Peiting: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Hirschberg Castle on Haarsee Lake is located in the wider regional surroundings of Peiting. This makes the information particularly interesting for travelers interested in culture around Peiting. Auerberg, Hochschergen, Mariä Heimsuchung, Hofgraben Tower, and the Neue Bergstrasse Eastern Tower are also located in the wider regional surroundings of Peiting.

You can rent a holiday apartment in Peiting.

Nature

Gollenberg is located in the area surrounding Peiting.

Kalvarienberg is located in the immediate vicinity of Peiting.

Peiting lies in the Oberland east of Schongau, near the eastern bank of the Lech. The municipal area extends to the river only through uninhabited terrain southwest of Federal Highway 17.

The Peitnach, also called the Peitinger Mühlbach on some maps, flows northward through Peiting and joins the Lech within the municipal area near Lech dam stage 7.

Classification

Peiting is located in Upper Bavaria, one of Bavaria’s administrative regions, and in the Weilheim-Schongau district.

Culture

Peiting has a Lechrain dialect, a transitional dialect with Bavarian and Alemannic linguistic elements that is characteristic of the area immediately east of the Lech.

Peiting was first mentioned in official records in 1055 in connection with the “new” Peiting castle of the Welfs; the castle stood on a hilltop in the surrounding fields.

Trails

The “Romans and Welfs on the Lech” circular trail follows Roman and Welf history in the Lech region between Schongau and Peiting and passes Schlossberg, the former site of the Welf castle, and a Roman villa rustica. This makes the described route particularly suitable for a stay focused on Roman and Welf history.

The Schnalz Panorama Trail in Peiting is described as a circular route through meadows and forests to the Ammer; an additional educational section focuses on the course of the Ammer, and an ascent also leads toward the Schnalz summit.

The Peitnach Trail is a gentle walk from Peiting via Kalvarienberg and along the Peitnach, with views toward the Alps and Hohen Peißenberg.

Landscape

The wider area around Peiting includes hilly terrain, dense forests, the Ammerschlucht gorge, river landscapes along the Lech, and moorlands in the Schwarzlaichmoor nature reserve. The surrounding landscape also includes the nearby foothills of the Alps.

Region

Peiting is associated with the Pfaffenwinkel, a region between the Lech and Loisach known for its Alpine foothill landscape, churches and monasteries, as well as the Ammer and the Osterseen lakes.

More Destinations

More destinations: Hohenpeißenberg, Weilheim in Oberbayern, Penzberg, Polling, Oberhausen, Eberfing, Wessobrunn, Steingaden

To the overarching travel overview: Weilheim-Schongau.