Badenburg (Bath House) – Great Cascade loop from Nymphenburg

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Badenburg (Bath House) – Great Cascade loop from Nymphenburg

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Badenburg (Bath House) – Great Cascade loop from Nymphenburg

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4.13km

10m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

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Nymphenburg

Waypoints

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Parking

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678 m

Amalienburg (Nymphenburg Palace Park)

Highlight • Historical Site

Hunting lodge in Nymphenburg Palace Park: The Amalienburg was built between 1734 and 1739 according to designs by François Cuvilliés. This pleasure and hunting lodge was a gift from Elector Karl Albrecht to his wife, Maria Amalia. The round Hall of Mirrors, or Grand Salon, is decorated in Bavarian colors of silver and blue, and, like the other rooms, is richly adorned. The Hunting Room contains numerous paintings. The Pheasant Room and the kitchen, with their wall decorations painted and waxed in the Chinese style on fabric wallpaper, have a rather exotic feel. Dutch tiles and vases further enhance this foreign character.

More information: muenchen.de/sehenswuerdigkeiten/orte/120418.html

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1.30 km

Badenburg (Bath House)

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For centuries, the Badenburg at the southeastern end of the Great Lake was the first major building in Europe exclusively dedicated to the purpose of enjoying a comfortable bath. Joseph Effner planned the pleasure palace and built it from 1718 to 1722. In addition to the large bathing hall, which extends over two floors, it also contains a ballroom and an electoral apartment with a bedroom, writing room, and dressing room. The bathing pool, over fifty square meters in size and holding 80,000 liters of water, was unparalleled in its time, not only as a work of art but also in technical terms.

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1.40 km

Badenburg at Lake Badenburger

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The shore path at Lake Badenburg is an event in every season. And the benches on the bank in front of the Badenburg are a popular sunny spot in winter. The Badenburg itself is a baroque bath house based on oriental and Roman models, where it is said to have been quite revealing at times.

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2.13 km

Great Cascade

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Joseph Effner planned the Great Cascade, which was built in 1717. The water falls from a two-part water staircase, the first step of which is semicircular towards the west, and the second, lower step is shaped towards the east. The cascade continues the symmetry through the central channel. Originally, flanking architecture was planned, but it was never executed. Instead, four sculptures of Greek gods were relocated here from the Großer Parterre at the end of the 18th century.

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2.94 km

Pagodenburg, Nymphenburg Palace Park

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The octagonal floor plan of the Pagodenburg on a small island in the lake named after it was designed by Elector Max Emanuel. Master builder Joseph Effner completed the design and supervised the construction of the pleasure palace from 1716 to 1719. In 1767 it was rebuilt in the Rococo style. The name comes from the decoration of the interiors with Asian motifs. Consequently, the rooms are called "Chinese Salon" or "Chinese Cabinet".

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3.08 km

Pagodenburg Lake

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The smaller of the two palace park lakes, the Pagodenburger See, was completed in 1813. It is named after the Pagodenburg, which lies in the northern part of the lake on an island formed by a ring-shaped canal. The area of the lake, including the island of about one hectare, is 2.9 hectares.

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3.56 km

Nymphenburg Palace Park

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A stay in Munich without Nymphenburg Palace is almost unthinkable. Extensive park with a beautiful palace.

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3.62 km

Statues in the Grand Parterre at Nymphenburg Palace

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Greek mythology served as the inspiration for the pictorial program of the Nymphenburg Garden, created in the 18th century: The sculptures represent the sixteen main deities of Olympus. However, their placement was changed with the redesign into an English landscape park. Today, only twelve statues remain in the garden parterre; four were moved to the Great Cascade. Male and female deities alternate.

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4.13 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.05 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.63 km

494 m