German Alpine Road East · part 3

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

1. 1. Near Grünwald

   It is one of the wealthiest suburbs in Germany, a place of large villas hidden behind hedges, and also home to the Bavaria Film studios at Geiselgasteig, where films and television series have been made for over a century. The studio tour is a classic Munich day out, with sets from famous productions such as Das Boot.

   Read the complete Near Grünwald write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   German Alpine Road East checkpoint 8 is where the day begins. Next is High point near Tuntenhausen.

2. 2. High point near Tuntenhausen

   The twin towers of Tuntenhausen's pilgrimage church rise above the meadows between Bad Aibling and Rosenheim, visible from miles around. For centuries, pilgrims have come here to venerate an image of the Virgin, and the church, rebuilt in the seventeenth century, is richly decorated inside with stucco and paintings. It is a quiet place, surrounded by farms and fields, with the Alps rising on the southern horizon.

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   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   You top out here; the road stops climbing. Next is Scenic stretch near Ebersberg.

3. 3. Scenic stretch near Ebersberg

   The Ebersberger Forst is one of the largest continuous forests in the lowlands of Germany, a vast expanse of spruce, beech and oak east of Munich, crossed by straight roads and tracks. It was once a royal hunting ground, and it is still full of roe deer, boar and many birds. The town of Ebersberg sits on its edge, with a large church that holds a relic said to be the skull of Saint Sebastian, the object of a pilgrimage for centuries.

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   Recorded stop-planning note

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   Planning note

   about 72 km into the recorded legs you reach Scenic stretch near Ebersberg. Next is Back to German Alpine.

4. 4. Back to German Alpine

   Flat as a table and wide as the sky, the land around Moosinning and Oberding is the gravel plain northeast of Munich, a former marsh called the Erdinger Moos that was drained over a century ago and is now mostly fields, villages and the long concrete ribbon of Munich Airport. For a rider coming back from the Alps on the German Alpine Road, the mountains are simply gone, and the horizon is a line of trees, a church spire and the occasional aircraft banking in.

   Read the complete German Alpine write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Back to German Alpine closes the day.