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Municipality in Bavaria, Germany
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Mittenwald is an Alpine town in the German state of Bavaria. Although it only has a population of 7,200 people (2023), it has a great tradition of violin-making. It is a pretty small town with dramatic mountains in the background in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, near the border with Austria.
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Bavarian cuisine
Mittenwald has a railway station on the Munich-Innsbruck railway. Deutsche Bahn operates hourly trains to Munich and two-hourly trains to Innsbruck.
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