page_title: Tegernsee
section_title: Attractions
hierarchical_section_title: Tegernsee / Attractions
caption_attribution_description: English: The former Benedictine Abbey viewed from the lake.
context_page_description: Tegernsee is a town in the Miesbach district of Bavaria, Germany, on the shore of Lake Tegernsee 747 m above sea level. A spa town, it is surrounded by an alpine landscape in Upper Bavaria, and has an economy mainly based on tourism.
  The town is also home to a former Benedictine monastery, the Tegernsee Abbey, today a Schloss.
context_section_description: The former Benedictine Abbey of Tegernsee is open to visitors. The complex is composed of the parish church of Saint Quirinus, the former abbey church, and the adjacent north and south wings surrounding the two courtyards. The north wing hosts the Herzoglich Bayerisches Brauhaus Tegernsee (Ducal Bavarian Brewery of Tegernsee), one of Germany's oldest breweries. The entire complex is called Schloss Tegernsee and has been owned by the Wittelsbach family since 1817.
  Other historic buildings include the houses of writer Ludwig Ganghofer and painter Joseph Karl Stieler, and the summer residence of Lord Acton. The Olaf Gulbransson Museum has been open since 1966 and is dedicated to the art of the Norwegian painter and caricaturist Olaf Gulbransson The Museum Tegernseer Tal was established in 1999 in the Old Rectory of Tegernsee. It has 17 exhibition rooms, and its theme is the history and culture of the Tegernsee valley from the Middle Ages to the present. The Tegernseer Volkstheater has been in use since 1898.
  The area around the Tegernsee lake serves as a recreational area. It is surrounded by the Bavarian Alps and occupies about 9 km² (3.5 sq mi). It offers aquatic sports such as swimming and fishing, and other activities including hiking and Nordic walking. One can climb the 700 metres to the top of the Baumgartenschneid: the ascent takes 2 hours and the descent 1½ hours.
caption: Schloss Tegernsee viewed from the lake
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