Discover Huglfing
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Three different aspects of Huglfing offer ways to explore the town during your stay: St. Magnus Parish Church and the Sebastian Chapel, the spring moor on the southeastern edge of town, and the Stone Adventure Trail. They offer insights into architectural history, geology and a themed trail; if you are travelling with different interests, you can explore these highlights separately.
Churches and architectural history
The Roman Catholic St. Magnus Parish Church is a listed place of worship in Huglfing. The tower of the present-day church dates back to a Romanesque predecessor building from around 1100. The later Gothic church was built in 1501; in 1773 and 1843, it was remodelled, extended and redesigned in the Rococo style. The church building thus reflects several periods: the Romanesque tower, the Gothic phase and the later Rococo-style alterations.
The Sebastian Chapel also has its own architectural history. It was added between 1573 and 1606 as a burial chapel for the Edlen von Romegg family. It was remodelled in 1773, then renovated again in 1882 and dedicated to Saint Sebastian. The chapel underwent extensive restoration from 2016 to 2022. These dates provide a second, distinct way to explore local history, alongside the development of St. Magnus.
Culture in the old signal box
The ausstellwerk Huglfing e.V. art and culture association is based in the old signal box and the station’s storage shed at Huglfing railway station. The association has held art exhibitions and cultural events. The “Bild und Wort” lecture series began in the winter of 2012/2013; since the association was founded, three lectures on different topics have been held regularly each year. If an event is the reason for your trip, check the current dates in advance.
Landscape and spring moor
Huglfing is set among the gentle moraine hills and broad meadows of the Pfaffenwinkel region. On the southeastern edge of town, spring water emerges from gravel deposits dating to the Würm glaciation. A shallow moor and calcareous deposits formed in a depression. The spring moor is a designated natural monument and is considered important for local heritage and tourism. If you are interested in landforms, here you can look beyond hills and meadows to the spring water, the formation of the moor and the calcareous deposits.
The Stone Adventure Trail
The Stone Adventure Trail around Huglfing explores the theme of stone at sites of current or former gravel and tufa quarrying. Information and play stations there offer points of interest on the subject. The trail leads into town and returns to the station via Steinbruchstraße. Its focus on stone quarrying is thus combined with a route that explicitly leads towards the town centre and the station.
Award for the town
Huglfing received the Gold Medal Plus in the European Entente Florale Europe competition. The award recognised outstanding village design, sustainability and community spirit. It adds a perspective on design and community life to the town’s specific points of interest.
In the wider travel destination of Weilheim-Schongau
The wider travel destination of Weilheim-Schongau also offers a range of cultural themes. Weilheim-Schongau is in the Pfaffenwinkel travel region. Near Steingaden stands the Wieskirche, built by Dominikus Zimmermann from 1745 to 1754 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983. The Penzberg Mining Museum offers a different focus: it preserves the memory of the local bituminous coal mining industry, which operated from 1796 to 1966, and offers multilingual guided tours for international visitors, families and school groups. Thus, the wider destination offers sacred architecture and industrial history as distinct themes alongside Huglfing’s churches, landscape and Stone Adventure Trail.
Discover more destinations: Steingaden, Schongau, Seeshaupt, Penzberg, Hohenpeißenberg, Bernbeuren, Peißenberg, Altenstadt
Go to the overview of the wider travel destination: Weilheim-Schongau.
