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Murnau a. Staffelsee lies in the picturesque foothills of the Alps and is the heart of the Blue Land, as it was once affectionately called by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc. Just a few kilometers south lies the Murnauer Moos at your feet and behind it the imposing mountain peaks of the Alps rise into the sky. The three lakes - the Staffelsee, Riegsee and Froschhauser See - can be found on the eastern and western outskirts of the town and the Upper Bavarian royal castles are also in the immediate vicinity. Murnau is therefore an ideal starting point for discovering the region.

Pleasant place with a view of the mountains

The centrally located Untermarkt and Obermarkt are the heart of the market town. There is a lot of life here in the colorful pedestrian zone and in the adjacent streets and alleys: in Galleries and studios, in the traditional ones coffee houses, in the modern ones Restaurants or in the Brewery inns. Owner-managed shops and craft shops around the town hall invite you to take a carefree stroll. Browsing through the small shops can be easily combined with a tour of the historic old town - on your own or with someone Local tour.

Special experiences and things to see in Murnau at a glance

Münter House and Castle Museum
Restaurants, breweries, beer gardens and cafes
owner-managed boutiques and shops
Relay shipping
Numerous swimming lakes in the area
A variety of wonderful hiking and cycling trails

Murnau is probably one of the few places that truly fulfills the predicate "picturesque" 100 percent. Thanks to world-famous painters, numerous buildings and landscapes in and around Murnau have made it onto the walls of major art museums in New York, Munich, and St. Petersburg. Major names in the art scene settled here between Staffelsee and Murnauer Moos. Even today, Murnau am Staffelsee remains a vibrant artists' community with a multitude of creative professionals who showcase their skills in various studios and galleries or teach them to all art lovers in creative workshops.

Living art textbook

What drew artists like Wassily Kandinsky here? Was it the inspiring nature in which the tranquil, beautiful place is embedded or the special lighting conditions around Murnau and Staffelsee? If you want to follow in the footsteps of the expressionist artists' original motifs, this is the place for you Art walk created. The path leads, among other things, to the Murnau Castle Museum, where there are numerous pictures of the Artist movement “Blue Rider” are on display and to the Münter House. The white and blue wooden house towers above the town and was the home of Gabriele Münter and her partner Wassily Kandinsky, who was of Russian origin, from 1909 to 1914. It was better known to the people of Murnau as the “Russian House”. The Münter-Haus Museum is like an art textbook come to life, where you can immerse yourself in the lives of creative people.

Murnau has two attractive museums - in both you can follow in the footsteps of Blue Rider embarked. While the Münter House was formerly of Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky Inhabited summer residence can be found in Murnau Castle Museum her works and numerous paintings by the Blaue Reiter. But Murnau's history also comes into focus here: regional crafts and nature reserves, world literature and the hustle and bustle of the Brandenburg region.

Wanderlust in the Lake Kingdom - the Blue Land

And just a stone's throw from the center of the market are the wonderfully blue lakes, such as the Staffelsee, the Riegsee or the Froschhauser See. Whether it was the lakes shimmering in all shades of blue or the expressionist group of artists that gave the region the name "Blue Land" doesn't really matter - what is much more exciting is that the color blue stands for longing and clarity and has a calming effect on people, and Murnau in the Blue Land of the Zugspitz region certainly has that. This is something that hikers and cyclists in particular experience, exploring Murnau and the natural landscape in which the market is embedded on foot or from the saddle of a bicycle.

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