Gmund

GMUND is often referred to as Gmund am Tegernsee to differentiate from other places with the same name, gmund being commonly used in German to indicate a settlement at a rivermouth.

In this case Gmund is situated where the River Mangfall starts, the river being an outflow from the lake of Tegernsee.

The town, although it was then only a small village, is first mentioned in a 1075 report from nearby Tegernsee Abbey.

Railside meadow on Gmund's outskirts

Unlike many Bavarian tourist spots, murals are rare

But the train station is picturesque

And so are many other buildings

Fly-fisherman on the Mangfall

Churches with distinctive onion-style domes

Gasthof Herzog Maximilian has existed, albeit under various names, since at least 1339, guests including a Russian tsar and an Austrian emperor