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Ramsau

A mountain village whose little church, with peaks behind it, is one of the classic views of the Alps.

Photo: Jörg Braukmann · CC BY-SA 4.0
Open
Always
Price
Free
Time Needed
1½ hours
Address
Im Tal 2, 83486 Ramsau bei BerchtesgadenDirections
Getting There
About 20 minutes by bus or car west of Berchtesgaden.

Why Go

The parish church of St. Sebastian, built in 1512, stands above a mountain stream with the jagged Reiteralpe behind it. The road continues to the Hintersee, a lake in a forest of mossy boulders known as the Enchanted Wood.

Nearby in Berchtesgaden

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