Numerous high-quality cultural monuments in the Ammergau Alps Nature Park bear witness to an eventful past. Our interactive adventure tour gives you insights into the history and stories of the region.
Sights in the nature park
Passion theater
The world-famous Passion Play takes place on the stage of the Passion Theater every 10 years!
Linderhof Palace
Ludwig II was the only one of his buildings to complete his Royal Villa (1878). It has a French influence: behind the baroque facade, rococo style unfolds based on motifs from the time of Louis XV. Ludwig also adopted much of the South German Rococo of his ancestors, as he had experienced it as a child in Nymphenburg, and created rooms of the greatest abundance and preciousness in Linderhof. The park, one of the most beautiful of the 19th century, combines motifs from the Baroque garden with magnificent water parterres and the English landscape garden. It is home to fascinating buildings such as the Moroccan House, the Moorish Kiosk and the Venus Grotto, a huge artificial grotto, designed according to Richard Wagner's stage directions for Act I of his opera Tannhäuser. Two other sets from Wagner's musical dramas erected in the park are the Hundinghütte (Act I of Walküre) and the Hermitage of Gurnemanz (Act III of Parsifal). Linderhof was Ludwig II's declared favorite place.
Ettal Monastery
With its imposing baroque basilica and the rococo sacristy Ettal Monastery known far beyond the region.
Churches & Chapels
... are witnesses to the past and the lived faith.