The benedictine monastery Ettal
founded in 1330 by Holy Roman Emperor Ludwig der Bayer (Ludwig the Bavarian) for a group of knights and a community of Benedictine monks.
During the 18th century the abbey was replaced with new buildings and now serves a school. Open to visitors, the original 10-sided church was brilliantly redecorated in 1744-53, becoming one
of the foremost examples of Bavarian rococo. The church's main treasure is its enormous dome fresco (83 ft. wide), painted by Jacob Zeiller, 1751-1752.
A liqueur with legendary health-giving properties, made from a centuries-old recipe, is still distilled at the monastery by the monks. It is made with more than
seventy mountain herbs. You can buy it from the small stall outside the monastery.
The mountain track from "Laberjoch" (1.683m) to "Ettaler Mandl" (1.633m)
The "Judashaus" (house of Judas) in Oberammergau
One of numerous private chapels.
Often they were built in gratitude for an auspicious change
Linderhof castle: The Moorish Kiosk
Any season the valley of the river Ammer attracts many visitors
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