Achenkirch is a holiday resort in Tyrol. The community is located
in the Achental north of the Achensee. The community of Achenkirch
is quite elongated in the northern part of the Achental and consists
of the center and numerous districts, hamlets and Einödhofen. The
center of the village is already a good three kilometers north of
the end of the lake, while the northernmost parts of the village
reach Bavaria and the German border at the Achenpass.
A
church in place of today's parish church is mentioned in a deed of
donation as early as 1120 and is still referred to as a parish in
the Emaus valley. The name Achenkirch soon became common, however,
since 1313 the Achental has been mentioned as a separate local
community. The current political community emerged from the Bavarian
administrative reform of 1811, when Tyrol was temporarily part of
Bavaria. In 1867, the municipality of Achental was then assigned to
the Schwaz district administration.
Today tourism is the most
important branch of business in the town in summer and winter.
Achental local history museum (Sixerhof). 21 rooms in a historic
Tyrolean farm on the history, way of life and work in the Achental
region.
Mountain game reserve Achenkirch, at the valley station
of the Sonnberg chairlift. Deer, roe deer and chamois live here.
Price: The game reserve is accessible free of charge all year round.
Parish church of St. John the Baptist, in the center of the village.
Built from 1748 to 1750 according to plans by Jakob Singer.
St.
Anna Chapel, on the Dollenhügel. southwest of the center. Built in
1670 by Christoph Unterberger, a pulverist, and consecrated in 1732.
The altarpiece is the work of an unknown painter from the mid-18th
century.
Governor Grauss Chapel. Consecrated in 1959.
By plane
The nearest international airports are Innsbruck,
approx. 46 km away, and Salzburg Airport, approx. 145 km away. The
Munich / "Franz Josef Strauss" airport north of Munich is also
within reach, a distance of approx. 104 km.
By train
The
next train station is in Maurach and can be reached from Jenbach im
Unterinntal with the Achenseebahn. In Maurach, the train leads
directly to the lake shore to the landing stage of the Achsensee
shipping company.
Jenbach im Inntal train station is on the
Lower Inn Valley Railway from Kufstein to Innsbruck.
From
Maurach to Achenkirch by bus, boat or taxi.
By bus
From
Tegernsee (rail connection to Munich) there is also a bus line to
Achensee. The RVO line 9550 makes u. a. in Achenkirch, Buchenau and
Maurach stations. The end of the line is in Pertisau.
Attention: There is no bus service on the federal highway 13 between
Lenggries and Achenkirch. You can only use a taxi here.
In
the street
The Achensee region is located on the Achenseestrasse
on the east side of the lake, the Austrian state road B181, the road
with several exits leads past Achenkirch on the east side.
In
the south in the Lower Inn Valley, the B181 has a connection to the
Inntal motorway from Kufstein to Innsbruck.
On the north side
of the Achensee, the Achenseestrasse leads to the German state
border at the Achenpass, from where there is a connection to the
German federal highways B 13 and B 307.
The B 13 leads via
Lenggries and Bad Tölz into the Munich area, the B 307 leads via the
Tegernsee area to the A9 Munich-Salzburg motorway.
Around the city
With the white guest card, holiday guests from Achenkirch,
Pertisau, Maurach and Steinberg am Rofan can use the buses in the
Achensee area free of charge. In summer a hiking bus runs every hour
between the places in the region.
Achenkirch has a landing
stage for the Achensee shipping in the south of the village in the
Landesetg Scholastika.
For more information on Achensee
shipping, see the article on Achensee