Emmerting on the Lower Alz

Emmerting combines nature and hiking trails with a clear choice for planning your day: a five-kilometre circular trail in the “Untere Alz” landscape conservation area invites you to relax and unwind, while the forest trail runs through the town. The wider destination of Altötting adds a broader landscape and cultural context.

Hiking Trails and Landscapes in Emmerting

The Untere Alz nature reserve was designated in 1990 and includes parts of Emmerting, Mehring, Marktl, Neuötting and the Holzfelder Forst. It covers approximately 760 hectares. This figure refers to the protected area as a whole, which spans several towns and areas.

The five-kilometre circular trail in the “Untere Alz” landscape conservation area offers a specific route in Emmerting and invites you to relax and unwind. Another option is the forest trail, which runs through Emmerting. In the wider area, you can also enjoy easy walks by the Untere Alz nature reserve or follow the Klosterau forest discovery trail. The forest discovery trail is reached via Hohenwart.

To find your way in Hohenwart, head east from Emmerting along the sand-surfaced municipal connecting road, Alte Poststraße, into the state forest to reach the hiking car park. After about 600 metres, the car park is on the left. This lets you consider the specific loop in the landscape conservation area, the forest trail through Emmerting and the walking options in the wider area as distinct possibilities.

With its five-kilometre circular trail and forest trail, Emmerting offers local trail options; looking to the wider destination of Altötting expands the choices to include further nature, culture and cycling themes.

Altötting as a Wider Destination

The Altötting district lies between the Inn and Salzach rivers. The landscape is characterised by a plain about ten kilometres wide, through which the Inn flows and which is bounded to the north and south by lush green hills. Together with the Mühldorf district, Altötting belongs to the Inn-Salzach tourism region. Its tourism themes include cycling and pilgrimage routes, museums and bathing lakes.

For nature enthusiasts, the “Lower Inn between Haiming and Neuhaus” wetland and nature reserve offers a distinctive feature. It provides a habitat for marsh and water birds passing through, overwintering and breeding there. More than 25 different bird species dependent on water and wetlands breed there. These uses span several seasons, but do not promise that any particular species will be seen on site.

The circular trail in Altöttinger Gries is approximately 1.4 kilometres long. In addition, the nature trail along the stream has ten different interactive stations. When planning routes, you can compare this shorter loop with the five-kilometre circular trail in Emmerting; the nature trail’s stations provide a separate point of interest.

Culture and Other Excursion Options

In Altötting, St. Anna Basilica is the largest church and can hold more than 8,000 people. The octagon of the Chapel of Grace was probably built around the year 700 and is believed to be Germany’s oldest centralised building. Altötting Treasury houses the Golden Pony, made in the Paris court workshops in 1404. Each of these different architectural and artistic histories offers a distinct focus for a cultural stay.

At the Brother Konrad Museum, visitors can see the Old Gate and Brother Konrad’s death cell. Brother Konrad’s meeting rooms can also be visited free of charge. Culture enthusiasts will therefore find both historic buildings and specific museum and memorial spaces in the wider destination of Altötting, offering different points of interest.

A popular variant of the Inn Cycle Route leads from Neuötting through Altötting and the expansive Öttinger Forst to the ducal town of Burghausen, passing the confluence of the Inn and Salzach rivers and continuing to Marktl. The section in the Inn-Salzach region is just over 75 kilometres long; possible detours may need to be taken into account when planning your ride. Burghausen Castle also offers a striking benchmark for a day of culture: it is 1,051 metres long and has six courtyards.

The bathing lakes listed in the Altötting district include Peracher Badesee. Check the facilities and conditions before setting out. The wider travel area thus offers a range of options: trails and relaxation in Emmerting, nature and cycling in the Altötting area, as well as cultural sites and bathing lakes in the district.

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