The Alpine Garden on the Schachen

The Alpine Garden is open from 15^th June until 7^th September 2022.

• Impressions from the Alpine Garden 2020, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004
• Flyer: Alpine Garden on the Schachen
• Alpine and Arctic Botanic Gardens in Europe, interactive online map
• Cooperation project between Katse Alpine Botanical Gardens and the Botanical Garden München-Nymphenburg

Native alpines and rarities from the Himalaya

For over 100 years the Botanic Garden München-Nymphenburg manages a satellite garden in the Wetterstein Mountains; the Alpine Garden on the Schachen. At an altitude of 1,860 m conditions are conducive for the culture of approximately 1,000 different species of plants from a diverse range of mountains, stretching from the Bavarian Alps to the Himalayas and down to mountains of the southern hemisphere.

Gentiana angustifolia

Dendranthema zawadskii

Soldanella alpina

Leontopodium alpinum

Scorzonera purpurea subsp. rosea

Primula clusiana

Geographical location

Between the source of the Isar and Loisach rivers, approximately 90 km south of Munich, rise the Wetterstein Mountains. One of the large valleys in the heart of the Wetterstein Mountains is the Reintal, and on its southern flanks, at a height of 1,860 m, lies the Alpine Garden on the Schachen.

Opening times

From the middle of June until the end of August horticulturists from the Munich Botanic Garden care for the Alpine Garden. During this time the garden is open 7 days a week from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Entrance fee: € 3.50

Lilium bulbiferum

Nomocharis aperta

Mertensia ciliata

Trollius europaeus

Viola calcarata

Crocus vernus

Getting there

The Alpine Garden is situated next to the Hunting Lodge of King Ludwig II. The two most popular trails to the Schachen are:

1. From the Wanderparkplatz (hiking parking area) near Schloss Elmau via the Wetterstein Alm along the forestry road called the Koenigsweg. Hiking time: 3 – 3.5 hours; 10 km; 850 m difference in altitude; without any really steep parts.
2. From Garmisch-Partenkirchen through the Partnachklamm and up the Kaelbersteig. Hiking time: 4 – 4.5 hours, although can take longer for those not used to hiking in the mountains; 9 km; 1,150 m difference in altitude; steep parts in the Kaelbersteig.

More detailed information can be found under getting to the Schachen.

Contact and queries

Queries can be directed to:

Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg
Menzinger Str. 61
80638 München
Germany

Phone:	+49 89 17861-310
Email:	bgmsnsb.de

Photos: Jennifer Wainwright-Klein, Botanical Garden München-Nymphenburg
Text: Andreas Gröger, Botanical Garden München-Nymphenburg