Bad Kohlgrub is a small skiing resort and spa between Murnau and Oberammergau on the Ammergau railway in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district of Upper Bavaria. The community has the highest mud bath in Germany.

Understand

Bad Kohlgrub from the northeast

Bad Kohlgrub's "home mountain" is the Hörnle mountain (1,547 metres/5,075 ft), accessible by chairlift.

• Spa and Tourist Information Bad Kohlgrub (in the guest house), ☏ +49 8845 74220, info@bad-kohlgrub.de. 

Get in

By train

• 1 Bad Kohlgrub train station (Bahnhof Bad Kohlgrub) (about 500 m west of the town centre). It is a station on the Ammergaubahn , also known as the Ammertalbahn. It connects Oberammergau with Murnau on the Munich - Garmisch-Partenkirchen railway line. (updated Dec 2024)

By car

From the north east and Munich area: via the Munich-Garmisch-Partenkirchen motorway to Sindelsdorf, then on the state road via Murnau to Kohlgrub, or alternatively Murnau.

From the west: on the Landsberg and on the B17 to Schongau and then continue on the B23 to Saulgrub and turn off to Bad Kohlgrub.

From the south: via Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the B2 federal road to Oberau, then on the B2 federal road via Oberammergau to Saulgrub and then turn off to Bad Kohlgrub.

Get around

• RVO (Regionalverkehr Oberbayern / DB), ☏ +49 89 55164-0. RVO operates the bus lines in the region 

See

• 1 Kapelle Heiliges Kreuz, Kraggenau. 

Do

• Take the chairlift to the Hörnlehütte, ☏ +49 8845 592 (valley station). Late December to early March: daily 09:00-16:00 (last ascent). The Hörnlebahn cable car takes you up to the Hörnle, the local mountain above Bad Kohlgrub in the Ammergau Alps. The mountain is a popular hiking area in summer and a small but fine ski area in winter. There is also a 4.5-km-long toboggan run with toboggans for hire at the valley station. Open: November to mid-December. Adult 16 and €18.50, child 6-15 €11.00. 
• Ski the Hörnle. 

Sleep

• Gästehaus Gerold, Hauptstraße 18, ☏ +49 88 45-4 76, info@gaestehaus-gerold.de. Friendly guesthouse on main street. 

Go next

• Murnau
• Oberammergau