Murnau is a city of 12,000 people (2021) in Upper Bavaria about 90 km south of Munich. It is situated on the Staffelsee (lake), just north of the Bavarian Alps.
Understand
[edit]Murnau developed in the 12th century out of the Murnau castle.
Get in
[edit]By train
[edit]Murnau is on the train line between Munich and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and on the Oberammergau train line. Murnau is about an hour's train ride from Munich and half an hour from Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Get around
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See
[edit]- 1 Schlossmuseum Murnau, Schloßhof 4-5, ☏ +49 8841 476201, [email protected]. Tu-Su 10:00-17:00.
- 2 Münter-Haus, Kottmüllerallee 6. Tu-Su 14:00-17:00. Artists Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky lived there during the summer months from 1909 to 1914.
Do
[edit]- Take a boat ride on the Staffelsee. The Staffelsee is a scenic lake with a number of islands. Boat trips aboard the comfortable MS Seehausen call at Seehausen, Achele (Murnau) and Uffing. €9.50 for the full round trip.
- Take a walk. The Das Blaue Land walking map (in German), available from the visitor centre in Murnau, shows the following routes:
- Staffelsee-Rundweg (20.5 km) – full circumnavigation of the Staffelsee; can be shortened by incorporating a Staffelsee boat trip (above)
- Schwaigrohr-Rundweg (4 km) – from Grafenaschau
- Loisach-Rundweg (8 km) – from Großweil
- Drachenstich-Rundweg (5.8 km)
- Moos-Rundweg (12.5 km) – explores the Murnauer Moos, a marshland nature reserve
- Kleine Staffelsee-Schlife (5.3 km) – a short lakeside stroll from Uffing
- Guglhör-Rundweg (11.5 km)
- Höhlmühle-Rundweg (5.8 km)
- Riegsee-Rundweg (9 km) – circumnavigation of the Riegsee, a smaller lake than the Staffelsee
- Weiler-Rundweg (7.5 km) – from Großweil
- Tafertshofen-Rundweg (15.4 km) – from Schöffau
- Kirnberg-Rundweg (8.4 km) – from Schöffau
- Hungerbach-Rundweg (9.3 km)
- Schwaiganger-Rundweg (6.4 km)
For a map covering the wider area, buy the Pfaffenwinkel Ammergauer Alpen nördl. Teil (UK50-49) map (scale 1:50000). Unfortunately the excellent Deutscher Alpenverein maps (scale 1:25000) do not extend this far north, though the Ammergebirge Ost (sheet BY 7) and Estergebirge (BY 9) sheets cover the mountain areas to the southwest and south respectively.
Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- 1 Krönner, Obermarkt 8, ☏ +49 8841 1272.
Drink
[edit]- Griesbräu, Obermarkt 37 (In the pedestrian zone), ☏ +49 8841 1422, [email protected]. A private brewery whose delicious beer is only sold onsite. (It's also a restaurant and hotel.)
Sleep
[edit]- Hotel Angerbräu, Untermarkt 44 (Just south of the pedestrian zone), ☏ +49 8841 625876, [email protected]. €92 single room.
Connect
[edit]- Tourist-Information Murnau, Kohlgruber Straße 1, ☏ +49 41-61 41-0, [email protected].
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