohemian Switzerland area of Elbsandstein.

Topoführer Bielatal

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Climbing guidebook for the valley Bieletal

Topoführer Rathen und Wehlen

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Guidebook for areas around Rathen and Wehlen

TOPO-Kletterführer - Ostteil Sächsische Schweiz

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Your general go-to book for climbing in Elbsandstein. If you're just visiting and don't want to stay in one small area, this would be a good one to get for a general overview of the whole Elbsandstein area. However, depicted climbs are in the Sächs. scale of 6 and above. Thus, if you're a beginner or uncomfortable with climbing here, this guidebook might not be too useful.

Vogtland

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Out of print guidebook for the Vogtland.

Boulderführer Chemnitztal

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The bouldering guidebook for the areas around Chemnitz.

Glück Auf!

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All you need to know about climbing in the Erzgebirge.

Kletter- und Boulderführer Ostsachsen

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Though most of this book depicts climbing in the Elbsandstein area, some of the climbing is also found in Erzgebirge. It details the locations where you can find sport climbing and bouldering.

Builderingführer Mainz & Wiesbaden

A unique kind of guidebook providing buildering locations in the areas of Mainz and Wiesbaden. The guidebook is out of print.

Rhein-Main Gebiet

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208 pages in German about climbing in the Taunus and around Frankfurt.

Ruhrgebiet 3.0

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Published in 2009, this edition of the climbing guidebook for the Ruhrgebiet features 190 pages of maps, pictures, and descriptions of 40 different climbing spots. Among these are climbing gyms, artificial walls, natural rock and quarries.

Land der tausend Berge

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Sauerland compact
192 pages
language german
edition 2013/14

Göttinger Wald & Hessische Schweiz

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Climbing at the sandstone of the area Göttingen
Mariaspring, Knubbelwand, Hauwand, Schlageterstein, Schaukelwand, Appenroder Wand, Rote Wand, Leuchtetal, die Türme, Freie Klippe, Reiffenhausen, Arenshausen sowie Hessische Schweiz
224 pages
language german
edition 2015

Aufschwung Ost

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Bouldering and Buildering guidebook for central Germany.

Rotgelbes Felsenland - Klettern in Mitteldeutschland

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In both English (though limited) and German, this very modern guidebook details the climbing throughout the Halle / Leipzig area.

Hoch im Norden

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An excellent guidebook, completely in color, which describes 26 main areas (of which Ith is one) in its 500 pages.

Dickes B

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Dieses Bild anzeigen Klettern im Teutoburger Wald: Dörenther Klippen und Halleluja-Steinbruch

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This is the only guidebook for the region. Fortunately, it's also a very good one! Well-researched and with good descriptions, this guidebook leaves almost nothing to be desired.

Kletterführer Zittauer Gebirge

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An excellent guide composed and written by local Jürgen Schmeißer, providing detailed information and topos for all areas, formations and crags in the Zittau Mountains (Zittauer Gebirge).

Frankenjura Extreme

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Last but not least is this small and abridged guidebook from Sebastian Schwertner, written for extreme climbers. This guidebook details, in English, the places you'll want to go in the northern Frankenjura if you warm up on 5.11. It is definitely written for the visiting climber and is therefore probably the best guidebook for the area for those of you thinking of coming for a visit. If you're interested in buying it beforehand you can get it at the given link, or I'll sell you my copy for €5 and you can pick it up from me when you get here.
To clarify, the book provides directions and descriptions for hard crags, which also often contain easier routes. So it's not exclusively for hard climbs.

Northern Frankenjura

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If you want it all in one volume, this is it. Though it was written in 2010, you've still got a lifetime's worth of routes here and don't need to fork out the €60 to get the brand new Schwertner guidebooks. The organization of this book is a little different from the rest as it doesn't need to divide the Frankenjura into two sections. Also, the book, as are the Schwertner books, is written entirely in German.

Northern Frankenjura 1 & 2

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These are the only guidebooks which provide descriptions in English. Parts 1 and 2 are laid out very similarly to the corresponding "Band 1" and "Band 2" written by Sebastian Schwertner, however the topos are more 3 dimensional. These are also not as up to date as the Schwertner guidebooks.

Northern Frankenjura Part 2

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This newest release from Sebastian Schwertner covers the southern areas of the northern Frankenjura. The areas described are: Walberla, Trubachtal, Betzensteiner Gebiet, Spieser Gebiet, Schnaittacher Gebiet, Pegnitztal, Krottenseer Forst, Hirschbachtal, Königsteiner Gebiet, Lehental, Högenbachtal, Förrenbachtal and Lauterbachtal. Unfortunately, the "areas" described here do not directly correspond to those here on MP. They are more generalized, whereas those here on MP tend to go parking parking lot, and then into further detail of which crags are accessed from these parking lots.

Northern Frankenjura Part 1

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This is the newest release from Sebastian Schwertner covering the northern half of the northern Frankenjura. The described areas are: Leinleitertal, Wiesenttal, Gößweinstein, Püttlachtal, Weihersbachtal, Klumpertal, Ailsbachtal, Paradiestal, Kaiserbachtal, Scheßlitzer Gebiete, Staffelberg, Kleinziegenfelder Tal, Bärental and Zillertal. Unfortunately, these "areas" don't have any correspondence with those included here on MP.

Europe - Sport Vertical

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This is an overview book that sets out to list every single crag on the European continent a la Tim Toula's "Rock N' Road". Intended for a broad audience of various languages, the book uses an absurdly complex assortment of symbols & numbers to "describe" each crag without the use of text. The book is in full color, with plentiful glossy photos of various crags. This isn't a guidebook in the classic sense, but it can be a good way to learn about the locations & raw statistics of the multitude of little known crags in Europe. The book indicates number of routes, height of cliff, length of approach, sun exposure, and relative quality for more than 2600 sport, bouldering & alpine crags. The book also points you in the direction of the pertinent local guidebooks. Its a nice reference book, but probably not too useful once you're on the road. Set it on the coffee table or near your procelain throne for a few minutes of inspiration when the local weather is bad.

Rock Climbing Europe

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Rock Climbing Europe is the perfect starting point for Americans on their way to Europe. The book is far from comprehensive, so ensure that your destination is included before laying out $40 or so. If your destination is included, expect explicit, robust, American-style route descriptions (a rarity in European guides) & photo-topos, all prefaced with a good deal of "Lonely Planet"-style traveler information. The book also follows the Falcon Guide system of providing tips on lodging/camping and where to find amenities in the local area. The book is encyclopedic is size, so you may want to xerox the key sections if you're going for a short trip.