Route X4: Buchheim Museum

St. John’s Hill (natural monument)

ice-age moraine hill with panoramic view of lake and mountains; for 200 years crowned by the
“St. John of Nepomuk”, the patron saint of fishermen.

Museum ship “Tutzing

Built in 1937 and in regular service until 1995; since 2001 at the jetty as a restaurant, Mi. – So. open

Höhenried Castle

youngest castle building in Germany, completed in 1939, by brewery heiress Wilhelmina Busch-Woods; public park with enclosure of white deer

Buchheim Museum

expressionist and also ethnological art collections of the author and artist Lothar-Günther Buchheim, also accessible by the museum ship “Phantasie” from Starnberg.

Bernried

“most beautiful village in Germany,” first mentioned in 1122; monastery (Missionary Benedictine Sisters) with collegiate church, formerly an Augustinian canons’ monastery; Bernried Park (nature conservation).

Auweiher

idyllically located in the forest moor pond, warmest water in the area (bathing pond).