Polling: Churches, Cycle Route and Inn Landscape

In Polling and the municipality it belongs to, different reasons for a trip of discovery come together: a Late Gothic church, other churches from various periods, a cycle route through Polling and the landscape along the Inn. This means you can shape your stay around culture, activity or nature. The range is particularly easy to see in specific buildings and places: the Curacy Church of the Visitation of Mary is in Polling; several other churches and Hörndlberg are part of the municipality of Polling.

Churches from Several Periods

The Curacy Church of the Visitation of Mary in Polling is a single-nave Late Gothic church dating from the 15th century. If you are interested in historic churches, you can focus on its architectural form and the period to which it belongs: its single-nave floor plan is part of the description of the building, as is its Late Gothic character. Polling thus offers a specific example of 15th-century church architecture.

The churches in the municipality also reflect different building histories. The Catholic Filial and Pilgrimage Church of St Anne was built in 1629 and decorated in the Rococo style around 1757/59. The Filial Church of St Leonard has a Late Gothic core dating from the 15th century; it was remodelled in the Baroque style in 1737 and 1759. The Catholic Parish Church of St John the Baptist is a Baroque hall church, built from 1707 to 1711. The dates and stylistic features help you place each building individually rather than treating them as belonging to a single period.

Hörndlberg and the Inn Landscape

One of the municipality’s natural highlights is at Hörndlberg, also known as Heistinger Wand. The Heistinger Wand is up to 45 metres high and is among the highest riverbank escarpments in Central Europe. The last undeveloped cut bank along the Inn is also located at Hörndlberg in the municipality of Polling. The steep slope and the river offer a different perspective on the municipality from its church buildings.

A covered viewing platform at Hörndlberg offers a view of the steep slope and the Inn. It also invites you to observe the local flora and fauna as the seasons change. If you are interested in landscape and nature, you can make this a separate focus alongside the churches and the cycle route. The seasonal changes are explicitly part of the experience: the focus is on the flora and fauna and how they change over the course of the year.

Cycling Through Polling

The Rott-Alz Cycle Route runs from Mühldorf through Polling and on to Garching an der Alz, where it connects with the Alz Cycle Route. The route follows mostly low-traffic roads as well as farm and forest tracks, and is easy to ride. Polling is therefore a specific stop along this cycling connection. If you like to factor a cycle route into your choice of destination, you can consider the Rott-Alz Cycle Route as a reason to visit Polling in its own right. The connection in Garching an der Alz also provides a link to the Alz Cycle Route.

This offers different ways to plan your trip: cycling along the Rott-Alz Cycle Route, exploring the churches’ architectural history, or enjoying views of the Inn and the steep slope at Hörndlberg. These themes cater to different interests and can be given appropriate weight when choosing a holiday apartment in Polling. The places described and the cycle route each offer their own starting points for planning your trip.

More local pages to help you plan: Waldkraiburg, Rattenkirchen, Erharting, Heldenstein, Haag In Oberbayern, Mettenheim, Gars Am Inn and Kraiburg Am Inn.

For the overview of the wider area: Mühldorf Am Inn.