33 Best Sights in The Bavarian Alps, Germany

Housed in the Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall), the museum has a permanent exhibition containing many fine examples of Bauernmöbel (farmhouse furniture), as well as fascinating information on the history of the town and its environs as well as their patron saint, Leonhard.

Hotels here base spa treatments on the health-giving properties of the saline springs and the black mud from the area's waterlogged moors. The elegant, pillared pavilion of the attractive spa gardens is really a sight to behold, with its unusual misting green facade, said to extract salt from the water. All you need to do is walk along the 540-foot Gradierhaus, a massive wood-and-concrete construction that produces a fine salty mist by trickling brine down a 40-foot wall of dense blackthorn bundles (breathing salt-laden air is a remedy for various lung conditions).

The region's culture and history are intriguingly presented in this museum, part of which is housed in a building dating from around 1200, with an addition and expansion completed in 2018 to make space for rotating art and local history exhibitions. Spread over 19 rooms and five floors, the exhibits explore traditional aspects of life in the Werdenfelser region, which was an independent state for more than 700 years, until 1802.