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Although the Berchtesgadener Land is a biosphere reserve and the area around Lake Höglwörth is a landscape conservation area, bathing and swimming in the lake is permitted at two designated spots. Opposite the larger bathing area on the northern shore of the lake, there is a small beach with lake access here in the south.

Although the Berchtesgadener Land is a biosphere reserve and the area around Lake Höglwörth is a landscape conservation area, bathing and swimming in the lake is permitted at two designated spots. The lakeside bathing area dates back to a time long before the conservation area was declared. It is the larger of the two bathing spots and is located on the northern shore of the lake, with a lawn and a small jetty. The Lakeside Café is also located here.

The Schornbach and Höglwörther Seebach streams, both of which rise in the hills west of the A8 motorway, merge in a pond above Lake Höglwörth. From there, the lake's largest tributary cascades through the forest, plunging more than 30 meters down the slope to the west of the lake, via numerous stone cascades.

The lake was formed as a terminal moraine lake after the melting of the Salzach Glacier about 10,000 years ago. Today, it is subject to inexorable silting. The lake, which is up to six and a half meters deep, is home to numerous animal species. A hiker can walk around it in just over half an hour. The views of Höglwörth Monastery, located on a peninsula in the lake, are remarkable.

The former monastery church of St. Peter and Paul is now a branch church of the Anger parish and impresses with its architectural history, which ranges from the Romanesque period to the late Rococo period. The square bell tower with its onion dome, the single-nave nave with a gallery, and the Romanesque choir with its groin vault tell of centuries of architectural history. Particularly noteworthy are the high altarpiece by Francesco Vanni (c. 1600), depicting the Transfiguration of Christ, and the stucco work by Benedikt Zöpf (1765), which lend the church a unique atmosphere.

Archbishop Konrad I of Salzburg founded this Augustinian monastery in 1125 on an island in Lake Höglwörth. On July 30, 1817, the last provost, Gilbert Grab, voluntarily abolished the monastery and privatized it. It was the last monastery to be secularized in Bavaria. In 1821, the building was purchased by the Wieninger brewery family, who still own it today. In addition to its spiritual significance, beer also played a major role in Höglwörth. Starting in 1730, the monks built a brewery here, which initially made losses but then flourished. By 1804, the monastery was already producing 3,800 hectoliters of beer. The brewery continued to exist, even after the monastery was dissolved.

Just relax

Here you can cool off under the waterfall.