Excursion tips: With the X-Bus on a pleasure and museum tour

Created: 07/23/2022, 09:00

By: Susanne Weiss

Imperial frozen treats: Sisi, King Ludwig II's grand cousin, is said to have loved to eat violet ice cream as a dessert.

© Susanne Weiss

Excursions to Bad Tölz, Geretsried, Wolfratshausen and Starnberg are possible with the express bus X970.

The two districts present some ideas.

Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen/Starnberg – The Tölzer doesn’t really have Lake Starnberg on their radar – and the route from Geretsried rarely leads to Bad Tölz.

With the X-Bus, the cities move closer together.

For advertising purposes, local politicians, public transport experts and tourism officers embarked on "a great journey through time with a modern means of transport" (Stefan Frey, Starnberg District Administrator) through the two districts on Friday.

The tour in the footsteps of monarchy and customs can be retraced - or individual stations of it.

Excursion tips with the X970 in Starnberg

King Ludwig II and his cousin Sisi, who later became Empress Elisabeth of Austria/Hungary, left their mark in and around Starnberg.

The Society for Economic and Tourism Development (gwt) Starnberg makes the two sovereigns come alive with an audio walk.

"It has the character of a radio play and is nice to listen to," says project manager Isabell Bauch.

Stop

: Starnberg (terminus of the X970)

Admission

: free with your own smartphone

Address

: First station with QR code at Starnberg train station, further information on the Internet at www.starnbergammersee.de

Refreshments

: The Starnberg ice cream workshop on the church square serves "Sisi's violet ice cream", which is based on a recipe handed down from the royal court kitchen.

It is said to have been the Empress's favorite frozen product.

With the express bus X970 to Berg

One station of the audio walk is on the lake ship between Starnberg and Berg.

The route is also possible with the X970.

The episode "The King and the Composer" by Cosima Wagner can be found on the website www.starnbergammersee.de - even without a QR code.

The votive chapel can be explored from the steamer jetty or the bus stop.

There is a cross in the lake at the spot where Ludwig II drowned.

Berg also has the Marstallgebäude, the first construction project of Ludwig II. On the way is the church of St. Johannes Baptist.

"The tower was a gift from King Ludwig II," explains Berg's mayor Rupert Steigenberger.

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Stop

: Berg/Grafstraße Admission: A route ticket with the Starnberger Seenschifffahrt from Starnberg to Berg costs 4.10 euros;

Votive chapel free

Opening hours

: The votive chapel can always be inspected from the outside, a view through the entrance gate is possible between April 1st and October 31st daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m

Retreat

: The motto picnic baskets "Sissi" and "Ludwig" can be ordered anywhere on the lake.

Information online at www.manufaktur089.de

Wolfratshausen offers X-Bus passengers rafting history

With a history of more than 1000 years, the city of 19,000 is "older than the state capital", emphasizes Wolfratshausen's Mayor Klaus Heilinglechner.

Rafting played a crucial role for the people on the Loisach.

The oldest document that bears witness to this dates from 1416. Year after year, more trade was carried out - until freight traffic was shifted to the rails.

The Isar Valley Railway also brought many tourists to Wolfratshausen, who liked to raft back to Munich.

City archivist Simon Kalleder likes to tell the anecdote about council minutes from 1912. Apparently, students liked to drink on the rafts and then bathe naked.

"The market was concerned about modesty and imposed a ban on nude swimming on rafts."

Stop

: Wolfratshausen

Admission

: free Address: Bahnhofstrasse 12, Internet www.stadtarchiv.wolfratshausen.de

Opening times

: Monday to Thursday from 9am to 12pm and 2pm to 4pm

Refreshments

: Wirtshaus Flößerei, Sebastiani-Steg 1, telephone 0 81 71/3 86 25 80

Rafting fans: Wolfratshausen's town hall chief Klaus Heilinglechner (left) and city archivist Simon Kalleder.

© Susanne Weiss

Extraordinary origin story of Geretsried

Geretsried is the youngest town in the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen - and at the same time the largest.

The museum behind the town hall tells the extraordinary story of how the “chocolate factory” in the forest came about.

This lie was told during the Nazi era in order to hide the fact that explosives were being manufactured in the Wolfratshausen forest, explains Anita Zwicknagl, an employee of the cultural office.

After the end of the war, expellees built a new life in the bunkers and brought their customs with them.

The city is currently building the "New Center" in front of the museum.

"Due to the history of its origins, we didn't have a classic town center," says Geretsried's Mayor Michael Müller.

Stop

: Geretsried Rathaus/B11

Entry

: 4 euros

Address

: Graslitzer Strasse 1, Internet www.geretsried.de/museum

Opening times

: Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday to Sunday 2pm to 4pm and Thursday 5pm to 7pm

Refreshments

: Ratsstuben, Karl-Lederer-Platz 1, telephone 0 81 71/6 20 17, closed on Mondays

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X-Bus stop: When Bad Tölz was home to 23 breweries

Like Wolfratshausen, the spa town also has a rafting history to offer.

So Isarwinkler Holz came to Vienna to build St. Stephen's Cathedral.

But beer was also transported to Munich.

"We had 22 breweries for the public and one for the Franciscans," reports museum director Elisabeth Hinterstocker.

Before the refrigerator was invented, Bad Tölz benefited from its geological composition.

Cellars could be dug relatively inexpensively into the tuff to cool the beer.

Speaking of cooling off: an exhibit that goes back to King Ludwig II can also be found in the Tölz City Museum.

His bathtub, which he was happy to have carried up to the Grammersberg so that he could enjoy the view while splashing around.

Stop

: Bad Tölz/Brauerei Admission: 2 euros

Address

: Marktstrasse 48, Internet www.bad-toelz.de

Opening hours

: Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 5pm

Refreshments

: Tölzer Bräustüberl, Wachterstraße 21, telephone 0 80 41/4 42 24 04

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info

The X970 runs every 20 minutes between 4:36 a.m. and 11:22 p.m. on weekdays.

On Sundays and public holidays, it runs every 60 minutes between 7.16 a.m. and 10.42 p.m.

The stops are Starnberg/Bahnhof, Starnberg/Landratsamt/Seebad, Berg/Grafstrasse, Aufkirchen, Dorfen, Wolfratshausen, Waldram, Geretsried Rathaus/B11, Geretsried/Am Stern, Bad Tölz/Jahnstrasse, Bad Tölz/Brauerei, Bad Tölz/Bahnhof.

In July and August, the nine-euro ticket is valid on the X-Bus.

Otherwise, a single trip from Bad Tölz to Starnberg costs 5.30 euros or three stripes (4.56 euros).

A single day ticket costs 9.30 euros.

There are weekly and monthly tickets.

By the way: everything from the region is also available in our regular Wolfratshausen-Geretsried newsletter.