Murnau
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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. Directly to its west is the Staffelsee Lake and to the south are the peaks and ridges of the Ammergau Alps beginning with the Hörnle and extending up to the Ettaler Manndl, southwest of the Wetterstein. This mountain range is formed by the Zugspitze and the Alpspitze in the south as well as the Estergebirge with their striking Kistenkar and the Walchensee mountains including Heimgarten and Herzogstand in the southeast. To the south, the Murnauer Moos is the largest continuous wetland of its kind in Central Europe.
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Getting There
Multiple OptionsMurnau is about 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of Munich. 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. The A95 motorway and the B 2 Bundesstrasse run through or near Murnau. 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....
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Getting Around
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.
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Glimpses of Murnau
above the clouds
Morning Fog
Small wafts of mist cling to a fir tree in the Murnauer Moos on a very cold December morning.
red flowers on white concrete building
House of the German Painter Gabriele Münter (1877-1962) in Murnau, Bavaria.
A large field with a tree in the middle of it
Brown leaf's and a pine cone laying on the ground in a rainforest.
Lonely tree stands in a lush green field.
Close up of a pinyon pine tree, located in a rainforest.
Seasons: Murnauer Moos in Upper Bavaria in Late Autumn.
above the clouds
Morning Fog
Small wafts of mist cling to a fir tree in the Murnauer Moos on a very cold December morning.