Discover Wolfratshausen – the rafting town

Wolfratshausen offers several specific starting points for planning a stay: the history of rafting, a museum, historic buildings and various routes on foot or by bike. Consider which focus suits your trip—a walk through the town, a look at the river and rafting, or a longer tour. This selection also gives you a factual starting point when looking for a hotel in Wolfratshausen.

Town history at the museum

The Wolfratshausen Museum presents the eventful history of the rafting town across nine rooms covering almost 400 square metres. The exhibition combines different ways of exploring the subject: it includes a tactile station with a relief picture frame by Hermann Neuhaus, a town model and a large timeline. Media stations focus on famous and former Wolfratshausen residents, as well as the perspectives of people who live there today. This brings informative objects, a sense of chronology and personal perspectives together. If you would like to explore the town’s history in greater depth, you can make the museum a dedicated focus alongside the sites around town. Check the official museum website for the latest visitor information before your visit.

Historic town centre and personal connections

A walk through the historic town centre takes you to buildings such as the Humpelbräu, historic craftsmen’s houses and St. Andreas Parish Church. Signs on the buildings explain their history. The Catholic parish church was built in 1484 and rebuilt after a fire in 1626. The dates mark two stages of construction: the original building and its later reconstruction. The walk and the museum thus offer different ways to explore the town’s history—through buildings in the townscape and through the museum’s thematic displays.

A small Japanese garden was created following a gift from the citizens of Iruma, Wolfratshausen’s Japanese twin town. They gave it to Wolfratshausen to mark the town’s 1,000th anniversary as a sign of friendship. The “Chapels and Churches” walk offers a different historical perspective: it leads to the wooded slope of Kalvarienberg, where a Way of the Cross dating from the 18th century can be found. These two places highlight international friendship and religious history.

Routes, the river and rafting

The panoramic circular route leads from the historic buildings of the old town into the mountain forest, taking you from the built-up town into a different setting. Along the rafting trail, you can learn about Wolfratshausen and rafting. Check the current trail conditions on site before planning your walk. At the Kastenmühl weir, the focus shifts to river infrastructure: the fish ladder’s special design allows fish to reach their spawning grounds.

Passenger raft trips and longer tours

Passenger raft trips from Wolfratshausen-Weidach to Munich are offered on the Loisach and Isar rivers. Daily trips are listed from May 1 to mid-September. Check in advance whether trips are currently running and can be booked. A multi-day cycling tour also starts in Wolfratshausen: it follows the Loisach upstream, loops around the Zugspitze and returns downstream along the Isar to the rafting town. For this tour, the multi-day itinerary and return to the starting point are a different planning consideration from the stated rafting season. Check current route conditions before setting out on a cycling tour.

A recurring event

Every three years, Wolfratshausen holds the Johanni raft procession in honour of St. John of Nepomuk, patron saint of bridges. If you would like to plan your trip around it, check the latest event dates in advance.

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For the overview of the wider area, see: Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen.