Discover Niederroth

When planning a stay in Niederroth, specific interests in trails and excursions can shape your plans. The Niederroth–Indersdorf Trail offers a route with a designated return option; Niederroth also has a children’s playground. Other points of interest are in Markt Indersdorf: the history of the Augustinian Canons’ monastery, the museum, and recurring market events. You can therefore make outdoor activities, history, or local market life different focal points of your trip.

Getting your bearings in Niederroth

There is a children’s playground at Schulstraße 3 in Niederroth, 85229 Markt Indersdorf. The address gives you a specific point of reference if you plan to visit a playground. Check its current condition before your visit, as facilities may change.

The Niederroth–Indersdorf Trail

The Niederroth–Indersdorf Trail starts at Niederroth station and covers 7 km to Indersdorf station; with the return journey, the route is 11 km. When planning, you can therefore choose between the 7 km to Indersdorf and the 11 km option including the return journey. The route is considered suitable for walks, strollers, and bicycles. Its description is dated June 2021; before setting out, check trail conditions and access at individual points on site.

Along the way are a deer enclosure, a church, the village pond, and the Krimmer wayside shrine. Natural and cultural points of interest can thus be found along the same route. When choosing the tour, you can consider not only its length but also these named landmarks.

The monastery and museum in Markt Indersdorf

The Augustinian Canons’ monastery in Markt Indersdorf was founded in 1120 by Count Palatine Otto IV of Wittelsbach. Archbishop Konrad of Salzburg consecrated the first monastery church in 1128 in honor of the Mother of God and the princes of the Apostles, Peter and Paul. After the great fire of 1249, the church and monastery complex were rebuilt. The church was constructed as a three-aisled Romanesque basilica without a transept, with three almost equally high apses, a flat wooden ceiling, and a north tower. The foundations of this basilica have survived beneath the church’s present Rococo decor. The church acquired its Rococo decor under Provost Gelasius Morhardt between 1748 and 1768.

Seven Wittelsbachs from the Count Palatine line are buried within the present-day monastery walls. That is why Indersdorf, alongside Scheyern and Ensdorf, is one of the Wittelsbachs’ early family monasteries. With the support of the Bavarian dukes, more than 24 monasteries in Bavaria and beyond were reformed from Indersdorf.

The Augustinian Canons’ Museum is housed in the former sacristan’s house and the adjoining northern gate tower. Both buildings were part of the monastery complex and are now protected historic monuments. The permanent exhibition focuses specifically on the Augustinian Canons. It also covers the monastery’s changing uses after secularization in the 18th century, including as an orphanage run by the Salesian Sisters and the Sisters of Mercy, as an educational institution under the Nazis, and as an international UNRRA center caring for foreign unaccompanied children and young people in the immediate postwar period.

Markets and events in Markt Indersdorf

The “Advent at the Monastery” Christmas market takes place every second weekend of Advent. The traditional market festival is scheduled for the first weekend in August and lasts two days; a varied program is offered in the market square. Check the dates of the market festival for your travel year.

The Indersdorf farmers’ market takes place every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the area of the Unterer Markt on Freisinger Straße. As a “green market,” it offers food as well as produce from fruit growing and horticulture, agriculture and forestry, and raw natural products. Check the published hours before traveling.

For the broader travel overview: Markt Indersdorf.