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Municipality in Bavaria, Germany
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Murnau is a city of 12,000 people (2021) in Upper Bavaria about 90 km south of Munich. It is situated on the Staffelsee (lake), just north of the Bavarian Alps.
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Artists Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky lived there during the summer months from 1909 to 1914.
The Staffelsee is a scenic lake with a number of islands. Boat trips aboard the comfortable MS Seehausen call at Seehausen, Achele (Murnau) and Uffing.
The Das Blaue Land walking map (in German), available from the visitor centre in Murnau, shows the following routes:
A private brewery whose delicious beer is only sold onsite. (It's also a restaurant and hotel.)
By train
Murnau is on the train line between Munich and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and on the Oberammergau train line.
By car
The A95 motorway and the B 2 Bundesstrasse run through or near Murnau.
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