| 27th August, 1820 | First ascent of the Zugspitze by Josef Naus (Reutte-Lechaschau) |
| August 1851 | Bavarian climbers erect a cross on the peak |
| approx. 1870 | Mountain guides accompany the first guests to the Zugspitze |
| 1897/1900 | The Munich House and the weather station are built
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| 1924 | Construction begins on the Austrian Zugspitz cable car
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| 5th July, 1926 | Completion and opening celebrations of the Austrian Zugspitz cable car |
| 1930 | Opening of the cogwheel train from the Eibsee to the Schneefernerhaus on the Bavarian side
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| 30th January, 1931 | Completion of a cable car from the Scheefernerhaus to the peak of the Zugspitze
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| 1933 | The „thousand mark barrier" (whereby German citizens had to pay the government 1000 Marks to be permitted to visit Austria), resulting in fewer guests - poor financial situation of the Austrian Zugspitz Railway |
| 1937 | Sale of shares in the Austrian Zugspitz Cable Car to the Bavarian Zugspitz Railway |
| 1945 | After the war the Zugspitz Cable Car was transferred back to the Austrian authorities as "German property" |
| 1952 | Acquisition of new light metal cable cars with a capacity for 23 passengers |
| 1954 | Increase in power of the electric engine, resulting in an increase in speed from 3.5 to 5 metres per second
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| 1956 | Reconstruction of the hotel wing at the valley station destroyed during the war
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| June 1958 | Establishment of the Tyrolean Zugspitz Railways AG with its Head Office in Ehrwald
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| 1959/60 | Modernization of the equipment: Construction of the middle station at the Gamskar, resulting in four-cabin operation (260 persons/hour) and opening up the Zugspitze peak by menas of a cable railway |
| September 1962 | Major fire at the Mountain Hotel
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| 1st Dezember 1962 | Opening of the Eibsee cable car on the Bavarian side
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| 15th May, 1964 | Tyrolean Zugspitze Cable Car put into operation
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| September 1965 | Opening of the peak hotel with panorama restaurant
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| 1988 | Sale of the shares in the buisness held by the State of Tyrol to Zillertal Glacier Railways GmbH & Co KG
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| 10th July, 1991 | Opening of the "new" Tyrolen Zugspitz Cable Car |
| 6. February 2003 | Fire at the valley station, the cable car is badly damaged
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| February-August 2003 | Reconstruction in record time
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| 13th August, 2003 | Opening following reconstruction |
| May 2005 | Opening of the Panorama Gipfelrestaurant after reconstruction |
| May 2005 | Opening of the Fascination Zugspitze – Interactive museum |
| March 2016 | Opening "Der Schneekristall" – Snow Crystal |
| May 2018 | Opening "BAHNORAMA anno 1926" |