Mittenwald in Upper Bavaria

11 October 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Mittenwald and Lake Lautersee © Kogo

Mittenwald and Lake Lautersee © Kogo

Mittenwald is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen with 7,500 inhabitans, in Bavaria. Mittenwald is located approx. 16 kilometers to the south-east of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It is situated in the Valley of the River Isar, on the northern foothills of the Alps, on the route between the old banking and commercial centre of Augsburg, to the north, and Innsbruck to the south-east, beyond which is the Brenner Pass and the route to Lombardy, another region with a rich commercial past and present.   read more…

Landsberg am Lech

25 June 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Market Square © flickr.com - Christian Spannagel/cc-by-sa-2.0

Market Square © flickr.com – Christian Spannagel/cc-by-sa-2.0

Landsberg am Lech is a town in southwest Bavaria, about 65 kilometers west of Munich and 35 kilometers south of Augsburg on the Romantic Road. It is the capital of the district of Landsberg am Lech. Landsberg has a picturesque lively medieval old town, which is still in pretty good shape.   read more…

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