Reichenau Island – Herrenbrücke Marina, Reichenau loop from Reichenau
Reichenau Island – Herrenbrücke Marina, Reichenau loop from Reichenau
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Reichenau Island – Herrenbrücke Marina, Reichenau loop from Reichenau
02:43
10.5km
70m
Hiking
Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 22, 2026
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Bus stop
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6.12 km
St. George's Church (Reichenau-Oberzell)
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Catholic parish church. St. George was built after 888 by Abbot Hatto III (888-913).
Hatto, who traveled to Rome with King Arnulf in 896 for his imperial coronation, received the head of St. George from Pope Formosus there. He had the relic brought to Reichenau, where it found its place in the crypt of the newly built church. With the current building, large parts of the original basilica still stand.
Eight large-scale murals in the central nave, more than 4 m wide and over 2 m high, show the miracles of Jesus and illustrate the power of Jesus over natural forces, illness, life and death.
The murals were created at the end of the 10th century. They are among the earliest examples of their kind north of the Alps and are closely related to the book painting created in the Reichenau scriptorium, which also reached its peak around 1000.
Text / Source: Tourist Information Reichenau, Pirminstraße 145, Reichenau Island
reichenau-tourismus.de/attraktion/kirche-st.-georg-18671a5f6f
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Reichenau Monastery Gardens
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8.30 km
Reichenau Monastery Herb Garden
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Strabo's descriptions in poetry showed how much he enjoyed working in the garden.
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Reichenau Island
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Herrenbrücke Marina, Reichenau
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View of the Gnadensee in winter
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8.91 km
Minster of St. Mary and St. Mark, Reichenau
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St. Mary and St. Mark Minster with treasury, Reichenau Island
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The oldest church on the island is St. Mary and St. Mark's Minster, the former monastery church (founded in 724). The simple wooden building of the monastery's founder Pirmin became too small after just a few decades and was replaced by a 40 m long stone building in the 8th century. To the north of this, i.e. opposite the convent buildings that are still visible today, there was a cloister and a two-storey monks' house. These buildings were soon expanded too, because in the middle of the 9th century the island convent had 134 monks.
While this monastery complex has only been preserved in underground traces, we can still trace the stages of development of the abbey church today. The eastern transept and the crossing arches come from the three-aisled cross basilica consecrated in 816, which Abbot Heito I had built. While Heito's crossing building remained unchanged for a long time, the western part of the abbey church was rebuilt several times. The westwork received its current appearance under Abbot Berno. It was consecrated shortly before his death in 1048 in the presence of Emperor Henry III.
After the decline of the abbey, regular monastic life only began again with Abbot Friedrich von Wartenberg (1427-1435). He began building the Gothic choir in the east of the cathedral, which was not completed until the painting in 1555. After incorporation into the diocese of Constance in 1540, the monastery continued to exist as a priory. Prince-Bishop Jakob Fugger had new convent buildings built on the south side of the cathedral from 1605 to 1610. After the complex was completed, the "Old Monastery" on the north side was demolished. The monastery was dissolved in 1757. The Fugger "new" convent buildings now serve as a rectory and the seat of the municipal administration. The winegrowers' association presses Reichenau wine in the spacious cellar.
In the cathedral's treasury, numerous reliquaries and other cult objects from the 5th to 18th centuries can be seen.
Text / Source: Roman Catholic parish of Reichenau
kath-reichenau.de/die-katholischen-kirchen-der-insel-reichenau-2/muenster-st-maria-und-markus-4
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End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
4.88 km
3.74 km
1.36 km
499 m
Surfaces
4.98 km
2.34 km
1.25 km
1.24 km
567 m
100 m
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