Ruhpolding holiday paradise in the Bavarian Alps

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Ruhpolding holiday paradise in the Bavarian Alps

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• Welcome to Ruhpolding

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• Site and Topography

• East Bavarian Alps (Chiemgau Alps between
  Munich and Salzburg)
• Borders the Alps (high Alpine country to the
  south, flatter to the north)
• Altitude 655m to 1961m above sea-level
• Air spa resort with hardly any irritant climatic
  factors due to the medium high altitude
• Unusually large forested areas (52,5 of
  municipal area)
• Typically Alpine flora and fauna

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Ruhpolding
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• Map of South-East Upper Bavaria

Ruhpolding
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• Ruhpolding in Figures

• 6483 inhabitants
• 883 business enterprises, including 652 in
  tourism
• 5893 guest beds (in hotels 1068, in inns 279, in
  guest houses 862, in holiday flats 2232, in
  private houses and farms 1041)
• 250 km marked hiking trails, steep tracks and
  cycling paths
• In winter 60 km x-country tracks and 50 km
  cleared winter hiking trails
• 1 mountain railway, 1 chair lift, 10 ski tows
• Municipal area 148 m² (fourth largest in Bavaria)

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• Short History of Ruhpolding

• In the 6th Century, immigration of the first
  Bavarian tribes (name of town bei den Leuten des
  Ruhpold at the people of Ruhpold). First
  documented mention 924 A.D.
• From 1529 first regular use of the remote valley
  with an annual Deer and Game Feast held by the
  dukes of Bavaria. Duke Wilhelm IV had a hunting
  lodge built here in 1535.
• 1873 Foundation of the Ruhpolding Improvement
  Association (renamed the Transport Association in
  1925)
• 1895 Opening of the railway route to Traunstein
• 1933 Arrival of the first Degener Special Train
  (travel agents Dr. Degener from Berlin) with
  around 400 guests
• 1953 Rauschberg railway starts operating
• From 1960 until the present day ongoing
  investments in the tourist infrastructure (tennis
  courts, forest stadium, sports hall, Unternberg
  chair lift, ice rink, outdoor pool, Ruhpolding
  leisure park, biathlon facilities, 9-hole golf
  course, 4 museums, 1st indoor wave pool in the
  Alps, and much more)
• 2000 new snow machines on the Unternberg and
  Westernberg slopes with floodlights.
• 2000 complete renovation of the indoor wave pool,
  expanded with sauna landscape and outdoor
  salt-water pools and a new childrensarea an 76 m
  slide
• Since 2003, Ruhpolding is the first
  childrenstown in Upper Bavaria, i.e. the town
  was awarded the rating of being particularly
  child an family friendly.

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• First childrenstown
• in Upper Bavaria

A special brand in Bavaria for familyfriendly
resorts
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• Customs and Traditions

In Ruhpolding, local customs and traditions are
held in high esteem. The two folklore
associations and their bands made an important
contribution to preserving these traditions.
Bavarian culture permeates our daily life, is
celebrated in our traditional dress an festivals,
and our guests are heartily welcome to join it.
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• Being active

is no problem in Ruhpolding! Mountain Biking,
paragliding, climbing, tennis, a guest biathlon
or somewhat quieter sports like golf, cycling,
hiking, horse riding or swimming Ruhpolding has
something for everyone!
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• Winter Magic

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is the right word for most beautiful season of
the year in Ruhpolding. Cross-country and
down-hill skiers, snowboarders, and non-skiers
will appreciate the magic of our winter
wonderland. New snow machines ensure that there
is enough snow on the pistes. Our 60-km
cross-country ski piste is one of the snowiest
and most beautiful cross-country facilities in
the Alps.
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• Health

After a day in the snow or a rainy summer day the
VITA ALPINA health and indoor wave pool with its
extensive sauna landscape, saltwater spa, big
slide, water playgrounds and big waves is just
the right thing! Choice of health / wellness
packages, massages and aqua gym round off the
range of activities on offer.
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Leisure Time Facilities
We want to give you a short overview about the
great range of Ruhpoldings leisure time
facilities. For more please click
www.ruhpolding.de

• Indoor wave pool Vita Alpina (great sauna area,
  water sleigh)
• Family Funpark (Freizeitpark) fun and action for
  families
• Rauschbergbahn, mountain cablecar to hiking
  areas
• Unternbergbahn, family skiresort with
  snowmachines
• wonderful 9-hole Golflinks (2007 18-hole)
• Museums open air woodcutter museum, bell
  smithy
• Ski-, X-country and Nordic Walking-schools
• Minigolf
• Ice-, Climbing- and Tennishall
• Bowhunting, horse riding

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Day Excursions
Munich the Bavarian capital (120 km) Munich
lies at about 120 km from Ruhpolding an can
easily be reached via the motorway
Munich-Salzburg (A8) in about 11/2 hours. Munich
is most famous for its Oktoberfest the worlds
Greatest Folk Festival. But Munich is also rich
in history and has many sights like palaces,
parks, museums, etc. Salzburg World Cultural
Heritage Site (40 km) Salzburg is known
throughout the world as the birthplace of
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as a city of
incomparable architectural beauty an a
high-ranking cultural city. The UNESCO listed
Salzburgs historic centre as a World Heritage
Site in 1997. Lake Chiemsee an the Castle
Herrenchiemsee (20 km) On of Mad King Ludwigs
fairytale castles lies on an island in a
beautiful Bavarian Lake the Chiemsee. Boat
trips take the visitors to the castle and two
smaller islands in the lake.
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• Biathlon

Every January the world's elite in biathlon
sports meet in Ruhpolding. Thousands of biathlon
fans make the pilgrimage to this unique sporting
event every year to experience the thrilling
tournaments and the great atmosphere in the
stadium and the Champions' Park.
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• the ideal recreation and leisure spot
• for school excursions and youth groups
• The Josefshaus is the ideal place to stay on
  group excursions. A large house right in the
  center of Ruhpolding, the leisure facilities are
  all within easy reach.
• The Josefshaus has 64 beds arranged in rooms with
  1 to 5 beds. (No bunk beds). Some rooms include a
  shower/WC others have a shared shower/WC.
• Breakfast is served in our house, dinner is
  served in the Gasthof Neuwirt guesthouse, just
  20m away.
• The house has several common rooms and rooms for
  group activities, as well as an indoor swimming
  pool and steam sauna.

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Skiing-Holidays in Ruhpolding / Reit im Winkl
(Bavaria)
One of the most beautiful skiing-areas in Germany
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Winter-Impressions
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The Landscape
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2 Skiing-Areas

• - Winklmoos Alm
• ideal conditions for beginners
• more than 6 Lifts (Seat- and T-Bar-Lifts)
• one restaurant at the piste
• one restaurant at the bus-Stop
• its the main Ski-School Area

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• - Steinplatte (Austria)
• very large skiing area
• many lifts (8, 6, 4, and 3 Seats)
• a variety of restaurants (Hüttn)
• all kinds of pistes (including black-,
  buckle-, deepsnow-, slalompistes plus a
  Funpark for snowboarders with all kinds of
  Jumps and Pipes

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Whats included

• Transfer from Munich or Salzburg airports
• Skipass for Winklmoosalm (German side, if you do
  not need a course you can get a Skipass for
  Steinplatte as well)
• Ski-Course (One personal instructor in a small
  group)
• Skis, sticks, boots or snowboard and boots (it is
  possible to switch between Skis and Snowboard)
• Bus-, skibus-transfer to ski-area
• Contact-person named for the duration of your
  stay
• Special-Arrangements (just ask)

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The Rooms

• 2, 4, 5-Bed-Rooms
• Breakfast and diner (Lunchpackages if wanted)
• Large lounges /socialising areas
• Activity areas (games-rooms, recreation-rooms)
• TV, Video, Beamer/Projector etc. please ask

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Possible arrangements except skiing

• Hüttenzauber (the bavarian way to have a party in
  a bavarian style pub)
• Party arrangements in your location
• Short-trips
• Day-trips
• Swimming, Sauna, Recreation
• Guided walks (day or night)
• Sleigh-riding, ice-skating
• Cross-Country-Skiing
• And many more (just ask)

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Contact

• Günter Büter
• Bathmener Str. 4
• D-49492 Westerkappeln
• Tel. [phone]
• Mail buegue_at_web.de

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Or

• Udo Stadler
• Ostring 14
• D-48477 Hörstel
• Tel. [phone]
• Mail phatman_at_vodafone.de