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| Grainau | ||
| federal state | Bavaria | |
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| Residents | 3.507 (2019) | |
| height | 758 m | |
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The vacation spot Grainau is about 5 km west of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and at the foot of the Zugspitze.
background
The community consists of the districts Obergrainau and Untergrainau, and Schmölz and the village of Hammersbach and the hamlet of Eibsee.
The year of the first documentary mention is 1305: Grainau appears in the land register of the Hochstift Freising as "Gruenawe", which means something like the "green meadow". In the Middle Ages, Grainau belonged to the seven original communities of the former imperial "free" county of Werdenfels, and thus to the Bishop of Freising. Because of the extreme location between the mountains, the region was considered rather poor.
A Hammersbacher Hof is mentioned for the first time in 1419 together with the establishment of a hammer forge, in Hell Valley mining was carried out towards the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the 20th century.
With the abolition of church property in the Bavarian secularization in 1802, the County of Werdenfels was transferred to the Electorate of Bavaria (kingdom not until 1806).
With the rise of tourism to the Zugspitze, tourism became the most important economic pillar in the town: Grainau has been accessible with the Bavarian Zugspitzbahn from Garmisch since 1929, and the train has been running to the Zugspitzplatt since 1930. In May 1963, the Eibsee cable car to the summit of the Zugspitze went into operation. On December 21, 2017, the new cable car started operating as a replacement for the Eibsee cable car.
getting there
| Distances (road km) | |
| Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 6 km |
|---|---|
| Ehrwald | 20 km |
| Mittenwald | 24 km |
| Bad Tölz | 63 km |
| innsbruck | 67 km |
| Munich | 96 km |
By plane
The next major airport is Munich Airport
(IATA: MUC) "Franz Josef Strauss" (approx. 133 km away). The Innsbruck airport(IATA: INN) is approx. 65 km away.
By train
The 1 Untergrainau train station in the east of the community of Grainau and on the B23 is the stop for the Ausserfernbahn out Garmisch-Partenkirchen (in D) across the Bavarian-Austrian border through the Except far and over Reutte and Pfronten until after Kempten (again in D).
Nearby Garmisch-Partenkirchen train station is an ICE train station with connections to and from e.g. Hamburg, Berlin and the Ruhr area.
The Zugspitzbahn connects Grainau (Eibsee, Grainau train station) with the train station Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
By bus
In the street
- from the north (Raim Munich): on the A95 (Munich - Garmisch motorway) to the end of the motorway at Eschenlohe, continue on the B2 federal road, immediately after the Farchanter Tunnel in the direction of Fernpass and turn through Garmisch on to Grainau.
- The spacious approach from south (Tyrol area) takes place through the Inntal and on the Inntal autobahn A12: from the Upper Inn Valley about the Fernpass route (B179):
Imst and over Nassereith and the Fernpass continue to Ehrwald and Grainau;
mobility
- Eibseebus (Garmisch - Grainau - Eibsee)
- The RVO (Regionalverkehr Oberbayern / DB) operates the regional bus routes in the region;
- Regionalverkehr Oberbayern GmbH, Hirtenstrasse 24, D-80335 Munich; Tel .: 49 / (0) 89 / 55164-0, Fax: 49 / (0) 89 / 55164-199; info;
Tourist Attractions
- Hell Valley Gorge: The wild and romantic gorge is located south of the hamlet of Hammersbach im Wetterstein. From Hammersbach it is an hour's walk to the gorge. South of the gorge is the Höllentalanger with the mountain hut of the same name.
Eibsee
The 1 Eibsee (973 m) Because of its picturesque location with the Zugspitze as a background, it is one of the most famous alpine lakes in Bavaria. This mountain lake is located four kilometers southwest of Grainau in the valley floor of the upper Loisach valley and between the Wetterstein and the Ammergau Alps still on the property of the community of Grainau and is privately owned. The name derives from the yew trees, there used to be larger populations around the lake. The Eibsee owes its formation to a landslide around 3700 years ago.
| Data on the Eibsee: | |
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| Surface: | 177 ha |
| Volume: | 350 million m³ |
| Scope: | approx. 8.06 km |
| Wide length: | approx. 2.4 km / 560 m |
| Depth (medium / max): | 15/36 m |
| Height above NN: | 973 m |
In the north of the lake, depending on the method of counting, there are up to nine smaller islands: Almbichl (Alpenbühl), Ludwigsinsel, Scheibeninsel, Maximiliansinsel (Schöne Insel), Schönbichl (Schönbühl), Braxeninsel, Sasseninsel and Steinbichl (Steinbühl) with a northern and southern island. As a so-called blind lake, the Eibsee has two smaller tributaries, but has no outflow. There is a fish population mainly consisting of whitefish and trout, as well as pike, carp, tench and crayfish.
The water quality is very good, the Eibsee is a bathing lake, but the water has no Mediterranean temperatures. Surfing, sailing, diving and fishing (fishing license) is allowed. There are motorboat tours and boat rentals. The Eibsee can also be circled on a simple hiking trail.
Smaller lakes around the Eibsee are the Frillensee (1.271 ha), Braxensee (0.24 ha), Steingringpriel (0.28 ha), Froschsee (0.035 ha), (Steinsee 0.08 ha).
The valley station of the Eibseebahn is also located on the lake Zugspitze, the Zugspitze. Further infrastructure are a hotel and a Coffee shop.
Zugspitzbahnhof Eibsee, Seefeldweg 1, 82491 Grainau.
Directions by road: via Grainau (Untergrainau) to the Eibsee, chargeable parking spaces at the Zugspitzbahn.
activities
shop
kitchen
- Spatzenhäusl (Tavern, beer garden), Waxensteinstrasse 21, 82491 Grainau (a little south of the town center). Tel.: 49(0)8821 8619.
typical Bavarian cuisine, specialty are spaetzle. Folk music by local musicians can be heard regularly on weekends in the parlor, which is decorated with Werdenfels masks.
nightlife
accommodation
Numerous hotels, holiday apartments and guest houses are available in town. These are also mediated by the spa administration.
- Guest house Marianne, Alpspitzstrasse 5, 82491 Grainau.
- 1 Eibsee Hotel * * * *, Am Eibsee 1, 82491 Grainau (at the Eibsee). Tel.: 49 (0)8821 98810.
- Hotel at Badersee * * * * Am Badersee 1-5, 82491 Grainau, Phone: 49 (0) 8821 8210, Location
health
- The next hospital is located in Garmisch-Partenkirchen;
Practical advice
| Post Code | 82491 |
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| prefix | 08821 |
- Tourist Information Zugspitzdorf Grainau, Parkweg 8, 82491 Grainau. Tel.: 49 (0)8821 981850, Fax: 49 (0)8821 981855.
trips
- Mountain tours in Wetterstein Mountains
- Rides on the Zugspitze: From Grainau you can take the cog railway directly to Germany's highest mountain.
literature
cards
- Bavarian Land Survey Office, UKL30, (scale 1: 50,000), ISBN 3-86038-498-8 ;
- compass Hiking map No. 5 (Wetterstein Mountains and Zugspitz area) (scale 1: 50,000);
for the Wetterstein Mountains:
- freytag & berndt (1: 50,000) sheet WK322 (walker, bike and ski tour map);
- Alpine Club cards (1: 25,000) sheet 4/1, 4/2, 4/3; (for mountaineers);
Web links
- https://www.grainau.de/ - Official website of Grainau
- Tourism Service Zugspitzland - regional
- Upper Bavaria Tourist Association - supraregional
