Bad Endorf
Encyclopedia
Bad Endorf is a municipality in the district of Rosenheim
in Bavaria
in Germany
. The relatively small town is located about 15 km outside of Rosenheim and is in close proximity to the Chiemsee
lake and its larger shore towns, Prien
, Gstadt
, and Seebruck
.
The town is home to a large health spa and gym, as well as the German Federal Police
winter sports training center which is famous for producing multiple medal winners at the Winter Olympics
such as female speed skater
Claudia Pechstein
.
Bad Endorf has one main bus station and several minor ones located around the town which can take travelers to any of the neighboring towns as well as Munich
. The town also has a Deutsche Bahn
train station on the Munich–Salzburg line
with service to minor towns in the area as well as Rosenheim, Munich, and Salzburg, Austria
.
Rosenheim (district)
Rosenheim is a Kreis in the south of Bavaria, Germany.Neighboring districts are, clockwise from the west, Miesbach, Munich, Ebersberg, Mühldorf, and Traunstein, with the Austrian province Tirol across the southern border....
in Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. The relatively small town is located about 15 km outside of Rosenheim and is in close proximity to the Chiemsee
Chiemsee
Chiemsee is a freshwater lake in Bavaria, Germany, between Rosenheim, Germany, and Salzburg, Austria. It is often called the Bavarian Sea. The rivers Tiroler Achen and Prien flow into the lake; the river Alz, out of it...
lake and its larger shore towns, Prien
Prien am Chiemsee
Prien am Chiemsee is a municipality in the district of Rosenheim, in Bavaria, Germany.-Geography:It is situated on the western shore of the Chiemsee lake, 16 km east of Rosenheim.-Famous resident:...
, Gstadt
Gstadt am Chiemsee
Gstadt am Chiemsee is a civil parish in the rural district of Rosenheim. It is located on lake Chiemsee.-Districts:Gstadt am Chiemsee consists of the districts of* Gollenshausen* Gstadt* Aich* Aiglsbuch* Aisching* Ed* Lienzing* Lienzinger Moos...
, and Seebruck
Seeon-Seebruck
Seeon-Seebruck is a municipality in the district of Traunstein in Bavaria in Germany. It lies on the northern end of lake Chiemsee. It is located near the origin of the river Alz.-Municipal districts:* Seebruck* Seeon* Truchtlaching...
.
The town is home to a large health spa and gym, as well as the German Federal Police
German Federal Police
The Bundespolizei is a uniformed federal police force in Germany. It is subordinate to the Federal Ministry of the Interior...
winter sports training center which is famous for producing multiple medal winners at the Winter Olympics
Winter Olympic Games
The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...
such as female speed skater
Speed skating
Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...
Claudia Pechstein
Claudia Pechstein
Claudia Pechstein is a German speed skater. With a total of five Olympic gold medals, two silver, and two bronze medals, she is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time...
.
Bad Endorf has one main bus station and several minor ones located around the town which can take travelers to any of the neighboring towns as well as Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
. The town also has a Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...
train station on the Munich–Salzburg line
Munich–Salzburg railway
The Munich–Salzburg railway is a 153 kilometre-long double-track main line of the German railways. It connects Munich with the line to Vienna at Salzburg. At Rosenheim station, it connects with the line to Kufstein. which continues to Innsbruck and the Brenner line to Italy...
with service to minor towns in the area as well as Rosenheim, Munich, and Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg
-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
.