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14-480: The village, together with Mittenwald and Wallgau , builds the tourism network Alpenwelt Karwendel who markets the holiday region throughout the year as a starting point for sports and recreational activities such as hiking and cross-country skiing. In 2015, Krün was the host-community of the 41st G7 summit . It took place on 7 June and 8 June 2015 in Schloss Elmau , which belongs as a separate district to

28-577: A defining feature of the area for at least two thousand years. Mittenwald is famous for the manufacture of violins , violas and cellos which began in the mid-17th century by the Klotz workshop . Matthias I Klotz founded the Mittenwald school of violin making. Aegidius Klotz is believed to have crafted the personal violin of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . Eduard Melkus played on an unaltered violin by Aegidius Klotz. The most significant landmark in

42-729: The Walchensee and the corresponding hydroelectric plant runs through the town towards Wallgau. Krün was first mentioned in 1294 with two farmsteads belonging to the Benediktbeuern Abbey . In 1491, the monastery sold the village with now four farmsteads to the Bishopric of Freising . Since the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss , Krün was part of the Electorate of Bavaria . The village was part of

56-630: The east, the Soiern Mountains rise with the Soiernspitze (2257 m above sea level. NN) and the local mountains Schöttlkarspitze (2050 m above sea level. NN), Seinskopf (1961 m above sea level. NN) and Signalkopf (1895 m above sea level. NN). In the southeast, above Mittenwald, the Karwendel Mountains extend. The Karwendel is also the eponym of the tourist region, with average heights of about 2300 m above sea level. NN . In

70-631: The former County of Werdenfels until 1803. In the course of administrative reforms in the Kingdom of Bavaria , the contemporary municipality was formed. A golden mitre with dependent tapes on a red ground with a silver pike pole and a silver crosier diagonally crossed. The colors red, gold and silver represent the two spiritual manors of the Convent Benediktbeuern (red / silver) and the Bishopric of Freising (red / gold) as well as

84-579: The importance of tourism for the municipality. There were 120,326 more overnight stays in private houses in the same year. Krün is located on the German Alpine Road. The federal highway No. 11 runs in a northerly direction via Wallgau and Walchensee to Kochel am See . The location is well served by public transport with both official bus routes and the rail network of the Deutsche Bahn . The railroad from Munich to Innsbruck passes

98-408: The municipal station in the village of Klais. For holidaymakers there is also a bus network that can be used with the holiday region's guest card for free. The busses approach some hiking trails and alps in the summer and ski resorts and cross-country ski trails in the winter. In the proximity of Krün there are several small lakes like Barmsee , Geroldsee, Grubsee and Tennsee. At the southern end of

112-630: The municipality of Krün. On the occasion of the G7 summit US-President Barack Obama visited the village together with Chancellor Angela Merkel and her husband. From June 26 to 28, 2022, Krün once again hosted the G7 Summit . Krün is located in the Upper Isar Valley, about 100 kilometres south of Munich and 15 kilometres east of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It is located 6 kilometres north of Mittenwald and 2 kilometres south of Wallgau. To

126-531: The political affiliation of the former County of Werdenfels. The mitre also symbolizes the dominion of Freising, the crosier the dominion of Benediktbeuren. The pike pole documents the importance of timber rafting for the village and its economic development during the past centuries. As in the whole region, tourism is the main industry in Krün. In 2013, 51 accommodation establishments offered 1,379 guest beds (including camping) and 365,983 overnight stays demonstrate

140-590: The south-east of Garmisch-Partenkirchen . It is situated in the Valley of the river Isar , by the northern foothills of the Alps, on the route between the old banking and commercial centre of Augsburg , to the north, and Innsbruck to the south-east, beyond which is the Brenner Pass and the route to Lombardy , another region with a rich commercial past and present. Mittenwald, along with Garmisch-Partenkirchen to

154-683: The southwest, the Wettersteingebirge dominates the scenery. It locates the highest German mountain, the Zugspitze (2964 m above sea level. NN) and the distinctive Alpspitze (2628 m above sea level. NN). In the northwest, lying in the Estergebirge , is the highest point of the village, the mountain Klaffen (1829 m above sea level. NN). East of Krün, the river Isar flows in a northerly direction at first. The crossover passage to

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168-528: The village is an artificial lake of the river Isar . By here, a channel branches towards the Walchensee and so supplies the well-known Walchensee Hydroelectric Power Station . Mittenwald Mittenwald ( German pronunciation: [ˈmɪtn̩ˌvalt] ) is a German municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen , in Bavaria . Mittenwald is located approximately 16 kilometres to

182-539: The village is the pink colored Roman Catholic church of Saints Peter and Paul, which is typical of the region. The church and many of the surrounding buildings, both businesses and private residences, are decorated with elaborate paintings on the exterior walls. Near the Luttenseekaserne there is a monument honoring the participants of the Slutsk Defence Action . Barmsee Barmsee is

196-548: The west, was acquired by the Prince-Bishopric of Freising in the late 14th century and the "crowned Aethiopian" head that is part of Mittenwald's coat of arms recalls that 400-year association that ended when the Prince-Bishopric was secularized in 1802-03 and its territory annexed to Bavaria . Mittenwald's location as an important transit centre on a relatively low and predictable Mountain pass has been

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