Discover Untermühlhausen

Untermühlhausen can be considered for travel planning through three themes: nature, traces of church history, and getting around on foot or by bike. If you are looking for a hotel, these different interests can help you choose a destination. The natural monuments, the history surrounding the parish church, and the route of the cycling trail each offer their own perspective.

Nature and townscape

The “Sieben Quellen” (Seven Springs) and the adjoining hillside forest are protected as natural monuments. This protected status is a specific point of reference if nature is important to your travel decision. It stands alongside the town’s historical themes and gives the landscape its own significance in understanding Untermühlhausen. So, if both nature and local history matter to your travel plans, it is worth exploring both subjects.

Church history across several periods

Untermühlhausen is home to the Catholic parish church of St. Benedict. Medieval and early modern archaeological remains have been found underground in the area of the church and its predecessor building. Underground remains are archaeological traces in the ground; here, they relate both to the area of the parish church and to that of its predecessor building. The town’s history therefore encompasses more than the story of a single church building.

Another historical reference reaches much further back: records suggest that Untermühlhausen already existed around 740, when Benediktbeuern Abbey was founded. The town’s early existence is an inference, dated to around 740. Together with the medieval and early modern remains, this forms a broad historical arc; the different details relate to distinct periods and aspects of local history.

Rasso Chapel and annual rogation procession

Rasso Chapel is located on Burgselberg in Untermühlhausen. It was built in early 1957 and consecrated at the end of May that same year. Construction and consecration therefore took place in the same year. The chapel is also the destination of an annual rogation procession: around June 19, the feast day of St. Rasso, a Mass is held at the chapel, with a stop at the Rasso memorial stone. In bad weather, the procession takes place at the parish church of St. Benedict. If you would like to plan your stay around this date, check the event details before travelling.

Cycling and hiking

The signposted “Kaufering – Weil and back” cycling route passes through Untermühlhausen, where the Verlorener Bach rises. It then runs through the Valley of the Verlorener Bach on a quiet cycling path to Geretshausen. The town and the stream are therefore landmarks along the route described; another hiking trail runs southwest of Untermühlhausen.

For planning purposes, the two types of activity can be distinguished by their locations: the hiking trail lies southwest of the town, while the cycling route passes through Untermühlhausen and continues through the stream valley to Geretshausen. If cycling is your main interest, the route described offers a specific sequence of places and landscape features. The rogation procession to Rasso Chapel, by contrast, is an annual event that can be identified by its date and the stops mentioned.

Historic places in the wider destination of Penzing

The wider destination of Penzing also has its own historical landmarks. The Frauenkapelle, also called the Feldkapelle, on the southern outskirts of Penzing was built and endowed in 1722 by Simon Erhart, a priest in Bergen, and Johann Wiedemann, a wheelwright from Penzing. In 1806, lightning struck the Feldkapelle; lack of funds prevented it from being rebuilt. A municipal notice from December 2022 states that the only surviving part is the bell bearing the inscription “Johanns Windaman von Penzing 1723.”

The Catholic parish church of St. Martin in Penzing dates in its core to the 15th century. Around 1719, it was extended and given a Baroque makeover. This building history in Penzing offers a distinct historical comparison with Untermühlhausen: there, local landmarks range from the early existence cautiously dated to around 740, through underground medieval and early modern remains, to Rasso Chapel from 1957. This makes it possible to distinguish the different historical layers of the wider destination of Penzing from those associated with Untermühlhausen.

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