Hiking through the largest alpine moor in Central Europe with a view over the Murnauer Moos to the Alps. 1000 different flowering plants,

Ferns and mosses. And 4000 animal species that are at home here. Anyone setting out on a foray through the Murnauer Moos walks through the largest moor at the edge of the Alps in Central Europe and becomes acquainted with the impressive biodiversity that has developed here over thousands of years. From May to October, designated experts guide guests through the strictly protected natural idyll - and to the new lookout post, from where you can gaze across the vast plain to the majestic Alpine peaks.

In spring, blue irises transform the area into a sea of color. When the orchids bloom, the plain glows in pink and purple before the rust-red sedge grasses announce autumn. "The landscape always presents itself anew," also raves Traudl Bergmeister, who brings guests closer to the low and high moor as an experience on her guided tours. She is happy to present the sundew - a carnivorous plant that eats insects. Here, where adder and grass snake, badger and polecat, clapper warbler and corncrake are at home, she chooses her routes depending on the season and weather conditions. "Sometimes an area is closed because of ground-nesting birds, sometimes you would simply sink on some trails because it has rained too much," she says.

Particularly rewarding is the detour to the new lookout post, built 600 meters above sea level, which offers a magnificent view across the intact moorland plain to the mountain peaks on the horizon. If you want to know more, study the panorama board and identify from east to west Jochberg, Dreitorspitze, Herzogstand, Wetterstein Mountains and Ammergau Alps.

About the Blaue Land
The Blaue Land extends about 70 kilometers south of Munich between Staffelsee and Riegsee. The center is the artist town of Murnau, where Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter settled a good 100 years ago. Together with companions, they revolutionized art from here. Incidentally, it was the Expressionists who were so taken with the wonderful play of colors and light that they gave the spot the title "Blue Land.