Around Lake Tegernsee – bike tour through the scenic foothills of the Alps and noble holiday resorts

Today we cycle around Lake Tegernsee. On the way we visit the well-known posh towns of Rottach-Egern and Bad Wiessee on the banks of the lake. Then we take a walk in the town of Tegernsee to the Great Paraplui viewpoint.

We start our tour in the town of Tegernsee and first ride along the beautiful waterfront promenade. Here we pass the former Tegernsee monastery. Its founding in 746 was the nucleus of the settlement of the Tegernsee Valley. After a period of prosperity in the Middle Ages, it became the summer residence of the Bavarian King Max I Joseph after secularization, which marked the beginning of tourism on Lake Tegernsee. Today the building houses a brewery and a restaurant.
We continue cycling and already have a beautiful view of the community of Rottach-Egern, which we will soon reach. The place is known for its posh tourism with noble hotels and fine restaurants. Many celebrities have their residence and second home here. Here, too, there is a beautiful waterfront promenade, where Bavarian traditional brass music, but also swing, can be heard from the music pavilion. In the nearby spa complex we find sculptures of the town’s most famous residents at the time, the tenor Leo Slezak and the Bavarian local poets Ludwig Ganghofer and Ludwig Thoma. Today Lake Tegernsee is a popular residential area for former and current FC Bayern soccer team employees, including Uli Hoeneß, Manuel Neuer and Philipp Lahm, all of them famous soccer players of Germany.
We continue, cross the river Weissach, the main tributary of Lake Tegernsee, and come to Bad Wiessee. This is another posh place that has retained the typical Upper Bavarian cityscape. Here too we ride along a nice spa promenade along the lake.
From the north side of Lake Tegernsee we have a wonderful view over the lake and the entire Tegernsee valley with the mountains in the background.
Then we reach the starting point of our bike tour again, the city of Tegernsee. We walk through the charming town, walk along the waterfront and take a short hike to the Great Paraplui. The Great Paraplui is located on the Leeberg and is one of the most famous historical sights on Lake Tegernsee. The Bavarian King Max I Joseph already appreciated this place. He invited the Austrian and Russian emperors to show them the magnificent view of Lake Tegernsee and his summer residence. A memorial stone commemorates the so-called Three Kings meeting in 1822. The Leeberg is now a celebrity residential area. We come across a house with a striking soccer goal in the garden. Manuel Neuer, the goalkeeper of the German national soccer team, lives here.
After we have strengthened ourselves with the good Bavarian cuisine of the Tegernsee Monastery, we take an evening walk along the lake to the Small Paraplui. The lake now offers a wonderful view at dusk and sunset, a worthy end to our bike tour, which unfortunately has now come to an end with this stage.

You can find the Komoot link to the bike tour here: https://www.komoot.de/tour/1171611506
The Komoot link to the hike to the large Paraplui is here: https://www.komoot.de/tour/1161761032

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Bike tour in June 2023

Chapter
00:00 Intro
00:53 Riverside path at Tegernsee
02:16 Rottach-Egern
07:33 Cycle path along the lake
08:35 Bad Wiessee
09:35 North bank of Lake Tegernsee
10:55 City of Tegernsee
12:53 Hike to the Great Paraplui
15:07 Evening walk with sunset
18:46 Outro

Song: Summer Vibes
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Song: Meant to be
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Song: Sam
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Song: Amber
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Song: Iris
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The GPS track of the bike tour can be found in the video description We are in the town of Tegernsee on Lake Tegernsee View of the lake from our hotel Today we are going on a bike tour around Lake Tegernsee The waterfront promenade leads beautifully along the lake

We cycle past the former Tegernsee monastery Today it is used by a brewery and restaurants View of Rottach-Egern The well-known holiday resort is located on the southern shore of Lake Tegernsee We cross the Rottach creek The creek is only about 10 km long

We reach Rottach-Egern The Bavarian kings were the first holiday guests in the 19th century The Rottach-Egern music pavilion The spa complex by the lake invites you to stroll A monument to the three most famous citizens of Rottach-Egern Leo Slezak, Ludwig Ganghofer and Ludwig Thoma Leo Slezak (1873-1946) A famous tenor

Ludwig Ganghofer (1855-1920) A Bavarian local writer Ludwig Thoma (1867-1921) Another Bavarian local writer The brass band plays in the music pavilion We listen to Bavarian folk music But even Bavarian brass music keeps up with the times Bert Kaempfert’s “Swinging Safari”

We continue along the lake We pass expensive hotels, posh shops and fine restaurants The well-known Seehotel Überfahrt A luxury 5 star hotel The Peace Bell from 2005 It is rung on special occasions

The cross reminds us of a tragedy from the past In 1544 a storm swept a wedding party with the bride and groom to their deaths Traditional ferry terminal Here you can have a boat rowed to the other side

Do you like the video? Then please give us a like, write a comment and subscribe to our channel! We would be very happy about that! 😊 We leave Rottach-Egern We cycle past several beaches The river Weißach It is the main tributary of Lake Tegernsee

The outskirts of Bad Wiessee We see beautiful old farmhouses in the Bavarian style Bad Wiessee Another posh place on Lake Tegernsee Short break at the lake Nice view of the church of St. Quirin on the other side of the lake

Now the bike path goes a little uphill We reach the northern shore of the lake The casino in Bad Wiessee By the way, Uli Hoeneß, the former manager and president of the famous soccer club FC Bayern Munich, lives in Bad Wiessee

A wonderful view of the lake and the mountains Lake Tegernsee is about 50 km from Munich and is a popular excursion destination We are back in the city of Tegernsee The town developed around the Tegernsee monastery We walk through Rose Street There are stately, typically Bavarian houses here

We now walk along the waterfront It offers wonderful views of the lake The former Tegernsee monastery We want to have dinner here later The brewery’s beer is ready for us in the hotel But that’s not for pigs 😊🐷 Hike to the Big Paraplui This is a well-known viewpoint over Lake Tegernsee

The Big Paraplui The Bavarian, Austrian and Russian emperors met here in 1822 We leave the Big Paraplui The neighboring Leeberg is a popular celebrity residential area Manuel Neuer, the goalkeeper of the German national soccer team, lives here Note the soccer goal in the garden! The Karl Stieler monument Another Bavarian local poet

We are back at the monastery Now we enjoy the excellent Bavarian cuisine here Now we go for an evening walk A wonderful atmosphere in the light of the setting sun We reach the Small Paraplui The lookout point is on Point peninsula

The view is amazing View of the church of St. Laurentius in Rottach-Egern