Murnau am Staffelsee: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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EUR 59 - 108 Hotel Post Murnau
 This family-run hotel is located in the heart of Murnau’s Art Nouveau pedestrian area, within easy reach of the idyllic Staffelsee lake and the wint… MoreEUR 58 - 999 Klausenhof Hotel am Park
 This hotel enjoys a central yet tranquil location beside a park, just 2 minutes away from the town’s colourful pedestrian area, the Schlossmuseum (p… MoreEUR 62 - 140 Hotel Ludwig
 Welcome to our international hotel in the beautiful environment of the Alpine mountains, with excellent hiking paths at the nearby Seidlpark in quiet … MoreEUR 65 - 999 Hotel Angerbräu
 This historic, 3-star hotel in Murnau offers a spa with great views of the Zugspitze mountain, barrier-free rooms, and creative, international food. … MoreEUR 50 - 999 Griesbräu zu Murnau
 This unique, 3-star hotel offers elegant, traditional accommodation in the centre of Murnau, just a 7-minute walk from Murnau Ort train station and 15… MoreEUR 125 - 356 Alpenhof Murnau
 This 5-star country guest house in Murnau boasts luxurious spa and health facilities and an idyllic location next to the Murnauer Moos reserve. It off… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murnau am Staffelsee: Guide
Murnau am Staffelsee is a market town (with a population of 12,390 as of 2002) in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district)|district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Upper Bavaria|Oberbayern region of Bavaria, Germany. It is located at , about 70 km south of Munich, and on the edge of the Bavarian alps. Directly to its west is the Staffelsee lake.
Murnau is a minor train hub, since it is the place where the Munich-trauma surgery. During World War II a Nazi Oflag VII-A Murnau|POW camp for Polish officers was located there.
For such a small town, Murnau has attracted quite a few noteworthy citizens over the years. Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky of the Der Blaue Reiter|Blauer Reiter artistic collective lived there for several years. Ödön von Horvath spent a large part of his youth and young adulthood there and based some of his most well-known works (e.g. Jugend ohne Gott, Italienische Nacht) on happenings during the Third Reich in Murnau. Lastly, filmmaker F.W. Murnau probably took his assumed name from the town, though there is no real factual evidence for this.
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