Mutterturm and the Herkomer Museum – Sandauer Gate loop from Landsberg (Lech)

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Landkreis Landsberg am Lech

Ammersee-Lech

Mutterturm and the Herkomer Museum – Sandauer Gate loop from Landsberg (Lech)

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Mutterturm and the Herkomer Museum – Sandauer Gate loop from Landsberg (Lech)

01:59

7.17km

120m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 18, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Lechtal-Nord

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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433 m

Mutterturm and the Herkomer Museum

Highlight • Monument

With its golden roof, the Mother Tower rises from the parkland as seen downstream from the Lech River. This historicist building, constructed in the style of a Norman keep from …

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3.48 km

Mühlbach and Historic Waterwheel in Landsberg am Lech

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Successful mixture of new and old at this point.

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3.85 km

Historic Town Hall of Landsberg am Lech (Rathaus)

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From 1700, the New Town Hall was built in several phases. From 1719 to 1721 the building was extended by Dominikus Zimmermann and redesigned with a finely structured, towering gable …

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4.66 km

Sandauer Gate

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The northern end of the city wall is the Sandauer Tor, which was built in 1630 in the existing city wall. The name of the gate was chosen after a …

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6.01 km

Alte Bergstraße (Landsberg am Lech)

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In the old town of Landsberg runs between the Bayertor and Schmalzturm the "Alte Bergstrasse", a beautiful medieval alley. For many years it was the only street in Germany with …

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6.73 km

View of the Lech Weir and the Old Town of Landsberg am Lech

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The Landsberg Bridge was mentioned in a document in 1150.
It replaced the previous ford in a shallow part of the Lech weir.
Blown up by the Wehrmacht in the last days of the war

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6.88 km

Father Lech Sculpture

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On the west side of the Karolinenbrücke there is a sculpture depicting Father Lech.

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6.90 km

View of the Karolinenwehr and the Old Town of Landsberg am Lech

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The Lechner is called the Karolinenwehr.
The Karolinenwehr is a four-stage weir of the Lech near the old town of Landsberg am Lech.

To the right of the weir system, …

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7.17 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.73 km

2.50 km

363 m

347 m

223 m

Surfaces

4.13 km

1.93 km

455 m

392 m

243 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (630 m)

Lowest point (580 m)

Weather

Sunday 4 October

19°C

9°C

31 %

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Comments

December 13, 2022,Landsberg am Lech 👣 von der Oberstadt hinunter zur Unterstadt

Today we were in Landsberg on the frosty Lech looking for an interesting city tour from the medieval upper town with the Bayertor and the Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche down to the historic Christmas lower town. On our city tour we left out the old venerable JVA where Hitler and Hoeneß already moved into quarters and sat there so as not to be …

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May 1, 2024,Stadtrundgang Landsberg am Lech

landsberg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/download/Tourismus-Stadtfuehrungen/stadtplan-a4-ll-2021_Download.pdf

Combination of all 4 tours

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January 17, 2023,Stadtrundgang Landsberg am Lech

This tour showed up in Komoot 2 times. 1 x deleted, both gone 😄 Then I planned the tour again and made it known. Data was exactly 8.07 km, average 4.9 km/h. + 150 meters of altitude. I labeled most of the pictures. Of course, the assignment is no longer correct. Well, there are worse things

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April 29, 2023,Landsberg (Lech) – Runde vom Karolinenwehr 💦

Landsberg am Lech has been on the list of excursions for a long time and it was really worth it. It's a really beautiful town with so many old buildings that you don't know where to look first.

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May 15, 2026,Rundgang durch Landsberg am Lech

A larger loop through Landsberg am Lech. We give the town 5 out of 5 stars.

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September 5, 2024,Landsberg am Lech

Beautiful city that is definitely worth a visit!😊

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August 10, 2026,Wanderung Landsberg am Lech

On the Waitzinger Wiese car park, you can park for 4 hours for €0.60 or all day for €2.30. From here, I hiked to the Lech to cross it via one of the numerous footbridges - not to be confused with the Eichhörnchenbrücke - and took a walk around and through the old town and along the eastern town wall. …

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