Original: Elevation ranges from the mountains of the Alps ( highest point : the Zugspitze at ) in the south to the shores of the North Sea ( Nordsee ) in the north-west and the Baltic Sea ( Ostsee ) in the north-east .
Simplified: It stretches from the North Sea and Baltic Sea in the north to the high mountains of the Alps The highest point is the Zugspitze on the Austrian border , at .