Chiemgau Alps - Chiemgauer Alpen

View from the Rauschberg to the Sonntagshorn, the highest point in the Chiemgau Alps

The Chiemgau Alps belong to the northern chain of the Limestone Alps and are predominantly in the border mountains Bavaria / Germany and to a lesser extent in Tyrol / Austria .

Regions

places

  • Aschau im Chiemgau in Chiemgau, (650 m), climatic health resort and winter sports on the Prien.
  • Mountains, (553 m), climatic health resort and winter sports.
  • Inzell, (700 m), climatic health resort and winter sports, speed skating.
  • Marquartstein, (515-800 m), climatic health resort and winter sports on the Tiroler Ache.
  • Piding, (450-500 m) climatic health resort in the Berchtesgadener Land.
  • Ruhpolding, (659-1100 m,) climatic health resort and winter sports.
  • Material rank, (738-1400 m), summer retreat and winter sports, well restored townscape.
  • Siegsdorf, (600-1227 m), climatic health resort.

background

The Chiemgau Alps are in the west from Inn and bounded by the Saalach in the east. In the north they run out into the plains, in the south the valley floor is adjacent Kaiserwinkls to the Kaiser Mountains down that Loferer Steinberge and the Berchtesgaden Alps with the Reiteralpe and the Lattengebirge.

language

getting there

By train

Aschau and Ruhpolding are connected to the Munich - Salzburg railway line (route south of the Chiemsee) via secondary lines.

In the street

The A8 motorway (Munich - Salzburg), on the west side the Inntal motorway A93 from Rosenheim to Kiefersfelden/ KufsteinFrom the south, the area can only be reached via the Austrian state road 178 Schneizlreuth - Kössen.

mobility

Mountain railways

There are a number of mountain railways in the Chiemgau.

  • Starting from the west, the first is the Hochriesbahn in Samerberg. The first section is a 1-seater chairlift to the middle station at 920 m, and from here to the valley station there is also a beautiful ski slope. A cable car leads from the middle station to 1547 m. You have to walk to the summit at 1569 m.
  • The Kampenwandbahn leads from Hohenaschau up to 1467 m.
  • The Hochplattenbahn is a chairlift that leads from Marquartstein at approx. 1050 m to below the Hochplatte. It's still a long way to the summit.
  • The Geigelsteinbahn is also a chairlift - the longest in Upper Bavaria - that leads from Schleching at 1,100 m to the Wuhrsteinalm. From there you can climb Geigelstein and Breitenstein.
  • On the Hochfelln, a gondola lift leads in two sections to the summit.

Tourist Attractions

Mountain tops

(according to Alpine Club division, from west to east)

at the Inn:

  • Zellerwand (1415 m)
  • Kranzhorn
  • Heuberg
  • Spitzstein (1596 m) with a view of the Kaiser Mountains.
  • Hochries (1569 m)

Chiemsee mountains:

  • Geigelstein (1813 m).
  • With pleasure (1748 m) mountain with the best view in the Chiemgau, sometimes up to Bavarian forest.
  • Hochfelln (1674 m), with cable car to the summit and a wide view of the Chiemgau.
  • Kampenwand (1664 m) 9 km long mountain ridge, much visited.
  • High plate (1587 m), panoramic mountain over the Achental to the south.

southern Chiemgau Alps:

  • Loferer Alm With Dietrichshorn (1542 m) and Grubhörnl (1747 m) much visited.
  • Stone slab (1869 m), with climbing guides in the steep rock face and the Kammerköhr ski area to the north.

Mountains near Ruhpolding:

  • Sunday horn (1961 m) border summit and highest summit of the mountains near Ruhpolding.
  • Inzeller Kienberg
  • Rauschberg massif (1671 m), by train.
  • Hörndl

Mountains near Bad Reichenhall:

Bad Reichenhall, in the background Zwiesel (left) and Hochstaufen (center);
  • Hochstaufen (1771 m), Bad Reichenhall's local mountain. mining in the 17th century.
  • Gamsknogel (1750 m) western summit of the Hochstaufen, local mountain for Inzell and a wonderful panoramic mountain in the Chiemgau.
  • Zwiesel (1781 m), middle summit and highest summit of the Staufen group.
  • Müllnerberg idyllic “fairy tale mountains” with Müllnerhörnl (1253 m), Pflasterbachhörnl (1270 m) and Rabensteinhorn (1373 m).

Waters

  • Prien
  • Urschlauer Ache
  • Traun
  • Salzach

The Simssee is located a few kilometers west-southwest of the Chiemsee and is about 7 km long (southwest-northeast orientation) and about 1.5 km wide. On its banks there are some bathing beaches (free of charge) with sanitary facilities and restaurants.

More Attractions

  • Pilgrimage church Maria Eck

activities

Hiking and mountaineering

The Chiemgau mountains are relatively easy to hike because their height and nature are not very high alpine. Lush vegetation can be found right up to the peaks. Hiking trails are plentiful and also quite well marked and signposted. The colored path markings are sometimes a bit hidden, so you should be careful. In addition, you are in a border region, so that markings do not always look the same. Hiking maps are an advantage. There are plenty of parking spaces, especially at the valley stations of the mountain railways, from where many hiking trails start. If you want to go to a hut for refreshment, you should make sure that it is also managed (Internet, ask locals).

Mountain biking

Winter sports

Ski touring

Alpine skiing

Westernberg ski lift (Ruhpolding)

Overall there are in the Chiemgau Alps Around 60 kilometers of slopes in ski areas and mainly in the family-friendly, simple and medium difficulty range.

  • Bergen / Hochfelln ski area

Individual lifts (a selection) are still available in Inzell (Pommernlift), Marquartstein Material rank (Kaiser look) and Teisendorf;

Nordic skiing

kitchen

There are Bavarian delicacies everywhere. For meat lovers, the roast pork or the knuckle (preferably from suckling pig) is a pleasure. The Chiemseerenke is known - grilled as a fish on a stick. Culinary wonders are often by the wayside in Chiemgau. In some modest village inns you can find excellent cuisine. It is worth taking a look at the menu if you want to find such pearls.

  • Absolutely recommendable smoked fish (trout, eel, char) from clear mountain water are available in the street sales in Schnaizlreuth directly on the main road Saalfelden (A) just before the Austrian border.

accommodation

List of mountain huts of the German Alpine Club (DAV) and des Austrian Alpine Club (OeAV) as well as private huts for hikers, mountaineers and mountain bikers (as of March 2007), according to the AV classification, from west to east, alpine pastures without accommodation, see the mountains.)

at the Inn:

  • Daffnerwaldalmen (approx. 1000 m), located under the Heuberg, with a view of Feichteck, Karkopf and Hochries, on foot from the Duftbräu
  • Schwarzrieshütte (approx. 1000 m), private, near Trockenbachtal.

Chiemsee mountains:

  • Bründlinngalm (1240 m) private inn on the north-east side of the Hochfelln.
  • Hochfelln House (1671 m).
  • Hochgernhaus (approx. 1460 m) on the way to Hochgern, only accessible on foot
  • Kampenwandhaus (1467 m), at the mountain station of the Kampenwandbahn, private.
  • Piesenhauser Hochalm (approx. 1200 m), between Kampenwand and Hochplatte, only on foot
  • Priener Hut (1410 m).
  • Schlechtenbergalm (1500 m) on the north side of the Kampenwand.
  • Staffenalm (approx. 1000 m), under the Hochplatte, to be reached on foot or with the chairlift
  • Steinlingalm (1550 m), in the north of the Kampenwand, private.
  • Wirtsalm (approx. 1450 m), between Geigelstein and Breitenstein, chairlift to Wuhrsteinalm, then on foot
  • Wuhrsteinalm (approx. 1100 m), located under the Geigelstein, can be reached on foot or by chairlift, private.

southern Chiemgau Alps:

  • House Gertrud in the sun (1300 m), on the Lofer Alm, private.
  • House Schönblick (1360 m) private alpine inn on the Lofer Alm.,
  • Alpengasthof Steinplatte (1374 m) private.
  • Traunstein ski hut (1260 m), DAV - Section Traunstein.
  • Straubing House (1551 m), DAV - Straubing section.

Mountains near Ruhpolding:

Reichenhall mountains:

  • Reichenhaller house (1750 m), DAV - section Bad Reichenhall. under the summit of the Hohenstaufen.
  • Zwieselalm (Kaiser Wilhelm Haus, 1386nm), private. on the southern slope of the Zwiesel.
  • Paul Gruber House (950 m) on the Kugelbachalm in the area of ​​the Müllnerberg. Friends of nature Bad Reichenhall.

climate

literature

  • Josef Reiter / Michael Lohmann: Natural paradise Chiemsee and Chiemgau Alps. Chiemgau publishing house, ISBN 978-3-00-027398-8 ; 96 pages. € 29.80

cards

  • German Alpine Club (DAV) (Ed.): Alpine Club Card No. BY 17 (1: 25,000) Chiemgau Alps West - Hochries, Geigelstein. 2013 (2nd edition), ISBN 978-3937530352 . 9.80 € (for DAV members 5.95 €)
  • German Alpine Club (DAV) (Ed.): Alpine Club Card No. BY 18 (1: 25,000) Chiemgau Alps Middle - Hochgern, Hochfelln. 2012, ISBN 978-3937530239 . 9.80 € (for DAV members 5.95 €)
  • German Alpine Club (DAV) (Ed.): Alpine Club Card No. BY 19 (1: 25,000) Chiemgau Alps East - Sonntagshorn. 2008, ISBN 978-3937530246 . 9.80 € (for DAV members 5.95 €)
  • Bavarian Land Survey Office Sheet UKL7 (1: 50,000).

Web links

Roberge.de Informative site about the Chiemgau Alps

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