Adelholzener Radrunde

Traunstein - Erlstätt - Grabenstätt - Bergen - Siegsdorf - Traunstein Healing springs, sacred places, mountain views and lots of nature, that's what characterizes the Adelholzener tour. It runs around 36 kilometers through the southern Chiemgau. You cycle mainly on quiet side streets and spacious cycle paths. You only get sweaty on the short ascent to the Primusquelle in Bad Adelholzen. The starting point of the Adelholzner Runde is the town square of Traunstein. The city is the seat of the district of the same name and the capital of the Chiemgau. At the beginning of the 17th century, the brine pipeline from Bad Reichenhall to Traunstein was built. The production of salt was the most important industry for a long time and brought prosperity to the city. In 1912 the last Traunstein saltworks in the Au were closed. At the west end of the town square is the town parish church of St. Oswald, with its onion-shaped tower and long gabled roof. In terms of shape, it is a long, late Baroque pillar room with seven bays and large side chapels. The vaults are decorated with rich neo-baroque stucco work. Cyclists leave the church behind, ride past the city park with the Luitpoldeiche, under the train tracks and out of the city in the direction of Erlstätt. The cycle path runs parallel to the road and is generously developed. The view stretches south to the mountains, to the north there are meadows, forests and fields. Erlstätt is a district of Grabenstätt, which can be reached after a further six kilometers by bike. Even before the town sign, the nature reserve "Grabenstätter Moos" and the Hirschau and Hagenauer bays of the Chiemsee extend to the right. Here is the estuary of the Tiroler Achen, also known as the Achendelta. It is the largest natural inland delta in Central Europe with vegetation-free gravel areas, lush alluvial forests, valuable litter meadows and a huge world of birds. The nature observation tower in the Hirschau Bay offers an ideal view of Lake Chiemsee, especially of the sandbanks in the Achen delta, where many waders and waterfowl are at home. The shore zones of the Achen delta are an important retreat for bird life and are therefore not allowed to be entered. The tourist information and tourist office offer guided bird watching as well as plant and nature hikes. The Grabenstätt Roman Museum is also worth a visit. In the period 50 BC to around 300 AD, the Chiemgau experienced an economic and cultural heyday. Roman architecture was reflected in numerous estates, there was already central heating (hypocaust heating), the floors were covered with mosaics and the walls were brightly painted. A documentation shows the foundation walls of such a large estate that was found near Erlstätt. A lovely testimony to Bavarian piety is the Loreto Church in the district of Marwang. Numerous votive tablets from more than three centuries hang here. The interior of this double church, built in 1648, is a replica of the dwelling of the Holy Family of Nazareth, the model of which can be found in Loreto near Ancona in Italy. The Tüttensee near Grabenstätt is worth a detour. The body of water is one of the warmest lakes in Upper Bavaria. Meanwhile, the Adelholzener tour continues towards the Karlsperg vantage point. Here it builds up in front of one of the Hochfelln (1,674) and specifies the next destination, the town of Bergen. To the south are the Chiemsee and the Chiemgau in all their glory. In the further course, the small road that you follow first crosses the motorway and railway tracks, then leads over a bridge over the narrow Aitrach stream and through the "Bergener Moos" nature reserve directly to the climatic health resort. As the former largest and most important ironworks in Bavaria, the Maxhütte Bergen can look back on a history of great importance. It was originally an old hammer mill that Pankratz von Freyberg, owner of the Hohenaschau and Wildenwart estates, acquired in 1561 and had it expanded into a smelting works. The basis was the iron ore deposits at Teisenberg. Lovers of traditional costumes and customs should plan a detour to the Schusterhof on the Schellenberg. The property was first mentioned in 1430. The last owner, Andreas Mayer, wanted to set up a foundation here with the purpose of preserving Bavarian customs. It wasn't him...