Wieskirche
The Pfaffenwinkel in Upper Bavaria is the area around the Peißenberg southwest of Ammersee and starnberger Lake.
places
- Bad Bayersoien (812 m), mud spa and climatic health resort at the foot of the Ammergau Alps;
- Bernried on Lake Starnberg (600 m), with the Book House Museum;
- Rottenbuch, former Augustinian monastery in the valley of the Ammer;
- Schongau (726 m), excellently preserved old town;
- Steingaden (763 m), with the Premonestratens monastery still founded by the Guelphs:
- Seeshaupt (597 m), resort on Lake Starnberg;
- Weilheim (563 m), with a historic town center;
- Wessobrunn (702 m), with monastery, where the Wessobrunn prayer was found;
In the northwest on Ammersee:
- Fishing on the Ammersee, with copper museum;
- Pähl (591 - 760 m), resort at the southern end of the Ammmersee;
- Raising (553 m), with the transmission systems of the earth station;
Lakes and bodies of water
High Peissenberg from the south;
The Lech near Schongau
- The northeast adjoining Five Lakes Land with the starnberger Lake and the Ammersee;
- The Lech
Other goals
- Wieskirche, Rococo - pilgrimage church "to the Scourged Savior" and part of the UNESCO world cultural heritage;
- High Peissenberg (987 m) with a pilgrimage church and a far-reaching view of the Alps, the center of the region;
background
The traditional Pfaffenwinkel got its name after the, also for the catholic one Upper Bavaria, above-average number of monasteries and churches. The pre-alpine landscape of meadows, forests and lakes, characterized by the many church buildings, is representative of the entire Upper Bavaria region.
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getting there
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Tourist Attractions
Ammer Gorge
The Upper Bavarian "Grand Canyon" between Peissenberg and Altenau was created because the Ammer had to cut through a molasse bar here.
Echelsbacher Bridge
Widest-span Melan arch bridge in the world: 130 m arch span and 76 m height above the valley floor of the Ammer;
Veil falls
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Web links
- District Office Weilheim-Schongau: www.weilheim-schongau.de;
