West shore of Lake Höglwörth – Cascade waterfall loop from Anger

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Germany

Bavaria

Upper Bavaria

Landkreis Berchtesgadener Land

Anger

West shore of Lake Höglwörth – Cascade waterfall loop from Anger

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West shore of Lake Höglwörth – Cascade waterfall loop from Anger

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3.39km

40m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

Waypoints

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Parking

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44 m

Höglwörth Lake

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Beautiful monastery lake, which you can walk around in about 15 minutes. The seaside resort is also open in summer.

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760 m

Lake Höglwörth

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Meanwhile gem. Signage unfortunately the entire dirt road around the lake closed to cyclists ...

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864 m

Site of the Former Hydroelectric Power Plant

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A small power plant was built on this site around 1925, supplying electricity to the monastery and two farms. It was powered by water from the Schornbach and Höglwörther Seebach …

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1.03 km

West shore of Lake Höglwörth

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A very beautiful, idyllic little lake. A walk around the lake takes only 35 minutes and is highly recommended. You'll always see the monastery from a different perspective.

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1.36 km

Höglwörth Lake and Monastery

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A meadow has been mown to the left and right of the circular path at the bathing area. A bathing place with a view of the monastery. Just beautiful.

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1.37 km

Swimming spot on the south shore of Höglwörth Lake

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Although the Berchtesgadener Land is a biosphere reserve and the area around Lake Höglwörth is a landscape conservation area, bathing and swimming in the lake is permitted at two designated …

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1.69 km

Wieninger Monastery Inn Höglwörth

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A traditional Bavarian inn, located in the Rupertiwinkel region next to the former Höglwörth Monastery for 150 years, overlooking the picturesque Höglwörth Lake. Committed to tradition, modernity, and above all, …

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2.60 km

Cascade waterfall

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The Schornbach and Höglwörther Seebach streams, both of which rise in the hills west of the A8 motorway, merge in a pond above Lake Höglwörth. From there, the lake's largest …

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3.39 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.99 km

309 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.93 km

367 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 23 October

6°C

-1°C

45 %

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There’s a fairly high chance of rain. Consider packing a waterproof jacket.

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Comments

September 8, 2022,Höglwörther See und Kloster 2022-09-08 W361

Evening tour around the Höglwörther See. It is the remnant of the primeval Saalfeld glacier.
The lake is very popular with local swimmers.
The former monastery (Augustiner Canons of Peter and Paul) is privately owned by the Wieninger brewery family. The rococo church has been beautifully restored.

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August 13, 2025,Bayerns letztes Opfer der Säkularisation: Kloster Höglwörth

Let no one say that Napoleon Bonaparte didn't cause quite a stir in Europe. His initially victorious campaigns led to the loss of the German territories on the left bank of the Rhine to France and – through the Imperial Recess of Regensburg on February 25, 1803 – to the compensation for these losses, among other things, through the secularization …

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October 13, 2024,Kloster Höglwörth Hunderunde bei Regen🌧️

The circular path around the lake will be closed from 14.10.24 until spring 2025 due to construction work

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June 24, 2025,Rund um den Höglwörther See mit Einkehr

After a tour of the biathlon arena in Ruhpolding and a visit to Adelholzener Sprudel, we headed to Höglwörther See in the late afternoon and took a walk around the lake before stopping at the Klosterwirt restaurant.
I highly recommend this short walk. The monastery is beautifully situated on the lake. The beer garden at the Klosterwirt is also highly …

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August 6, 2022,Wanderung um den Höglwörther See, endlich Urlaub 😌

Finally vacation in the old second home, it's about time. As is so often the case, a small evening round at the end of the day around the idyllically situated Höglwörther See.

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October 27, 2024,Spaziergang um den Höglwörther See und zum Kaskaden Wasserfall 🥾🐿🐝🍁

Morning on the Bürgermeisterhöhe in Reichenhall.
I had a lunch break at the Klosterwirt in Höglwörth. Then I took a walk around the Höglwörther Lake.
The monastery is closed, the bridge is being renovated.

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