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Church architecture and cycling in Polling

Polling offers two distinct perspectives for planning your stay: church architecture and cycling. Polling is home to the Curacy Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, a single-nave Late Gothic church dating from the 15th century. “Single-nave” describes a church with one nave; “Late Gothic” identifies the architectural style. So if church architecture is an important part of your trip, Polling itself has a specific example to explore.

The municipality of Polling is also home to other churches and different phases of construction. The Catholic subsidiary and pilgrimage church of St Anne was built in 1629 and furnished in the Rococo style around 1757/59. The Late Gothic core of the subsidiary church of St Leonard dates back to 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 between 1707 and 1711. This makes it possible to view construction, later furnishings and alterations as distinct chapters: at St Anne, the focus is on the Rococo furnishings; at St Leonard, on the Baroque alterations. The churches thus illustrate more than one stylistic period across the municipality.

Cycling through Polling

The Rott-Alz Cycle Route runs from Mühldorf via Polling to Garching an der Alz, where it connects to the Alz Cycle Route. Around Polling, the route runs mostly along quiet roads and farm and forest tracks, and is easy to cycle. Both the continuation of the route and its mix of road types are useful for finding your way: the route links the places named, while the roads and tracks shape the journey along the way. If cycling is a factor in choosing your destination, Polling offers a clear connection to a long-distance route.

Inn river landscape and nature watching

The Heistinger Wand, also known as Hörndlberg, is in the municipality of Polling. It is up to 45 metres high and is one of the highest riverbank escarpments in Central Europe. Hörndlberg is also home to the last unbuilt-up undercut bank on the Inn. The covered viewing platform at Hörndlberg in the municipality of Polling offers views of the steep slope and the Inn. It also invites visitors to observe the local wildlife and plant life as the seasons change. Here, the natural setting combines the shape of the riverbank with the opportunity to notice changes throughout the year. This makes it distinct from both the phases of church architecture and the character of the cycle route.

Culture in the Mühldorf Am Inn destination

The town of Mühldorf a. Inn adds its own cultural and historical highlights to the Mühldorf Am Inn destination. Its 500-metre-long town square is lined with colourful façades in the Inn-Salzach architectural style. The Salzburg High Fountain on the square was a gift from Prince-Archbishop Johannes Ernst von Thun of Salzburg in 1692. The two granaries, Haberkasten and Kornkasten, were built in the 15th century to store grain; a courtyard lies between them. Haberkasten was later converted into a cultural centre. Since 1999, the courtyard has hosted the summer festival every year during the first two weeks of July. These architectural and cultural themes belong to Mühldorf Am Inn and complement the picture of Polling without describing its churches, cycle route or landscape.

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