Our museums give you an insight into the history, tradition and modernity of the region. Art lovers can also gain an insight into the work of local artists and view their works in numerous exhibitions.
In our churches and chapels, on the other hand, you will find places of peace and contemplation. In addition to their sometimes eventful history, they offer you impressive architecture and the opportunity to pause for a moment.
Grainau was originally under the jurisdiction of the mother church in Garmisch. Church services such as baptisms, weddings and funerals were held in Garmisch, and the people of Grainau also had to go to church in Garmisch. Nevertheless, the villages had their own chapels. The Obergrainau chapel on the Kirchbichl was built in 1697, the Untergrainau chapel around 1730 and the Hammersbacher Marienkapelle in 1783 using stones from the "Hammersbacher Burg".
In 1812, the first local priest moved into Grainau, in 1835 the mountain cemetery was laid out and in 1927 the Obergrainau church was given its current appearance. The final ecclesiastical separation from Garmisch took place in 1945 with the establishment of the parish of Grainau.
The villages suffered little from the effects of war during the Freising period. Obergrainau, however, was not spared from fire and water. On March 12, 1779, a major fire destroyed 14 houses and the church. The narrow construction, the wooden buildings and a severe drought were the reason why almost all the properties around the upper village square fell victim to the fire. Only a few years later, on June 21, 1788, the Alplebach mired the village square and made two houses uninhabitable.
|
Catholic Church |
Address: |
Phone: |
|
|
Parish Church of St. John the Baptist |
Kirchbichl 6 |
82491 Grainau |
08821/8805 |
|
Protestant church |
|||
|
Redeemer Church |
Zugspitzstrasse 99 |
82491 Grainau |
08821/51200 |
| Maria Coronation | Schwarzenkopfweg/Alpspitzstraße | 82491 Grainau | 08821/8805 |
| St. Joseph | Waxensteinstraße/Baderseeweg | 82491 Grainau | 08821/8805 |
| Assumption of Mary | Kreuzeckweg | 82491 Grainau | 08821/8805 |
| War Memorial Chapel | Höhenrainweg | 82491 Grainau | 08821/8805 |
Catholic parish church:
|
Summer |
|
|---|---|
|
Saturday |
6.00 p.m. |
|
Sunday |
09.30 a.m. |
|
Winter (from September) |
|
|
Friday |
6.00 p.m. |
|
Saturday |
6.00 p.m. |
|
Sunday |
09.30 a.m. |
Chapels: Untergrainau and Hammersbach alternate:
|
Summer |
|
|---|---|
|
Friday |
7.00 p.m. |
Evangelical Church of the Redeemer:
|
Summer and winter |
|
|---|---|
|
Sunday |
11.00 a.m. |
The donor Marianne Aschenbrenner has made her former home available for her extensive collection. The doll and porcelain collection is housed on two floors. A modern new building houses the nativity scene exhibition and provides space for events and special exhibitions.
A visit to the barrier-free Aschenbrenner Museum is worthwhile
Address:
Loisachstr. 44
82467 Garmisch-P.
Phone +49 (0) 88 21 7 30 31 05
The Werdenfels Museum, district museum in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, was founded in 1895 from a private collection. Since 1973, the museum has been housed in a former merchant's house from the 17th century.
The Werdenfels Museum, one of the most important of its kind in Bavaria, has set itself the task of preserving history, art, regional customs, interesting facts, typical and characteristic features of the region and its people.
Also worth seeing is the carnival room with masks of various kinds. They provide an overview of the carnival tradition in this region.
Address:
Ludwigstr. 47
82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Phone +49 (0) 88 21 75 17 10
He was not only a composer and conductor, but also a cultural politician, educated citizen and family man. Discover the many facets of Richard Strauss in the exhibition rooms.
Address:
Schnitzschulstr. 19
82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Phone +49 8821 180-7900
Opening hours: Monday - Friday (except public holidays) 10:00 - 16:00
The violin making museum was founded in 1930 and has been housed in one of the oldest and most beautiful buildings in Mittenwald since 1960. The exhibition shows the craft of violin making and its development over more than three hundred years, linked to the history of the village.
The focus of the high-quality and extensive collection of instruments is on baroque Mittenwald violin making. Of course, the 19th and 20th centuries up to the workshops of the present are also presented. Listening and smelling samples, historical films on the subject of violin making, the historical show workshop and special exhibitions make the visit varied.
Museum address:
Ballenhausgasse 3
82481 Mittenwald
Tel +49 (0) 88 23 / 25 11
Over 60 originally preserved buildings make the rural everyday life of the people of Upper Bavaria tangible in the Glentleiten Open-Air Museum. They were dismantled at their original location and rebuilt on the museum grounds. In the museum, the houses are exhibits. With their furnishings and the traces of past generations, they tell their own story and that of their former inhabitants. The working world, customs and traditions, but also the architecture with its regional differences can be experienced at the Glentleiten.
Address:
An der Glentleiten 4
82439 Glentleiten
Phone +49 (0) 88 51 18 50
www.glentleiten.de
A tour with the history of the origins of the Murnau landscape, the cultural history of Murnau and its development into a popular "summer resort". This combination has had a magnetic effect on artists and other important personalities since the 19th century. At the heart of the museum is the extensive collection of paintings, drawings and prints by Gabriele Münter, the Neue Künstlervereinigung München and the Blaue Reiter.
Address:
Schlosshof 2-5
82418 Murnau
Phone +49 (0) 88 41 47 62 07
The Münter House in Murnau, which belongs to the Gabriele Münter and Johannes Eichner Foundation, is now a memorial that displays very personal works, including furniture and walls painted by Kandinsky and Münter, as well as collections of folk objects.
In accordance with the artist's wishes, the entire Münter House has been open to the public since its renovation in 1998/99 as a place of remembrance of her art and that of the Kandinskys.
Address:
Kottmüllerallee 6
82418 Murnau
Phone: 08841/ 62 88 80
Four museums under one roof on the shores of Lake Starnberg - the Buchheim Museum unites paintings, watercolors, drawings and prints by the Expressionists and folk and ethnological objects such as cult and everyday objects from Africa and Asia, works by self-taught artists and handicrafts from all over the world under one roof. The museum is also the center of permanent activities. There is also a combined ticket with the scheduled boats of the Bayerische Seenschifffahrt on Lake Starnberg.
Address:
Am Hirschgarten 1
82347 Bernried on Lake Starnberg
Phone: 08158/ 99 700
A miracle of tears around the miraculous image of the Scourged Savior was the reason for the construction of a pilgrimage church near Steingaden in the Pfaffenwinkel.
According to UNESCO, "Die Wies" is now one of the most beautiful rococo churches in the world and attracts more than a million visitors every year. The Wieskirche has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983.
Address:
Wies 12
86989 Steingaden
Tel. 0 88 62 93 29 30
Copyright 2025 © All rights Reserved.
EN 
DE