3:20 h 275 hm 289 hm 43,2 km moderate
Enjoy art and nature - between Munich and the edge of the Alps
Upper Bavaria like from a picture book. Picturesque towns, beer gardens, baroque churches, façade paintings – a fascinating holiday experience against the majestic backdrop of the Bavarian Alps. Nowhere in Germany is there a landscape that combines art and nature enjoyment as intensively as between Munich and the Alpine foothills. Five museums await cyclists where they gain a concentrated and high-quality overview of German Expressionism. Especially in the Alpine foothills it is advisable to combine museum visits with impressive bike routes.
From Murnau, the 3rd stage initially leads on a large loop around the Murnau Moos, before heading via Eschenlohe to Ohlstadt, where we meet the Loisach cycle path, which takes us to the Franz Marc Museum in Kochel am See. The collection includes, alongside the art of the "Blue Rider," important works of the Brücke Expressionism as well as outstanding pieces by Paul Klee and significant paintings of abstract art after the Second World War. Marc expressively interpreted the mountain world around Kochel, which he considered his second home throughout his life.
All starting points have a train station, so the routes can be combined arbitrarily, regardless of the starting point.
Consideration makes paths wide
Please note that in our region you often cycle on agricultural paths. You are warmly welcome on these paths; however, these paths are of course also used by farmers with their vehicles to manage the fields. Because of the width of the vehicles, paths can sometimes become narrow. Paths remain sufficiently wide if all users show mutual consideration and step aside when necessary to make room for others. Please note that it is often not possible for large machines to drive off the paths. Therefore, as cyclists, please move aside when it gets tight!
Thank you very much for your understanding and consideration for the people who have to work here!
Use of paths along rivers
We are pleased that the Weilheim Water Management Office has created dike paths along the rivers that cyclists are allowed to use.
Please note that these paths were created for water management purposes and do not always meet the quality standards of cycle paths. Especially after construction work, flooding events and storms (uprooted trees) the paths may have damage or impassable sections. Furthermore, occasional construction traffic is to be expected.
Please use the paths with appropriate caution and observe the traffic signs on site! Use of maintenance paths is at your own risk.
The route has been signposted since autumn 2023.
In addition to the multi-day stage tour, there are also four developed round tours through the MuSeenLandschaft that start at the four museum towns. These individual loops are modularly structured, so there are options both for (shorter) multi-day routes as well as for individual day loops. This allows not only the various museums to be connected, but also the landscapes that inspired the artists in their works to be experienced on the connecting stretches.
All starting points have a train station, so the routes can be combined arbitrarily, regardless of the starting point.
Information about all tours here.
Aufstieg: 275 hm
Abstieg: 289 hm
Länge der Tour: 43,2 km
Höchster Punkt: 791 m
Differenz: 194 hm
Niedrigster Punkt: 597 m
Difficulty
moderate
Stamina
moderate
Panoramic view
moderate
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Free parking lots P6 Weilheimer Str. 13, P5 Kellerstr. 1, for more parking spaces see https://www.tourismus.murnau.de/service/anreise-mobilitaet
82418 Murnau am Staffelsee
Der Bahnhof Murnau ist der größte Bahnhof des Marktes Murnau am Staffelsee im Süden Bayerns. Der Trennungsbahnhof liegt an der Bahnstrecke München–Garmisch-Partenkirchen und stellt den Beginn der Ammergaubahn nach Oberammergau dar. Er gehört der Bahnhofskategorie 4 an und verfügt über vier Bahnsteiggleise.
ca. 7,7 km entfernt
Huglfinger Straße 23, 82436 Eglfing-Tauting
Cafe mit hausgemachten Kuchen, Torten und Laden mit eigenem Hofkäse, Honig u.v.a. mit Blick übers Blaue Land in die Berge!
ca. 7,7 km entfernt
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Reinthal 2, 82395 Obersöchering
Idyllisch am großen Hof gelegen, inmitten der Natur, köstliche und riesengroße Kuchen genießen.
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Radfahren und gut Essen - zwei untrennbare miteinander verbundene Begriffe.
6:00 h 693 hm 693 hm 81,3 km very difficult
ca. 0,4 km entfernt
Cycling and good food - two inseparably connected concepts.
3:45 h 277 hm 277 hm 54,0 km moderate
ca. 0,7 km entfernt
Radfahren und gut Essen - zwei untrennbare miteinander verbundene Begriffe.
6:30 h 798 hm 798 hm 89,6 km very difficult
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82418 Murnau am Staffelsee
Der Bahnhof Murnau ist der größte Bahnhof des Marktes Murnau am Staffelsee im Süden Bayerns. Der Trennungsbahnhof liegt an der Bahnstrecke München–Garmisch-Partenkirchen und stellt den Beginn der Ammergaubahn nach Oberammergau dar. Er gehört der Bahnhofskategorie 4 an und verfügt über vier Bahnsteiggleise.
ca. 0,9 km entfernt
The Alpine foothills are among the most fascinating landscapes in Germany.
4:10 h 251 hm 251 hm 59,4 km moderate
ca. 0,9 km entfernt
Gravel biking – Discover the Zugspitz region on two fast tires.
3:05 h 262 hm 391 hm 45,8 km moderate
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Staffelsee has a good chance of ranking among the most beautiful pre-alpine lakes.
5:30 h 872 hm 840 hm 95,9 km moderate
ca. 1,0 km entfernt
Pilgrimage with the road bike? Why not, even if in this case the Wieskirche is not the final destination of the ride.
6:30 h 908 hm 907 hm 113,3 km moderate
ca. 4,4 km entfernt
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The route is the first stage of a multi-day cycling circuit that starts in Munich at the Lenbachhaus and then loops through the MuSeenLandschaft via Bernried on Lake Starnberg, Murnau, Kochel, and Penzberg.
4:35 h 246 hm 157 hm 61,2 km moderate
The route is the second stage of a multi-day cycling circuit that starts in Munich at the Lenbachhaus and then makes a loop through the MuSeenLandschaft via Bernried on Lake Starnberg, Murnau, Kochel, and Penzberg.
2:10 h 162 hm 62 hm 30,0 km moderate
The route is the fourth stage of a multi-day cycling round trip that starts in Munich at the Lenbachhaus and then makes a loop through the MuSeenLandschaft via Bernried at Lake Starnberg, Murnau, Kochel, and Penzberg.
1:25 h 21 hm 52 hm 21,4 km moderate
The route is the fifth and final stage of a multi-day cycling round trip, which starts in Munich at the Lenbachhaus and then loops through the MuSeenLandschaft via Bernried on Lake Starnberg, Murnau, Kochel, and Penzberg.
6:00 h 203 hm 270 hm 82,4 km very difficult
Over a length of 500 kilometers, the long-distance cycle route runs parallel to the Romantic Road on lightly trafficked side roads, local connecting roads, land consolidation and forest paths. The long-distance cycle route D9 "Romantic Road" was awarded 3 stars by the ADFC in 2013 and is carefully and continuously signposted. As a long-distance cycling trail, it has proven itself in this route since the 1980s.
35:25 h 2178 hm 1534 hm 496,6 km very difficult
The Bodensee-Königssee Cycle Route also leads through the Pfaffenwinkel – past the impressive UNESCO World Heritage site Wieskirche. 455 kilometers of pure cycling pleasure from Lake Constance to Königssee – with Pfaffenwinkel right in the middle!
33:00 h 3357 hm 3116 hm 457,3 km very difficult
Bavarian Swabia: Popular long-distance cycling route - Where the Romans once traveled...
11:45 h 654 hm 272 hm 172,9 km very difficult
On the well-marked Stollenweg, marked with number 76 on a blue background, hikers follow in the footsteps of mining at Hoher Peißenberg, whose heyday began with the driving of the main mine tunnel in 1837. A total of 15 information boards along the circular route convey interesting details about bituminous coal mining and the coal deposits around Peißenberg, as well as the ice age-shaped landscape in the Alpine foreland.
3:00 h 344 hm 344 hm 9,4 km moderate
The first stage of the eastern loop of the long-distance trail Holy Landscape Pfaffenwinkel takes us from Hoher Peißenberg to Weilheim in Upper Bavaria. We cross the gentle rolling hills of the pre-Alpine region and enjoy magnificent views of the Alpine massif. Along the way, we pass several chapels, hike along the Ammer river, and can admire the churches of Peißenberg and Polling.
5:10 h 66 hm 466 hm 18,8 km moderate
We start the fourth stage of the long-distance hiking trail Holy Landscape Pfaffenwinkel in Promberg near Penzberg. On this stage, we pass through the town center of Penzberg before reaching Iffeldorf at the Osterseen.
4:15 h 129 hm 149 hm 15,1 km moderate
Puste ist gefragt - die 21 km der fünften Etappe von Pähl über Wilzhofen und Marnbach nach Weilheim fordern unsere Ausdauer. Dafür werden wir mit vielen schönen Ausblicken über die herrliche Hardtlanschaft und teilweise bis zu den Alpen, Sehenswürdigkeiten sowie grünen Wäldern und Wiesen belohnt. Architektonische Highlights erwarten uns in Weilheim, darunter die Pfarrkirchen Mariä Himmelfahrt und St. Pölten und der Marienplatz sowie die gut erhaltene Stadtmauer. Auch das sogenannte "Museum des Pfaffenwinkels" ist ein Besuch wert. Dort werden Exponate der Region präsentiert und die Geschichte des Pfaffenwinkels näher beleuchtet.
7:00 h 219 hm 239 hm 21,3 km very difficult
Die sechste Etappe des Fernwanderwegs Heilige Landschaft Pfaffenwinkel Nordschleife führt uns von Weilheim nach Peißenberg. Falls wir nach der langen fünften Etappe keine Zeit mehr hatten, Weilheim zu besichtigen, so lässt uns die nicht ganz so lange, sechste Etappe dafür genug Zeit im Vorfeld noch durch die Fußgängerzone und über den Marienplatz zu flanieren, die Stadtpfarrkirche Mariae Himmelfahrt zu besuchen und die Kirche St. Pölten - die älteste Weilheimer Kirche, deren Ursprünge bis ins 8. Jh. zurück gehen zu bestaunen. Danach machen wir uns auf den Weg nach Peißenberg. Unterwegs treffen wir erneut auf die Ammer und können in Polling das sehenswerte Klosterdorf (Kloster Heilig Kreuz) und die Stiftskirche St. Salvator der Augustiner Chorherren besuchen.
3:45 h 157 hm 141 hm 12,4 km moderate
Die letzte Etappe des Fernwanderwegs Heilige Landschaft Pfaffenwinkel führt uns über eine kurze, aber dennoch anstrengende Strecke zurück zu unserem Ausgangspunkt auf dem Hohen Peißenberg. Frische Beine sind beim Aufstieg zum Hohen Peißenberg sicher nicht schlecht, allerdings nicht unbedingt ein Muß, denn die knapp 6 km und 400 hm kann man auch ganz gemütlich angehen. Je höher wir kommen umso besser wird der Ausblick über den Pfaffenwinkel und wir können noch einmal die Region überblicken, die wir in den letzten Tagen zu Fuß erkunden konnten.
3:15 h 397 hm 3 hm 7,0 km moderate
The fifth stage of the long-distance trail Holy Landscape Pfaffenwinkel East Loop leads us from Benediktbeuern to Iffeldorf. On this stage, we admire the Benediktbeuern monastery, the Heuwinkl Chapel, and the St. Vitus Church in Iffeldorf. In Penzberg, we hike in the Berghalde recreational area following the traces of mining and learn interesting facts about the history of the town of Penzberg.
5:15 h 262 hm 277 hm 20,8 km very difficult
The eighth and final stage of the eastern loop of the long-distance trail Holy Landscape Pfaffenwinkel leads us from Peißenberg to the Hoher Peißenberg. We hike on varied and lightly trafficked paths to the viewing mountain of Pfaffenwinkel, where we reach the destination of the long-distance trail.
4:00 h 381 hm 17 hm 8,7 km very easy
The second stage of the long-distance trail of the East Loop Holy Landscape Pfaffenwinkel takes us from Weilheim in Upper Bavaria to Bernried. Extensive moor and swamp areas, idyllic lakes, and picturesque forests accompany the path to Lake Starnberg. On this stage, the many chapels and churches show us how Pfaffenwinkel got its name.
5:45 h 319 hm 289 hm 22,6 km moderate
The fourth stage of the eastern loop of the long-distance trail Holy Landscape Pfaffenwinkel leads us from Promberg to the monastery complex in Benediktbeuern. Along the way, you can admire the church in Nantesbuch and the filial church St. Georg in Bichl before reaching one of the most popular sights of the Pfaffenwinkel.
3:45 h 56 hm 61 hm 13,7 km moderate
Three multi-day hikes lead through the most beautiful corners of the Upper Bavarian Pfaffenwinkel, whose culture has been shaped by numerous monasteries over centuries. The quiet hiking trails connect churches, monasteries, and places of power in nature. The three pilgrimage routes start and end at the Hoher Peißenberg, which offers a panoramic view of the entire region and is predestined as an important pilgrimage site. "Wild Rivers" – The Ammer and Lech shape the landscape of the West Loop. The slightly shorter but hillier and more challenging 6 daily stages covering 76 km connect highlights such as the wild-romantic Ammer gorge, the Brettleweg through the Wiesfilz, or the ascent of the Auerberg with the monastery towns Rottenbuch, Steingaden, and Schongau, as well as the most important churches in the region, including the UNESCO World Heritage Wieskirche.
21:01 h 1306 hm 1337 hm 76,0 km moderate
Seen, Auenwälder und Weltkulturerbe
3:10 h 132 hm 20 hm 46,4 km very easy
Von den Voralpen in die Berge hinein
3:30 h 309 hm 133 hm 46,4 km moderate
Wilder Lech, imposante Berge und traditionelle Kunst
3:20 h 265 hm 17 hm 43,7 km very easy
Green expanse and historic places
3:20 h 83 hm 6 hm 48,6 km very easy