Kochel - municipality in Bavaria, Germany

Kochel is a village on the shores of the Kochelsee in Upper Bavaria.

Understand

The surrounding area is a popular summer and winter destination.

Get in

By train

• Kochel Station, 47.6607930°, 11.3714592°.

Get around

See

• Franz Marc Museum, Franz Marc Park 8-10, 47.65047°, 11.36492°, +49 8851 92488-0. one of the key figures of the German Expressionist movement.
• Walchenseekraftwerk, Altjoch 21, 47.63043°, 11.33776°. large pump storage electricity generator

Do

Enjoy the beautiful scenery around the Kochelsee lake.

• Trimimi, Seeweg 2, 82431 Kochel (On a peninsula in Kochelsee), 47.65546°, 11.35427°, +49 8851 5300. Summer (1. May to 30. Sept.): daily: 9 - 20 Uhr, W.: 9 - 21 Uhr; Winter (1. Oct. to 30. Apr.): daily: 10 - 20 , W.: 10 - 21 closed on Mondays.
• Herzogstandbahn, 47.5964°, 11.3161°. A cable car

Buy

Eat

• Zum Giggerer, Kalmbachstraße 13, 47.65763°, 11.37043°, +49 8851 5127.
• Schmied von Kochel, Schlehdorfer Straße 6, 47.65983°, 11.36737°, +49 8851 9010.
• Gasthof Hotel zur Post, Schmied-v.-Kochel-Platz 6, 47.65877°, 11.36768°, +49 8851 92410.
• Zum Blauen Reiter (Franz Marc Museum restaurant), Franz-Marc-Straße 8-10, +49 8851 923833.

Drink

• Klosterbräustüberl, Zeilerweg 2, Benediktbeuern (10 minutes north of the town along the B11), 47.707765°, 11.401864°. Cloister brewery

Sleep

• Seehotel Grauer Bär, Mittenwalder Straße 82-86 (On the western edge of the village), 47.644516°, 11.361101°, +49 8851 92500. Beautiful views of the lake.
• Alpenpark, Altjoch 11 (Few kilometres west of the village), 47.633243°, 11.34429°, +49 8851 263. Quality hotel and holiday apartments with breakfast.

Connect

Go next

• Drive up the hairpin bends to the Walchensee.
• Murnau
• Garmisch-Partenkirchen
• Tegernsee
• Mittenwald