An art walk through Murnau

Murnau is a well-known birthplace of Expressionism, centered around the " Blue Rider " group. The charming houses, villas, castles, and churches of this market town have graced countless paintings, depicted in all their forms and colors. An art walk through Murnau offers new perspectives. This themed trail takes you to the very spots where Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter set up their easels . Comparing their paintings with the present-day locations provides fresh insights into the artists' visions. Art enthusiasts can thus experience, to some extent, the groundbreaking developments in painting that began at the start of the 20th century.

The first stop on the art walk takes you to the Münter House. The artist couple Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky lived together for several years in this beautiful little house with a garden and blue shutters. Kandinsky immortalized the view of Murnau am Staffelsee from the Münter House in more than 30 versions in his paintings. You can enjoy the same view directly behind the house on Hochanger. You then walk a few streets to the Murnau Untermarkt. A large number of paintings by the two artists were created here too. See for yourself how Gabriele Münter must have perceived the hustle and bustle that she painted in her painting “Chaff Loads in Winter”.

The Kirchsteig continues to Bauhoferweg. There you will find Murnau's St. Nicholas Church, which Kandinsky bathed in a mystical evening light in his 1909 painting. The grave of his long-term partner Gabriele Münter is also located in the Murnau cemetery. The next stop on the art walk takes you to Lindenburgweg. Opposite number 35 you will see the house that Münter depicted in her 1908 painting "At the Lindenburg". Via Viehmarktplatz you will finally reach Schloßbergstrasse and then the castle courtyard. Here, under colorful light impressions, one of Kandinsky's early Murnau paintings was created: "Schloßhof I". The walk finally leads you back to Obermarkt via another viewpoint in Grüngasse, with its breathtaking view of the mountains.