Castle tours :
We want to take you to the picturesque scenery of the bavarian alps. Here we will visit with you if you wish, mystical churches, picturesque lakes and dreams of castles like
Caslte Neuschwanstein, Castle Linderhof, Castle Herrenchiemsee , Castle and Church St. Bartholomä, Castle Burghausen, Castle Hohenaschau.
Also enjoy the kulinaric consumptions directly to a breath taking lake in the mountains at the Windbeutelbaron or directly on a Alp.

Garmisch-Partenkirchen:
Business meetings and speeches in the morning, group outings and back to nature in the afternoon – the proper facilities and the beautiful landscape surrounding Garmisch-Partenkirchen make it all possible. The holiday resort town at the foot of Germany’s highest mountain, the Zugspitze, is the ideal place for seminars, conferences or conventions thanks to the modern Convention Center, unparalleled nature and hence, the shear endless possibilities for coordinating business with leisure time activities. Whether meetings are held among a selected few or within the framework of a sizable convention with international flair, Garmisch-Partenkirchen’s Convention Center has the right combination: ten modern conference rooms fully equipped for today’s needs can accommodate up to 2000 people with a total of over 1000 m² exhibition space. Garmisch-Partenkirchen’s event-management specialists make the planning, coordination and perfect timing look easy. Prepared down to the last detail, reliable schedules are the backbone of every event. Expertise has its hand in every arrangement made for every age group and for every season. “We’re not an anonymous Convention Center,” states Iris Schubert, manager of the Convention Department. “Our service is very personal because we combine Bavarian hospitality with international experience and professionalism.” A winning combination many business people not only value highly, but return to time and time again. Inspiration and motivation guaranteed: the proper framework makes it happen. When co-workers, employees or clients meet in Garmisch-Partenkirchen for a convention or a seminar, fresh ideas and innovative trains of thought are had by simply looking out of the window of one of the convention center’s rooms. Picture perfect landscapes and impressive Bavarian mountains and forests offer the kind of surroundings to assure that any event will be an unforgettable experience. After an intensive day of meetings and lectures, Garmisch-Partenkirchen offers something for everyone. One can visit many interesting museums, churches or cafés, take a walk through picturesque lanes or mountain paths – or take part in one of an endless number of athletic possibilities. Winter opens 60 kilometers of slope for skiers and snowboarders, prepared ice rinks or frozen lakes for ice-skaters and curling enthusiasts. One needn’t wait for the first snowfall to get the adrenalin flowing, however. Spring, summer and fall offer a wide variety of activities from mountain climbing and swimming to wild water rafting. For everyone, for every season – in Garmisch-Partenkirchen there is any number of activities to round out every event perfectly. Those who prefer culture to end the day may enjoy an evening stroll through the pedestrian areas followed by a concert or cabaret. Garmisch-Partenkirchen boasts a number of cultural highlights; The Richard-Strauss-Festival and the Military Music Festival. Then again, perhaps one may prefer to have a try at luck in Garmisch-Partenkirchen’s Casino.

Neuschwanstein Castle:
To hours from Munich, the enchanting old-world town Füssen lies in the foot hills of the Alp, framed by one of the most breathtaking natural settings in the world.
Towering far above the village, seemingly sculpted out of the very mountains that rise magnificenty to the heavens, is a sight made from the stuff of dreams: the fabulous and ethereal Neuschwanstein Castle. This glorious folly was built in the 19th century by the famed "mad" King LudwigII, a man obsessed whit myth and who himself became a legend. The shimmering white towers of the castle among the clouds are instantly recognisableto many who haven`t ever heard the name Neuschwanstein. It is the inspiration for Disney`s Sleeping Beauty Castle, & is famos the worldover as the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Castle.

Salzburg:
Spend a day in Austria. Join us on a magical day trip to one the jewels in the crown of Europe. Spend a day whit us in Austria and visit the city so beautiful they named it a UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE. Salzburg is famed for its old world glamour, made all the more striking by the majestic backdrop of snow-capped Alps. It is the home town of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Would you like to visit his place of birth, is residence, the streets he walked and the cafes he drank in? We´ll take you there. Salzburg is also one of the most popular "movie tourism" destinations in the world for one simple reason - The Sound of Music.
We`ll show you sites you`ll remember from the silver screen. And yet so much more. Piazzas and fountains, the stunning Domkirche Cathedral, palaces, pleasure gardens,churches. And towering above it all, the breathtaking 900 year old fortress Festung Hohensalzburg.

The Berchtesgaden National Park:
The Berchtesgaden National Park is located in southeast Germany in the Free State of Bavaria and borders on the Austrian state of Salzburg. The park was founded in 1978 and, covering a surface of 210 km2 or 81 sq. miles, it is state property in its entirety. Its high mountain landscapes are characterized by extensive forests and steep rock faces. The National Park's primary mission is to let nature take care of itself. This is why we intentionally abstain from human intervention in the heart of the protected area and nature's development is left to run its own course.
Forests, for example, are allowed to grow old, decay and be reborn on their own. On the other hand the useable area can continue to serve traditional functions: summer grazing for cattle, as well as a fishery and boat traffic on Königssee. The development of unnatural spruce growths into a more typical mixed forest is assisted in the grooming area by the purposeful planting of beech and fir trees. If necessary, measures may be taken to combat the bark beetle (without the use of destructive products) so as to protect the commercially used forests neighboring the National Park.

Come see the Salt! - The Mysterious World of Salt.
An underground journey of Discovery. Uncover the Mountain´s secret: Inthe olden days, salt was as valuable as gold,That´s why only very fea people were allowed into the tunnel. It´s not like that anymore: Nowadays adventures of any size, young or old, dressed in real miner`s outfits can follow deep down in the mountains the call of the "white gold" which has been exvated underground since 1517. The mine railway takes you 700 meters deep into the mountain. From there on, your own path with a professinal guide. You take a slide down into the deep, walk through dark tunnels, glide on a raft on the sparkling salt lake while enjoying a breathaking music and light show. The underground guided tour takes approx. one hour. Including purchase, reception and return of miner´s clothing (protective clothing) you should plane one hour and a half to two hours. The underground temperature is +12°C all year round. There is no age limit for children. Unfortunately we cannot allow dogs or baby carriages on the tour.

Ruhpolding:
Ruhpolding, with its 6,500 residents, is a big, enchantingly romantic village in Upper Bavaria, serving up nature at its finest in every season of the year.
Ruhpolding is an El Dorado for anyone who loves nature, and for those in search of active recreation amid wonderful scenery, combined with the warmth and hospitality for which Bavaria is so renowned.
Our guests have a broad variety of accommodation options from which to choose, ranging from four-star hotels, to cozy B&B’s and vacation apartments. Around 700 lodging establishments offering a total of some 6000 beds, along with 80 eateries of various kinds, ensure you will feel right at home here in Ruhpolding.
In winter, visitors are drawn by our magnificent, variety-packed ski slopes and cross-country trails. Ice-skating and a game of ice stock (in essence, an Alpine version of curling) at the Ruhpolding indoor ice rink, provide wintertime fun for the whole family. And if sports are not really your “cup of tea”, you couldn’t fail to enjoy the wintry landscapes as you take a ride on a horse-drawn sleigh.
Sports fans can decide whether they wish to be active participants, or be spectators at international winter sporting events, where they will literally be within arm’s reach of stars from around the world. Every year, Ruhpolding hosts the Biathlon World Cup and a World Cup event in the Nordic Combined, transforming this idyllic village into a mecca for thousands of fans.

Passau :
Passau is a town in Lower Bavaria, Germany, known also as the Dreiflüssestadt (City of Three Rivers), because the Danube is joined there by the Inn from the South, and the Ilz coming out of the Bavarian Forest to the North. Passau was an ancient Roman colony of ancient Noricum called Batavis, Latin for "for the Batavi." The Batavi were an ancient Germanic tribe often mentioned by classical authors, and they were regularly associated with the Suebian marauders, the Heruli. During the second half of the 5th century, St. Severinus established a monastery here. In 739, an Irish monk called Boniface founded the diocese of Passau and this was the largest diocese of the Holy Roman Empire for many years. From 1892 until 1894 Adolf Hitler and his family lived in Passau. The city archives mention Hitler being in Passau on 4 different occasions in the 1920s for speeches. During World War II the town housed three sub-camps of the infamous Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp: Passau I (Oberilzmühle), Passau II (Waldwerke Passau-Ilzstadt) and Passau III (Jandelsbrunn). It was the site of a post World War II American sector displaced persons camp.

Schwangau, village of the royal bavarian castles:
Schwangau is a municipality in the district of Ostallgäu in Bavaria, Germany. The village lies 4 km from the larger town of Füssen and just 1.5 km from Hohenschwangau, a collection of tourist-oriented facilities adjacent to the major tourist attractions of Schloss Neuschwanstein and Schloss Hohenschwangau. Schwangau has no railway station. It is the next-to-last town on the Romantic Road tourist route that terminates in Füssen.

Murnau:
In Murnau nature, art and culture form a special bond. World-renowned artists like Kandinsky, Münter and Horváth lived here and found inspiration in the picturesque landscape at the foothills of the Bavarian Alps with its romantic lakes and unique moorlands. Situated only 45 minutes by car south of Munich, respectively 25 km north of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Murnau is the centre of the holiday region around lake Staffelsee, a piece of "picture book" Bavaria. Discover the original sites of Expressionist painting, traces of the "Blue Rider"(a group of painters), Kandinsky in the Münter-Haus (Known also as the "Russian House") and the Schloßmuseum with the worldwide biggest Münter collection. The pedestrian mall, lined with colourful listed houses, sets the scene for shopping with mountain view.
Many events take place in Murnau, such as the the music festival "grenzenlos", jazz days as well as theater performances and exhibitions. For both the business traveller attending a convention or a congress and the holidaymaker, Murnau is just the right place.

Waging am See:
Again in this summer we offer our proven drivingjourneys to the warmest lake in Upper Bavaria.
Swimming info: length approx. 9 km, depth 27 m, water temp. 20°-26° degrees centigrade very good water quality very well-kept and plane shore areas.
Tennis and Wellness Camp , miniaturegolf, surfschool, boatrenting, Inline skating. The advantageous position between Chiemsee and Salzburg offers you a lot of possibilities for trips during one day or a half: It is only 30 km to Salzburg, 50 km to Berchtesgaden, 22 km to Ruhpolding, 45 km to Reit im Winkl 50 km to Tirol, and so on ... We are happy to meet you here ! This is the perfect place for bathing beauties and water sprites! Offering numerous sports and entertainment facilities, this immaculately clean picture-book lake invites you to our Upper-Bavarian leisure paradise. Holidays at the lake side for everybody's taste - the Waginger See is not only the warmest lake in Upper Bavaria, but also has all kinds of water sports in store for you. Sailing courses for kids and children's programmes, activity sailing courses for senior citizens, relaxed pedal boat trips for young people in love, or leisurely sandcastle building for young fathers. Afterwards they all come together in the beer garden - this is the kind of holiday you will experience in Waging! Beautiful quiet spots at the lake shore present a contrast to the bustling activities in the swimming areas and invite you to relax at the lakeside. Access to certain sections of the shore is prohibited though. The reed and moor belt serves as a protected area for rare species of birds and plants. No doubt you will find the perfect place for enjoying an unforgettable evening mood at the lake. At the campground which is laying dircectly to the lake there is also the possibility to rent a Vacation apartment or a Caravan. The immediale environs of Waging.   Webcam.

Lindau:
Whoever wants to travel usually has to make a decision: Mountains or sea, action or relaxation, town life or idyllic rural surroundings, culture or nature.
In Lindau, you do not have to choose either way. However you want to spend your holiday, here you will find simply everything in a region which we believe to be the most beautiful end of Germany. Discover, experience and enjoy it yourself. Lindau's famous harbour, which is still regarded today as the most attractive anywhere on Lake Constance, was completed in 1856. The 6m high monument with the lion looking over the lake is a work by the sculptor Johann von Halbing.
The Bavarian heraldic emblem flanks the harbour entrance together with the 33m high lighthouse. Thousands of lights create a magical harbour atmosphere. The Diebsturm, also called the Malefizturm or Stadtknechtsturm, was built around 1370 as the most westerly point of the old town wall. In the Middle Ages, it served as a prison. The coloured roof tiling originates from the last century. The Peterskirche is the oldest church in Lindau. Built around the year 1000 AD, it was the town's parish church until 1180. It has been a war memorial since 1928. An important work of art inside the building are the frescos on the north wall, created by Hans Holbein the Elder towards the end of the 15th century.

Wieskirche:
Pilgrimage Church of the Scourged Saviour
First time visitors in the Wies, with no previous knowledge about the church, may well stand in wonder and ask themselves what could have possibly given rise to the building of such an unusually magnificent church in such a secluded place. Indeed, something out of the ordinary, from many points of view, took place here. Human tears, an age-old phenomenon, were the spiritual building stones, the precious pearls from which the Wies Church, a world famous roccoco jewel, was created.
In the 18th Century the Wies Church was already known throughout Europe as a place of reverence for the Scourged Saviour, and at the same time a famous gem of baroque architecture. Even today the church lives from both these wellsprings: its spiritual and artistic richness. Thus, the Wies Church continues as a pilgrimage church, a place of prayer and worship, and is simultaneously a magical drawing point for millions of visitors. Through their encounter with this joyous Baroque, full of life and hope, they sense a world which moved the writer Peter Dörfler, in the first half of this century, to write: "The Wies is a bit of heaven in this suffering world."

Landshut:
The city of Landshut has been the seat of government of Lower Bavaria since 1839. During 800 years of exciting history, she has been able to accumulate a collection of cultural values, the richness of which by far surpasses that of many other cities.
Founded by Duke Ludwig I of Bavaria in 1204, the town remained the main seat of the House of Wittelsbach until 1255. Under the reign of the "Rich Dukes", Landshut witnessed its most glorious period from 1393 to 1503 when it was the seat of government of the Dukedom of Bavaria-Landshut. In medieval times Landshut was famous for its arts and crafts - the craftsmen in charge of the building and maintenance of the big churches, the sculptors, bronze casters, harness makers and gold-smiths all contributed to its fame.
Made of brick despite its height of 131 meters, the steeple of St.Martin´s church is unique in the world. Even today, it remains a landmark of those citizens who more than once rebelled against their dukes. The castle "Trausnitz" also remains one of the city´s landmarks until the present times. Visitors will become more and more aware that the "Altstadt" is the historical centre of the old Bavarian residence seat and that it is almost unique regarding its naturally grown harmony, the elegant building line ingeniously structured.
Even the Baroque era, which was very enthusiastic about its own style of building, paid reverence to the measurements set by the Gothic style. In these surroundings, the Residence building strikes one as exceptional. After the example of the palaces in northern Italy, Ludwig X built it from 1536 - 1543, thus creating the first palace in renaissance style north of the Alps. The classic composure of the building and the construction of the fronts leading to the inner yard, the "Länd", the archways the aisles the eternal ideal of Antiquity, demonstrating in stucco and paint themes of Greek and Roman Art and Science. In about 1380, the citizens began to create the sights of the town, representing themselves in an almost inimitable manner.
In 1407, Hans von Burghausen set out the building of the church of the Holy Spirit, at a time when the construction of his masterpiece, the St.Martin´s church had already made good progress. The tombstone and portrait of this artist who established the "building school" of Landshut, are to be seen on the southern side of the exterior wall of the church. Since 1380, three patrician mansions in the middle of the "Altstadt" have successfully been rebuilt to create the Town Hall as it still is today, in the second half of the previous century, it was restored to New Gothic style. The large hall of state decorated as its historic predecessor, was given its splendid representation of the Royal Wedding in 1475 as a painting covering four walls of the state room. It was this painting that initiated the recommencement of the performance of the Royal Wedding. At the castle "Trausnitz", the round towers and St.George´s chapel still show the Romanic style, whereas in the jesters´ stairs with

Ottobeuren Abbey:
It was founded in 764 by Blessed Toto, and dedicated to St. Alexander, the martyr. Of its early history little is known beyond the fact that Toto, its first abbot, died about 815 and that Saint Ulrich was its abbot in 972. In the 11th century its discipline was on the decline, till Abbot Adalhalm (1082-1094) introduced the reform of Hirsau. The same abbot began to restore the decaying buildings, which were completed, with the addition of a convent for noble ladies, by his successor, Abbot Rupert I (1102-1145). Under the rule of the latter the newly founded Marienberg Abbey was recruited with monks from Ottobeuren. His successor, Abbot Isengrim (1145-1180), wrote Annales minores and Annales majores. Blessed Conrad of Ottobeuren was abbot from 1193 until his death in 1227, described by the Benedictines as a "lover of the brethren and of the poor".
In 1153, and again in 1217, the abbey was consumed by fire. In the 14th and 15th centuries it declined so completely that at the accession of Abbot Johann Schedler (1416-1443) only six or eight monks were left, and its annual revenues did not exceed 46 silver marks. Under Abbot Leonard Wiedemann (1508-1546) it again began to flourish: he erected a printing establishment and a common house of studies for the Swabian Benedictines. The latter, however, was soon closed, owing to the ravages of the Thirty Years' War.
Ottobeuren became an imperial abbey in 1299, but lost this status after the Prince-Bishop of Augsburg had become Vogt of the abbey. These rights were renounced after a court case at the Reichskammergericht in 1624. In 1710 the abbey regained its status as an imperial abbey, but did not become a member of the Swabian Circle. The most flourishing period in the history of Ottobeuren began with the accession of Abbot Rupert Ness (1710-1740) and lasted until its secularization in 1802. From 1711-1725 Abbot Rupert erected the present monastery, the architectural grandeur of which has merited for it the name of "the Swabian Escorial". In 1737 he also began the building of the present church, completed by his successor, Anselm Erb, in 1766. In 1803 Ottobeuren became part of Bavaria. At that time the territory had about 12,000 inhabitants and an area of some 165 km².

Starnberger See
Lake Starnberg (German: Starnberger See) in southern Bavaria is Germany's fourth largest lake and a popular recreation area for the nearby city of Munich. Towns by the lake include Starnberg in the north, Seeshaupt in the south, and Tutzing in the west. The small town of Berg, Upper Bavaria near Starnberg is famous as the site where King Ludwig II of Bavaria was found dead in the lake in 1886.
The lake, which was created by ice age glaciers from the Alps, extends 21 km (14 miles) from north to south and has a width of 3-5 km (2-3.5 miles) from east to west. It has a single, small island, the Roseninsel, and a single outlet, the Würm river (because of this river the lake was called the Würmsee until 1962). Its major inflow comes from a chain of small lakes in the south, Osterseen. This small river is called Ach or Ostersee-Ach. It is possible to circumnavigate the lake by cycle.
Rose Island in Lake Starnberg is the only island in the lake and site of a royal villa of King Ludwig II of Bavaria. He was particularly attached to this place and made frequent renovations and remodelings of the small garden and the villa, which is called casino. Guests on the island were the composer Richard Wagner, Empress Elisabeth of Austria and Czarina Maria Alexandrovna of Russia. The villa is today a small museum and open to the general public.

New Palace Schleißheim
The Paintings Gallery in the New Palace Schleißheim opened as a branch gallery of the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen in 1978. The exhibition of European Baroque painting complements the presentation in the Alte Pinakothek.
The centre of the exhibition rooms is the "Grande Galerie" on the upper floor of the central wing, which was furnished under Prince Elector Max Emanuel. It is a long hall, inspired by the Mirror Gallery in Versailles, which stretches along the garden side of the large festival halls. Works by Peter Paul Rubens and views of the gallery by David Teniers the Younger, amongst others, are presented in a traditional Baroque manner. Other rooms on the upper floor are dedicated to Flemish painting, for example Jan Brueghel the Younger, Adriaen Brouwer, David Teniers the Younger and Anthonis van Dyck. Other rooms on the upper floor show northern Dutch painting, for example works by the Rembrandt circle, as well as works by the Italianising Dutch painters - the so-called Bamboccianti -, and finally landscapes, maritime scenes (Hendrik C. Vroom, Jacob van Ruysdael) and still-lifes.
The ground floor is dedicated to Italian, Spanish and German Baroque painting; there are also works by Adam Frans van der Meulen in the south wing. The historical paintings collection in Schleißheim Palace still conveys an impression of a princely Baroque gallery as well as giving an overview over the various schools in painting in the 17th and 18th century.

Dachau Concentration camp
In 1933, the Nazis establishes their first major concentration camp. outside the town of Dachau, some 18 kilometres from Munich.
There, they developed the blueprint for a network that would ultimately spread over half of Europe and result in the brutalisation and murder of millions.
Dachau was the " Academy of Terror", the originator, role-model and training centre for a system of unparalleled depravity that continues to haunt the imagination
of the civilised world, an historic nightmare for which its infamous "Arbeit macht frei" (Freedom through Work) gate remains a cruel and sinister emblem.
Hundreds of thousands of people from over 34 different nations passed through its gates, tens of thousands of whom perished.

Dachau Castle:
Around 1100 a fortress was built on the Giglberg hill in Mitterndorf by counts named after the town of Dachau.
Konrad III, the last Count of Dachau, died without an heir in 1182. Shortly afterwards, Duke Otto I of Wittelsbach took over the Dachau fortress and properties.
The fortress of the dukes was destroyed in 1398 and 1403 and was replaced in the years 1546-1573 by a four-wing Renaissance castle with a castle garden on the 504 m high castle hill.
An original commemorative stone in the vestibule still bears the name of the builders: Duke Wilhelm IV and his son Duke Albrecht V. The castle became the preferred country residence of the Munich court.
Prince Elector Max Emanuel, who was especially fond of Dachau, ordered Joseph Effner to remodel the southwest wing in the baroque style from 1715 to 1717. With no money for repairs, Max Joseph, the first king of Bavaria, decided to tear down three severely damaged wings of the castle in the early 19th century.
At times even used as a storage facility, only the southwest wing remained, including the former ballroom. The famous wooden Renaissance ceiling by the carver Hans Wisreutter survived demolition, as did the grisaille painting by Hans Thonauer.
The Renaissance ceiling was transferred in 1868, however, to the Bavarian National Museum and was only brought back to its original location in 1977. The castle has been used for exhibitions of the Dachau Artists' Association since 1908. Today, it hosts concerts of international acclaim. The castle garden offers a breathtaking panoramic view of Munich all the way to the Alps.

Andechs Monastery:
Located on the Holy Mountain above the eastern shore of Lake Ammersee in the middle of Upper Bavaria’s Five-Lakes Region, Andechs Monastery is easily visible from far away. For more than half a millennium it has been a cherished destination for pilgrims. Andechs Monastery - with its brewery, Bräustüberl, monastery restaurant, and not least its rich cultural offerings in the representational environs of the “Fürstentrakt” and the Florian Stadl multi-purpose hall - is a much sought after meeting place attracting visitors from around the world. The Florian-Stadl has by now turned into the regional center for culture and also become the permanent location for holding the annual Orff Festival. As a successful economic entity, Andechs Monastery fulfils its mission as a foundation and as a business resource provides all necessary financial means for the support and maintenance of St. Bonifaz Abbey in Munich through its own efforts - all without relying on subsidy from public church tax funds. Manager of the Monastery is Dr. Johannes Eckert, the abbot of the Benedictine Abbey St. Bonifaz in Munich and Andechs. The common model provided by the monks and lay workers best illustrates the Monastery’s activity as a productive entity and is highlighted by the motto: “It is our tradition to be progressive, and we can attribute our progress to a great tradition".

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