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Municipality in Bavaria, Germany
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Bad Kohlgrub is a small skiing resort and spa between Murnau and Oberammergau on the Ammergau railway in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district of Upper Bavaria. The community has the highest mud bath in Germany.
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The Hörnlebahn cable car takes you up to the Hörnle, the local mountain above Bad Kohlgrub in the Ammergau Alps. The mountain is a popular hiking area in summer and a small but fine ski area in winter. There is also a 4.5-km-long toboggan run with toboggans for hire at the valley station. Open: November to mid-December.
Friendly guesthouse on main street.
By car
From the north east and Munich area: via the Munich-Garmisch-Partenkirchen motorway to Sindelsdorf, then on the state road via Murnau to Kohlgrub, or alternatively Murnau.
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