Rottau

Few settlements in Bavaria have a history as closely tied to peat extraction in the Kendlmühlfilzen bog as Rottau. Part of the municipality of Grassau, it lies in Chiemgau between Lake Chiemsee and the northern foothills of the Chiemgau Alps. The extensive moorland around the village was worked for peat over generations, a legacy documented at the Bavarian Moor and Peat Museum in the historic Klaushäusl. Today, the former extraction landscape is associated with protected wetland habitat and routes for walking and cycling across the flat bog margins, while the alpine edge rises close by. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of Rottau and Chiemgau.

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