Between and the Bavarian – Museum Scenery 4

Partner Hotels 5

1 Buchheim 6 in Bernried on Lake

Hotels in the Starnberg MUSEUM SCENERY Five Lake Region 10 EXPRESSIONISM More to Explore 11, 20 2 Museum Penzberg – Campendonk Collection 7 Town in the Land of The Blue Rider

Hotels in the Pfaffenwinkel 12 More to Explore 21

Münsing 3 Museum 8 A95 20th Century Art

Hotels in a. See 14 More to Explore 22 BUCHHEIM 4 Schloßmuseum Murnau 9 MUSEUM 2 The Blue Rider, Gabriele Münter, BERNRIED Ödön von Horváth

Hotels in Murnau 16 FRANZ MARC More to Explore 23

MUSEUM 5 Städtische Galerie im 19 KOCHEL A. SEE 6 Pinakothek der Moderne Munich 19

SCHLOSS Hotels in Munich 19 More to Explore MUSEUM Front cover: MURNAU Museum Scenery Expressionism Sleeping Pechstein Voucher 24 1910 oil on canvas MUSEUM Imprint 24 Buchheim Museum PENZBERG CAMPENDONK 3 Between Munich and the Bavarian Alps – Museum Scenery Expressionism

USEENKARTE M EXPRESSIONISMUS

Art and nature combine uniquely in the area between Munich and the Bavarian Alps to provide an intense experience. A concentrated and representative overview of German Expressionism can be enjoyed Details on the Museum Scenery here in numerous museums. Expressionism Voucher can be found The art of The Blue Rider () originated in the foothills on the back cover of the brochure. of the Bavarian Alps between Munich, Murnau and Kochel a. See and The voucher is valid indefinitely. heralded a new art age worldwide. In the land of the lakes, Lake Starn- Partner Hotels berg, Kochelsee, Staffelsee and Osterseen, no less than four museums are dedicated to Expressionist currents in art. The partner prices quoted include the following services: The Bernried museum centres on works of the artists’ association, Two overnight stays for two people in a double room with the Bridge, (Brücke, 1905-1913), founded in Dresden, and Kochel a. See, breakfast in a hotel of your choice in Starnberg, Bernried, Münsing, Murnau and Penzberg on those of The Blue Rider artists who were , Iffeldorf, Kochel a. See, Murnau or Penzberg. active in this area. Landscape, nature, art and culture come together The Museum Scenery Expressionism Voucher entitles you singularly in a lake district of scenic beauty where artists like Wassily to reduced rates at the Buchheim Museum, Franz Marc Museum, Kandinsky, Franz Marc, Gabriele Münter, and the Schloßmuseum Murnau and Museum Penzberg – Campendonk young Heinrich Campendonk discovered a new means of pictorial Collection. The museums are closed on Mondays. expression, developing with particular intensity the vivid and powerful images of Expressionism in all its facets. ™ Optional free extras and special features of the hotel The Pinakothek der Moderne and the Städtische Galerie im Lenbach- Services on additional payment haus, both in Munich, are also a must-see on the map of Expressionism. The interaction between landscape and art becomes apparent during The partner prices are valid all year, as a rule, except for the period a museums and lakes tour to Bernried on Lake Starnberg, Penzberg near of the Oktoberfest. Please do, however, enquire about the currently valid Osterseen, Kochel a. See and Murnau on Staffelsee. There the Buchheim room rate in your chosen hotel! You can book directly at the hotel. Museum, Museum Penzberg – Campendok Collection, Franz Marc The tourist offices mentioned will be glad to advise you. Museum and Schloßmuseum Murnau can be visited with the MuSeen- Karte Expressionismus, (Museum Scenery Expressionism Voucher). The Werdenfelsbahn train service takes you from Munich to the Thereafter, you can take in the landscape of the lakes, go on excursions museums of the Museum Scenery Expressionism every hour. Timetables, and enjoy the cordial atmosphere of our partner hotels. information and tickets available on: www.bahn.de/werdenfelsbahn (website only available in German)

4 5 Buchheim Museum der Phantasie Penzberg Museum – Campendonk Collection BERNRIED ON LAKE STARNBERG PENZBERG NEAR OSTERSEEN

Am Hirschgarten 1, D – 82347 Bernried Am Museum 1, D – 82377 Penzberg www.buchheimmuseum.de T +49 (0)8856 813-481 (administration) T +49 (0)8158 9970-0 www.museum-penzberg.de

Opening hours Opening hours April-October: Wed-Sun and bank holidays 10.00-18.00 Tue-Sun and bank holidays 10.00-18.00 First Thu in month 18.00-21.00 November-March: Groups also on Mon and Thu Tue-Sun and bank holidays 10.00-17.00 Closed 24 and 31 December

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Heinrich Campendonk Village Path, 1910 The Castle of the Holy Grail, around 1923 oil on canvas reverse glass painting, Museum Penzberg – Buchheim Museum Campendonk Collection

Comprehensive groups of works USA, Japan and Israel.Erich Heckel’s The area south of Munich with its artistic creativity which went including paintings, watercolours, painting, “Sleeping Pechstein”, singular landscape has long been through many phases of develop- drawings and graphic prints of of 1910, (front cover), is one of the a place where many artists live or ment extending into the nineteen- the painters of the Bridge artists’ highlights of the Bridge collection go on retreat, with the Blue Rider fifties. association, (1905-1913), Ernst and is considered to be the cradle and ZEN 49 groups being its most Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Karl of German Expressionism. famous representatives. Works from all periods and in Schmidt-Rottluff, Otto Mueller, Max The architect Günter Behnisch a variety of techniques illustrate Pechstein and Emil Nolde, as well designed the museum building with At the beginning of June 2016, both the quality and artistic range as Lovis Corinth and Max Beck- its around 4,000 square metres the renovated museum with its of Campendonk, who especially in mann form the nucleus of the col- of exhibition area. It is situated new extension featuring more his reverse glass paintings created lection and are variously exhibited. directly on the lake in an extensive exhibition space will be host to a works of art of singular beauty, The painter, publisher, author of park and combines art, nature and significantly more comprehensive mastery and fascination. The Penz- art books and novels, (“The Boat”), architecture in an unique synthesis. collection. The Penzberg Museum berg Museum as a research insti- Lothar-Günther Buchheim, (1918- Special exhibitions present un- now houses the world’s largest tute publishes papers on the 2007), put this world-class col- known treasures, individually or collection of works by Heinrich artist’s œuvre and will be issuing lection together which documents grouped thematically, from the Campendonk (1889-1957). In 1911 a special catalogue of his reverse the development of German museum’s inventory, especially in at the age of 21, Campendonk glass works in autumn 2016. Expressionism from its beginnings the field of classical modernity, or came to Upper from the till the period after the First World delve deeper into various aspects Rhineland at the invitation of Marc A further emphasis of the collec- War. He did not, however, concen- of the extensive collection. and Kandinsky and became the tion is on the work of Gerhard trate exclusively on the Expression- Presentations including concerts youngest member of the Blue Fietz who together with Rupp- ists but also traced their sources of classical music and music from Rider group of artists. Searching recht Geiger, Fritz Winter and of inspiration – the art of Africa around the world take place in the for his own motifs, he was fasci- was a member and the South Seas – as well as exhibition rooms, intensifying the nated by the coal-mining town of of the ZEN 49 group of artists. expressive tendencies in folk and dialogue between painting, music, Penzberg with its particular hous- This body stood for modern ab- ethnographic art. The collection literature and the theatre. ing colony and colliery structures. stract art in from 1949 gained worldwide recognition in See our homepage for current The pictures in his Blue Rider onwards and its works became the nineteen-eighties during an activities like workshops for young period were for him but the be- part of the international art scene. exhibition tour through Europe, the people and projects for schools. ginning of his own, highly individual

6 7 Franz Marc Museum – Art in the 20th Century Schloßmuseum Murnau KOCHELSEE AND MURNAU ON STAFFELSEE

Franz-Marc-Park 8-10 Schloßhof 2-5 D – 82431 Kochel a. See D – 82418 Murnau am Staffelsee www.franz-marc-museum.de T +49 (0)8841 476-207 (ticket desk), T +49 (0)8851 92488-0 -201 (administration) www.schlossmuseum-murnau.de Opening hours [email protected] April-October: Tue-Sun and bank holidays, 10.00-18.00 Opening hours November-March: All year: Tue-Sun and bank holidays, 10.00-17.00 Tue-Sun and bank holidays, 10.00-17.00 Franz Marc Closed 24 and 31 December In addition: July-September, Sat, Sun -18.00 Gabriele Münter Stooks in the Snow, 1911 Barrier free access and facilities 1 - 23 and 25 December, 1 January: Murnau, 1909 oil on canvas only 13.00-17.00 oil on board Franz Marc Foundation collection Closed 24 and 31 December privately owned, Munich/PSM Private Barrier free access and facilities Foundation, Schloßmuseum Murnau

The Franz Marc Museum was more than 700 square metres Murnau and its surroundings were had on these artists. They illustrate founded in Kochel a. See in 1986 as in dialogue with those of his con- an area that the artists of The Blue the eminent role Murnau played a monument to the life and work temporaries and painter-friends. Rider genuinely felt at home in. in the development of The Blue of its renowned name giver. Franz Special exhibitions that relate This, therefore, forms the starting Rider. Marc spent important periods in to the subject of the collection point of the permanent collection The presentation of the origin his career as a painter in the Upper complement the main focus and of the Schloßmuseum. The main and the particularities of the land Bavarian countryside around Kochel provide novel insight into the art focus of the exhibition is on the at the foothills of the Alps, the a. See before his death as a soldier of the 20th century. emergence of the landscape around history of settlement in the in the First World War. He was one In only a short period of time, Murnau, the town itself and its attractive market town that drew of the central artistic personalities the Franz Marc Museum with its cultural history, its development painters like Carl Spitzweg to of the 20th century, crystallizing and fascinating view of the Karwendel towards a summer health resort Murnau as early as the 19th mirroring the numerous approaches mountain range with the Herzog- and the work of prominent century lead on to the portrayal to art of the artists of his genera- stand rising up from Kochelsee personalities and artists. of traditional folk art. tion and of succeeding generations. has attracted a host of art lovers At the heart of the permanent A new permanent exhibition The museum houses not only items from all over the world. It is exhibition are paintings, drawings created in 2010 is dedicated to the from the estate of Franz Marc and the museum’s special mix that and prints of Gabriele Münter, writer and playwright Ödön von the collection of the Franz Marc impresses the visitor: the private as well as of the artists of the Horváth, who stayed in Murnau Foundation, but also the prominent character of the museum, the New Artists’ Association Munich, between 1924 and 1933. Here collection of the Etta and Otto harmonious interaction of archi- (Neue Künstlervereinigung he wrote many plays, including Stangl Foundation. Apart from tecture, works of art and their München), and of The Blue Rider. “The Pleasant View Hotel”, “Italian works of The Blue Rider, important presentation, the location of the The paintings and prints of Night”, “Casimir and Caroline”, examples of Bridge Expressionism, house in spectacular natural Marianne von Werefkin, Alexej von and began his novel, “Youth with- as well as outstanding works of surroundings, and the possibility of Javlensky and , out God”. A portrait Gabriele and major abstract paint- combining a visit to the museum who together with Gabriele Münter painted of him in 1931 ings from after the Second World with further activities in the area Münter took the decisive step shows that she was acquainted War are exhibited. Franz Marc is and the enjoyment of local food. towards Expressionism during with the author. Special exhibitions the focal point of the museum build- their legendary study visit here in add to the spectrum of the supra- ing newly constructed in 2008. His 1908, bear witness to the fascin- regional and culture works are presented in an area of ation the town and surroundings in Murnau.

8 9 Tourist-Info Hauptstraße 1 Across Lake Starnberg – D – 82319 Starnberg to Corinth, Beckmann and the Bridge Painters T +49 (0)8151 9060-0 F +49 (0)8151 9060-90 [email protected] www.sta5.de

top: museum steamer MS “Phantasie”

bottom: Erich Heckel Sleeping Pechstein, 1910 oil on canvas Buchheim Museum

More to Explore Bayerische Seenschifffahrt Museum steamer, MS “Phantasie”, (southern tour), www.seenschifffahrt.de May to September, daily except Mondays, (boat sails on Whit Monday). The Buchheim Museum can also be reached by taking the grand boat tour from Starnberg. Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Golf-Hotel Schlossgut OberambachPPPP Starnberg PPPPS Kaiserin Elisabeth PPPP Bio-Hotel and Vitality Center Monastery of Andechs T +49 (0)8151 44700 T +49 (0)8157 93090 T +49 (0)8177 9323 Bergstraße 2, D – 82346 Andechs www.vier-jahreszeiten- www.kaiserin-elisabeth.de www.schlossgut.de T +49 (0)8152 376-253 F +49 (0)8152 376-267 starnberg.de Partner price € 290.00 Partner price from € 270.00 [email protected], www.andechs.de Partner price € 578.00 Guided tours (by advance booking): Junior Suite incl. breakfast The 4 stars golf hotel is centrally Idyllic bio hotel with 40 rooms and • pilgrimage church: Mon-Fri, duration 1 hour, minimum 12 participants buffet with a live cooking station located between Munich and the suites. Situated in an unique area • monastery brewery: Mon-Thu, duration a bottle of Prosecco, chocola- Bavarian Alps. It connects tradition above Lake Starnberg. Treatment 1 hour, minimum 12 participants • monastery distillery: daily tasting, tes, minibar, Nespresso® machine and history with modern comfort. centre with natural cosmetics, duration 1 hour, max. 40 participants and Clarins cosmetics set in room Enjoying Relaxation, golfing, cele- massages, traditional Ayurveda, • Herb garden: entrance free from spring five-course menu incl. wine in brations and conventions with an yoga, gourmet hiking-tour, e-bikes to autumn the Gourmetrestaurant Aubergine amazing view over Lake Starnberg and trekking bikes for rent. on day of arrival in combination with the high Cultural weekend events and incl. spa and fitness area with quality cuisine in the restaurant active program with concerts, lec- panoramic view over Starnberg or pub style “Stüberl”. tures, yoga, meditations and others free Wi–Fi high–speed internet four-course “Sisi” menu Relax area with sauna and Offer available all year (except Au- in the restaurant or pub style stream bath gust). When booking, please specify room € 35.00 per person Outdoor facilities and private day (Tue-Sat) to reserve a table in (beverages excluded) lake access the Gourmetrestaurant Aubergine. Vital corner with Grander For more to explore, see page 20. Water, tea bar and fresh fruits 10 The room prices quoted are for two people in a double room, including breakfast, for a stay of two nights. 11 Tourismusverband Pfaffenwinkel Bauerngasse 5 Near Scenic Osterseen – D – 86956 Schongau Where Heinrich Campendonk Found Inspiration T +49 (0)8861 211 3200 F +49 (0)8861 211 4000 [email protected] www.pfaffen-winkel.de

Heinrich Campendonk Couple on Balcony, around 1912/13

More to Explore Penzberg Colliery Museum Karlstr. 36 / rear of the Secondary Modern School (Realschule) 82377 Penzberg T +49(0)8856 813-481 www.bergwerksmuseum-penzberg.de Opening hours: Wed, Thu, Sat, Sun and public holydays 10.00-17.00 Hotel Marina Bernried PPPP Hotel Landgasthof Osterseen Landhotel Hoisl Bräu PPP T +49 (0)8158 9320 PPPS Iffeldorf Penzberg www.marina-hotel.de T +49 (0)8856 9286-0 T +49 (0)8856 9017330 Partner price from € 220.00 www.landgasthof-osterseen.de www.hoisl-braeu.de Partner price € 238.00 Partner price € 199.00 The Marina Resort is situated dir- ectly on the shore of Lake Starn- Whether you are on holiday, stop- Peace – nature – relaxation, you berg. Forget the everyday rush as ping over or attending a confer- will find all these at the Hoisl Bräu soon as you arrive and just look ence or seminar: you will enjoy country hotel. We have well-ap- The Colliery Museum has been re- out across the lake at the fascinat- the hospitality and atmosphere of pointed rooms with breathless designed to illustrate coal-mining ingly beautiful Bavarian landscape our country hotel. The comfort- views of the Alpine panorama. The in Penzberg with its impressive with the panorama of the Alps. ably furnished rooms guarantee a magnificent surroundings invite exhibits, multimedia points and ™ free parking and Wi-Fi restful and relaxing stay. you to liven up your vacation with film documentaries. Authentically ™ free fitness room ™ free Wi-Fi hiking, cycling or golf. reconstructed galleries are the ™ sauna and swimming pool ™ free use of sauna ™ all-year service on the sun ter- principal attraction of the museum ™ direct access to the lake ™ free bicycle hire race with a grand view of the Alps with heavy machinery, coal trucks ™ health resort tax € 0.44 per Savour our four-course candle ™ We will be happy to book your and simulated blasting, all of which person/per day light dinner incl. apéritif for golf tee times. paint a realistic picture of work three-course half-board € 42.00 per person. ™ free parking down the pit. € 30.00 per person bowling alley ™ free Wi-Fi wellness treats from € 35.00 For more to explore, see page 21

12 The room prices quoted are for two people in a double room, including breakfast, for a stay of two nights. 13 Tourist Information Kochel a. See D – Bahnhofstraße 23 Between Kochelsee and Walchensee – 82431 Kochel a. See Experience Franz Marc and T +49 (0)8851 338 F +49 (0)8851 844 [email protected] www.kochel.de

Franz Marc Mythical Creature II (horse), 1913

Hotel Waltraud PPP Landhotel Herzogstand PPP Seehotel Grauer Bär PPP Hotel Alpenhof Postillion PPPS T +49 (0)8851 333 T +49 (0)8851 324 T +49 (0)8851 92500 T +49 (0)8851 1820 www.gasthof-waltraud.de www.herzogstand.de www.grauer-baer.de www.alpenhofpostillion.com Partner price € 140.00 Partner price € 160.00 Partner price € 215.00 Partner price € 225.00

This welcoming, country-house Experience in the Traditional family-run hotel, Enjoy local delights, whether it be hotel has been in the same family idyllic artists’ village of Kochel beautifully located directly on summer or winter! Lots of choice for 50 years. Settle down, unwind a. See! Stay in a quiet hotel with Kochelsee. at our healthy breakfast buffet; and enjoy the comprehensive artistically decorated rooms and The Franz Marc Museum is only “Postillion” café-restaurant, hospitality and service. Relax on enjoy a tasty buffet breakfast – a ten-minute walk from the hotel. grotto style indoor swimming the lovely garden terrace or the stylish and authentic. In the Seehotel Grauer Bär – easy to pool with sauna. small Franz Marc gallery. Unique evening, we serve savoury snacks, reach, hard to leave. half-board € 23.00 per person location in the Kochel/Walchen- Bavarian “tapas”, in the comfort- Comfortable rooms, lake restaur- ™ free use of the sauna and a see ‘two lakes’ region, set against able restaurant or in the beer ant with sun terrace, wellness area cosy bathrobe and bathing sandals an imposing mountain backdrop. garden under chestnut trees. and panoramic relaxation room. for the period of your stay ™ wonderful breakfast buffet delicious barbecue every massage with view of Kochel- ™ bicycle hire served daily until noon Friday evening see from € 30.00 ™ complimentary ‘Franz Marc’ ™ We offer our guests special half-board € 22.00 per person coffee mug theme rooms à la Franz Marc, as ™ use of the wellness area, well as an “artist’s gourmet buffet boats and bicycles breakfast”.

14 The room prices quoted are for two people in a double room, including breakfast, for a stay of two nights. 15 Tourist Information Kohlgruber Straße 1 Around Staffelsee in the Blue Land – D – 82418 Murnau am Staffelsee Retracing the Steps of Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter T +49 (0)8841 6141-0 F +49 (0)8841 6141-21 [email protected] www.murnau.de

Wassily Kandinsky Murnau with Church, 1910

Alpenhof MurnauPPPPP Hotel Angerbräu PPPS Hotel Griesbräu zu Murnau PPP Klausenhof Hotel am Park PPPS T +49 (0)8841 4910 T +49 (0)8841 6258-76 T +49 (0)8841 1422 T +49 (0)8841 61160 www.alpenhof-murnau.com www.angerbraeu.de www.griesbraeu.de www.klausenhof-murnau.de Partner price from € 250.00 Partner price from € 218.00 Partner price € 230.00 Partner price € 210.00

Directly adjoining the Murnau peat Centrally situated in the immediate Our family-run, heritage-listed This traditional, family-run hotel is bog nature reserve, this country vicinity of the pedestrian precinct. hotel with its private brewery is located right by the Murnau Spa house style hotel is an oasis of Modern features have been skil- situated in the heart of Murnau. Gardens, just two minutes’ walk hospitality. Enjoy our excellent fully combined with the original Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kan- from the town centre. The hotel, cuisine, the bathing and sauna area, 17th century building style so that dinsky even enjoyed a stay with us furnished in a country house style, and our superior service. the Angerbräu Hotel with its art previously. Besides cosy, feel-good offers its guests a pleasant beer ™ plenty of variety at the gourmet gallery conveys an atmosphere of rooms we pride ourselves on our garden and a half-board restaurant. breakfast buffet with live cooking well-being. The "Wein(Ka)Fee" re- home-made and regional products For breakfast you can look for- ™ welcome drink on arrival staurant offers local and Mediter- – whether at the breakfast buffet ward to delicious home-made and ™ in the rooms: free Wi-Fi ranean cuisine as well as German or in our cuisine. local products. ™ free daily minibar top-up and international wines. ™ free use of sauna in Hotel Half-board, 3-course menu ™ free cosmetic products ™ From our wellness area on the Klausenhof € 18.00 per person/per day ™ use of bathrobes and slippers, fourth floor, there is a great view half-board, 3-course menu ™ free use of the sauna Yavanna wellness & spa with infus- of the Wetterstein mountain € 18.00 per person/per day ions / Kelo sauna & tea, water, fruit range with the . in the Kelo resthouse – all inclusive ™ free sauna and steam bath

16 The room prices quoted are for two people in a double room, including breakfast, for a stay of two nights. 17 Murnau on Staffelsee Munich – The Beginnings of The Blue Rider in the Art Capital Gabriele Münter Murnau, 1910

Tourist information / Information in person, More to Explore hotel reservations hotel bookings, guided tours and excursions at the Münter House in Murnau T +49 (0)89 233 96500, Mon-Fri 9.00-17.00 [email protected] tourist information offices Kottmüllerallee 6, D – 82418 Murnau www.simply-munich.com Central Station, Bahnhofsplatz 2 T +49 (0)8841 628880 Mon-Sat 9.00-20.00, Sun 10.00-18.00 Opening hours: daily except Mondays Group tours Marienplatz in the new City Hall 14.00-17.00, entrance fee € 3.00, T +49 (0)89 233 30234 Mon-Fri 10.00-19.00, Sat -17.00, Sun -14.00 (free up to the age of 24 inclusive, please [email protected] Seasonal variations possible present ID) Hotel Post Garni PPP Gabriele Münter and Wassily Städtische Galerie Pinakothek der Moderne T +49 (0)8841 487800 Kandinsky lived and worked in im Lenbachhaus Munich Munich www.hotel-post-murnau.de this house, also called the “Russian Luisenstraße 33, D – 80333 Munich Barer Straße 40, D – 80333 Munich Partner price € 220.00 House”, 1909-1914. Ideas and the www.lenbachhaus.de www.pinakothek.de T +49 (0)89 233 32000 T +49 (0)89 23805-360 art of The Blue Rider took shape Opening hours: Opening hours: Centrally located in the middle of Tue 10.00-20.00, Wed-Sun 10.00-18.00 Tue-Sun 10.00-18.00, Thu -20.00 Murnau’s pedestrian precinct, the hotel is bound by tradition – it has The Lenbachhaus has its home The Pinakothek der Moderne is been in the family since 1632. The in the former residence of painter the biggest museum in the world Post Hotel Garni was completely Franz von Lenbach. Its inter- for the art, design and architecture renovated in 2005 and its original national reputation is based on of the 20th and 21st centuries.The splendour now shines anew. a unique collection of works by modern art section is renowned Numerous reverse glass paintings here. The house became Gabriele the Blue Rider group, founded in for its major works of classical lend its comfortable ambience Münter’s permanent place of resi- 1911 by Kandinsky and Marc. modernity. a particular touch. dence from the nineteen-twenties ™ buffet breakfast with plenty till her death in 1962. After its of variety renovation in 1999, the house was ™ free parking opened to the public as a monu- ™ 2 bottles of mineral water ment and place of remembrance. ™ free Wi-Fi

18 The room prices quoted are for two people in a double room, 19 including breakfast, for a stay of two nights. More to Explore STARNBERG PFAFFENWINKEL More to Explore FIVE LAKE REGION PENZBERG AND OSTERSEEN

Rose Island and The Sindelsdorf Painters’ Path On the Trail of The Blue Feldafing Park Information and flyer: Rider on an Electro Bike Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung Tourismusverband Pfaffenwinkel Electro bike hire at the partner hotels, Außenstelle Starnberger See T +49 (0)8861 211-3200 see pages 12/13 Nepomukweg 4 www.sindelsdorf.de Further information and hiring-points: D – 82319 Starnberg www.pfaffen-winkel.de/de/movelo T +49 (0)8151 550730-0 Kandinsky: “We coined the name F +49 (0)8151 550730-9 of The Blue Rider at the garden T +49 (0)8861 211-3200In the tracks seeverwaltung.starnbergersee@ of The Blue Rider: cycle comforta- Empress Elisabeth Museum in the coffee table in the arbour in bsv.bayern.de bly from Osterseen to Murnau www.schloesser.bayern.de Possenhofen suburban railway station Sindelsdorf. We both loved blue, and back enjoying the Ferry to Rose Island Empress Elisabeth Museum Marc horses, I riders. The name gorgeous scenery that inspired Stefan Seerieder, Bernhard Zillner Schlossberg 2, D – 82343 Pöcking just presented itself.” the artists. www.roseninsel.bayern in the historic Possenhofen station (S6line) The arbour was the gathering- T +49 (0)8157 925932 Opening hours: ferry service from point of the Sindelsdorf painting Polling Monastery Village 1 May to mid-October 10.00-18.00, [email protected] Casino: Tue–Sun. 12.15-17.00 www.kaiserin-elisabeth-museum-ev.de community. Retrace the steps of Information: Municipal administration Museum: Tue-Sun. 12.00-18.00 Opening hours: 1 May to 16 October, the Blue Riders! Kirchplatz 11, D – 82398 Polling Fri-Sun and bank holidays 12.00-18.00; T +49 (0)881 1001 King Maximilian II of Bavaria and for groups outside general opening [email protected] purchased the Island of Wörth in hours all year round by advance booking www.polling.de 1850 and commissioned the The former Monastery of the architect Franz Kreuter with the The “Elisabethweg” takes the Augustine Canons houses works construction of a royal villa, the visitor on the trail of the Empress: of art from the Renaissance to so-called “Casino”, on the island. from Possenhofen station / Em- the present day: church, library The rose garden was planned by press Elisabeth Museum > Possen- building, American painting of the the Prussian garden sculptor Peter hofen Castle (only outside visits) Bernried Convent Village 19th century, dream house for the Joseph Lenné. King Ludwig II was > Rose Island > Empress Elisabeth Convent of Missionary Benedictine Sisters works of the New Yorker La Monte taken by the romantic ambience Hotel > Feldafing station. Steamer landing stage Bernried Young and a literary trail after T +49 (0)8158 907670, www.bernried.de and the seclusion of the island, The reverse order is also possible. Thomas Mann’s “Doctor Faustus”. and received Empress Elisabeth Bernried has twice won the gold and Richard Wagner here. Rose Lake Starnberg Museum medal as the most beautiful village Island and the adjacent Feldafing Possenhofener Str. 5, D – 82819 Starnberg in Bavaria, being a unique symbiosis (access via the Bahnhofplatz street) of art and nature. The Buchheim T +49 (0)8151 4477570 [email protected] Museum is situated directly on the www.museum-starnberger-see.de lake in Höhenried park. Enchant- Opening hours: Tue-Sun 10.00-17.00 ing walks can be undertaken in Guided tours by arrangement Please take note of special exhibitions. Bernried park, designed in the style of an English landscape Old Masters – Young Art Collection in the Lochmann garden with a pleasant variety of Stadtmuseum Weilheim, Marienplatz 1 The “Casino” island villa with its House, a listed building, illustrating meadows,bushes and solitary trees. T +49 (0)881 682-600 magnificent rose garden and glass column Opening hours: Tue-Sat 10.00-17.00, the way of life and work of the Sun 14.00-17.00, closed Mondays park are an outstanding example people on the lake in the 19th and www.museum.weilheim.de of landscape gardening. Their 20th centuries. A permanent so-called “mixed style” combines exhibition, “500 Years of Courtly Items on the history of the town geometrical and naturalistic forms. Navigation”, is located in the and of art can be seen in the old extension opened at the beginning rooms of the former town hall. of 2008 and includes the last There are special exhibitions of ornate barge, the “Dolphin”. contemporary artists.

20 21 More to Explore KOCHELSEE MURNAU ON STAFFELSEE More to Explore AND WALCHENSEE

Motor Boat Trips Lovis Corinth A Walk of Art – on Kochelsee in the Walchensee Museum The Blue Rider Trail (round trip) Walchensee-Museum Guided art historical tours and tourist 1 June to 30 September daily, Easter to Urfeld 4, D – 82432 Walchensee packages: information and bookings 31 May and 1Oct. to “Kirchweih”, (usually T +49 (0)8851 6159920 (from 18.00) at the Tourist Information Office, Murnau third Sunday in Oct.), on Sundays and [email protected] T +49 (0)8841 6141-0 bank holidays if the weather is good Opening hours: 1 June to 30 September You can encounter Kandinsky Motorschiffahrt Kochelsee GbR Thu-Sun 10.30-16.30 Groups may visit throughout the year and Münter not only in Murnau Kirchenweg 1, D – 82431 Kochel a. See Kaulbach Villa in Ohlstadt T +49 (0)8851 416 or 7241 by appointment. but also in Sindelsdorf and www.motorschiffahrt-kochelsee.de www.walchenseemuseum.de Kochel a. See. Kaulbachstraße 22, D – 82441 Ohlstadt T +49 (0)8841 7480 Opening hours: 1April - 31October Wed, Boat Trips on Staffelsee Sat 16.00-18.00, 25 December -10 January Information from the office of the Sat 15.00-17.00, groups of more than Staffelseeschifffahrt 10 persons by telephone appointment, T +49 (0)8841 628833 entrance fee including guided tour € 3.00

Experience Staffelsee by boat The painter Friedrich August von on a round trip: it is one of the Kaulbach, (1850-1920), built this From the town centre to the 180 original graphic prints by warmest and most beautiful lakes villa in 1893 as a summer residence. Franz Marc Museum (own landing Lovis Corinth are on exhibition. in Upper Bavaria with its seven His studio, today a museum, shows stage) or a round trip on Kochel- Discover Corinth along an art islands, swimming baths and lake- the paintings and manner of work see with a fantastic view of the theme path with seven illustrated side restaurants. of this 19th century artist. mountain scenery. information boards. Further information and flyer Oberammergau Museum Discovering Franz Marc ”Lovis Corinth entdecken“: Dorfstraße 8, D – 82467 Oberammergau Tips for Group Tours Tourist Information Walchensee, Ringstr. 1 – art walk in Kochel a. See T +49 (0)8822 94136 D – 82432 Walchensee, T +49 (0)8858 411 Opening hours: Tue-Sun 13.00-17.00, For further information, see flyer “Franz [email protected], www.walchensee.de Pilatushaus 15.00-17.00 1–3-day trips through Marc entdecken…” and to book a tour, www. oberammergaumuseum.de the Museum Scenery consult: Tourist Information Kochel a. See, Bahnhofstraße 23, D – 82431Kochel a. See Float up into the Bavarian The focus of this major cultural Expressionism. T +49 (0)8851 338, [email protected], Heavens by Cable Car … and historical museum is on three Local guides will be happy www.kochel.de … and enjoy the wonderful all- subjects: the Passion of Christ, to accompany you! You can take a relaxing walk round view of turquoise lakes and sculpture (e.g. famous cribs) and www.museenlandschaft- and discover numerous pictorial blue mountain summits. Both the outstanding reverse glass paintings expressionismus.de motifs of the Expressionist Franz panorama nature trail and the in the Pilatushaus. The significance Marc. Learn about the artist and mountain inn are worth a visit. of this collection has also to do his life on the way. Lined with Herzogstand cable car: Am Tanneneck 6, with the fact that Wassily Kandin- information boards, the path leads D – 82432 Walchensee, T +49 (0)8858 236 sky and Franz Marc knew these Open all year, except during annual main- through Kochel a. See via the tenance (usually mid-November – mid- pictures very well, were inspired “Kohlleite” vantage point and the December), [email protected] by them and published nine of “Fisherman’s Quarter” in about www.herzogstandbahn.de them in The Blue Rider almanach. two and a half hours. Starting point is the train station, respectively Tourist Information Kochel a. See. Tours are available in summer.

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Tour the museums and lakes at the in Kochel a. See, Schloßmuseum foothills of the Bavarian Alps with Murnau and Museum Penzberg – the MuSeenKarte Expressionis- Campendonk Collection. mus voucher. You pay the full price The Expressionist museums and at the first museum and visit the lakes landscape can also be happily other three at a reduced rate. explored by bicycle. Information Patrons of our partner hotels will on routes to take is available from receive the MuSeenKarte from their the tourist information offices hotel and will pay only the reduced mentioned. price in all four museums. The MuSeenKarte Expressionismus is Our tip: why not ride around available free of charge at the par- the foothills of the Bavarian Alps ticipating museums: Buchheim Mu- on an electro bike? Hire details: seum Bernried, Franz Marc Museum www.movelo.com

Imprint 2016 edition Publisher: the tourist offices in Kochel Marc Museum); pp. 5, 8,14,24, Franz Marc a. See, Murnau, Schongau, Starnberg und Museum, Kochel a. See; pp. 1, 5, 11, estate Munich in cooparation with the above- of Erich Heckel, Hemmenhofen; p. 20, mentioned museums. Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung; p. 19, Concept and design: Thomas Klinger; pp. 5, 12, Museum Penz- Schneider & Partner, Herrsching berg – Campendonk Collection; p. 21, Print: Weber Offset, Munich Marian Zazeela; p. 21, Gabriele Zelisko Translator: Martin Whittaker, Penzberg Cartography: Schneider & Partner, Photos: pp.5,6,7,9,12,18,24©VG Bild- Herrsching, kindly supported by the Kunst Bonn 2016; p 13, Penzberg Colliery Tourismusverband München-Oberbayern Museum; p. 19, Lenbachhaus; p. 3, Stefan (Oberbayern Map). Geobasis data Müller-Naumann; p. 3, Roger Frei (Franz © www.geodaten.bayern.de