Oberding: Churches, Sculptures and Cycling Routes
Accommodation in Oberding
Oberding brings together a long history with church art, wooden sculptures and cycling routes. Oberding, or its predecessor settlement of Dieng, was first mentioned in a document in 750 AD. For planning your trip, there are several different areas of interest: sacred art and furnishings, outdoor art and cycling tours. Some of the sights are in the village of Oberding, while others are in different villages within the municipality.
Church art and historical traces
The Church of St. George in Oberding is considered significant from an art-historical perspective and features Baroque and Rococo furnishings. The churches of St. Nicholas in Notzing, St. John the Baptist in Aufkirchen and St. Martin in Niederding are located in other villages within the municipality of Oberding. All three are described as significant from an art-historical perspective and feature Baroque and Rococo furnishings. The parish church of St. Martin in Niederding, a village in the municipality of Oberding, also has a pulpit in the nave; only a few similar examples can be found in Bavaria.
The moated castle in Notzing, a village in the municipality of Oberding, is also among the landmarks of cultural and social development in the Middle Ages. In Aufkirchen, a village in the municipality of Oberding, the base pyramid at the power station commemorates the land survey of 1801, during which the church tower in Aufkirchen served as a reference point. The municipality’s cultural appeal thus ranges from sacred furnishings to historical traces of land surveying.
A municipal service
The Oberding public library is located in the Oberding Senior Centre, St.-Georg-Straße 6, 85445 Oberding. Through the WebOPAC, you can search the entire collection, renew and reserve media, and view your library account.
Cycling routes, landscape and sculptures
Two cycling tours pass through different local areas: the “Ring of the Regions” cycle route goes via the airport and through Oberding on its way back to Erding; cycle tour 1, “Around the Airport,” passes through the Schwaigermoos and, on the return leg, goes through Schwaig, across fields and countryside, to Erding. The municipality of Oberding also includes large parts of the Erdinger Moos and the ridge between the Sempt and Dorfen rivers.
SkulpTour III features wooden sculptures created in the summer of 2017 at the third and final International Woodcarving Symposium in Oberding. These works from a specific symposium complement the municipality’s church-art themes. For cycling routes, you can use the local areas mentioned above as a guide; the sculptures add another cultural highlight.
More things to explore in Erding
Erding itself offers further cultural and walking attractions. The Erdinger Bauernhausmuseum (Erding Farmhouse Museum) comprises 15 historic buildings relocated from the Erding district and depicts traditional rural life and economic practices in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The guided tour of the town tower involves climbing 163 steps to a height of 35 metres. From there, the view stretches across Erding and the surrounding area as far as Munich and, in foehn conditions, to the Alpine panorama.
The route lengths also offer a practical guide: the walking trails in Erding range from 5.9 to 15 kilometres, with estimated walking times of between one and a half and five hours. The themed trails take around an hour and lead through the old town, neighbourhoods or in the footsteps of art painters. This makes it easy to distinguish shorter themed walks from longer hikes by their stated duration and distance.
When looking for a holiday apartment, your preferred focus is key: Oberding offers the churches, sculptures and cycling routes mentioned above, while Erding offers the farmhouse museum, the town tower and its trails. Choose your search based on the destination whose attractions best suit your plans.
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Go to the main travel overview: Erding.
