Discover Tacherting

Tacherting brings together trails, local history and a variety of reasons to visit. In St. Michael, there is a circular trail and a short barefoot experience; the Traun-Alz cycle path also passes through Tacherting. The mill and brewery offer different historical perspectives, while the Chiemgau School Museum can be visited by appointment. If you are looking for a hotel in Tacherting, it helps to decide first whether you are prioritizing outdoor activities, cultural history or a visit that needs to be arranged in advance.

Trails in St. Michael and through Tacherting

The circular trail in St. Michael is suitable for families, pushchairs and people with mobility impairments. If you are planning a trip with children, a pushchair or someone with a mobility impairment, this suitability is a practical factor to consider. A different experience awaits on the approximately 100-metre-long barefoot path: 15 stations with different ground surfaces invite you to experience Tacherting’s natural surroundings barefoot. The information highlights two distinct features: the circular trail’s suitability and the experience of changing surfaces on the short barefoot path.

The Traun-Alz cycle path passes through Tacherting. Hiking trails in the Alz Valley connect the surrounding area with destinations such as the castle of the robber knight Heinz von Stein at Stein an der Traun, the pilgrimage town of Altötting and the Baroque collegiate church of Baumburg. This puts a cycle path through Tacherting and hiking trails to regional destinations side by side as different ways to plan your trip. When choosing an activity, you can distinguish between the route through the town and the named hiking destinations in the Alz Valley.

Museum and local history

Visitors can arrange to visit the Chiemgau School Museum and hear anecdotes from earlier times. This makes a museum visit different from a spontaneous stop: arranging it in advance is part of the planning. The eventful history of the Mussen Mill in Tacherting dates back to the 11th century. Weißbräu Schwendl began in 1935 with an 80-litre laundry boiler; today, the fourth generation looks after its wheat beer range. The timelines differ: the history of the Mussen Mill reaches far back, while 1935 marks the beginning of Weißbräu Schwendl; the current wheat beer range is in the hands of the fourth generation.

Tacherting indoor swimming pool

The municipality announced that the public would be able to use the Tacherting indoor swimming pool again for the first time on Monday, September 21, 2026. Public opening hours may change; check the current times before your visit.

A regional look at Traunstein

The wider travel destination of Traunstein offers a broader perspective: Chiemsee and Lake Waging are in Traunstein district; the Chiemgau Alps are home to more than 170 alpine pastures and peaks reaching up to 2,000 metres. The Seeoner Seen are listed as a nature reserve in the district, while Lake Waging and Lake Tachinger are listed as a protected landscape. Traunstein also offers a distinct urban cultural perspective through its preserved saltworks houses and saltworks chapel. They provide insight into Traunstein’s important salt history; the saltworks chapel is the largest chapel in Germany. The landscape and salt-history themes of the explicitly named travel destination of Traunstein thus complement Tacherting’s trails and local history with further regional perspectives.

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