Murnau am Staffelsee

Murnau
Municipality
Murnau in 2007
Coat of arms
Location of Murnau within Garmisch-Partenkirchen district
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Coordinates: 47°41′N 11°12′E / 47.683°N 11.200°E / 47.683; 11.200
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberbayern
District	Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Rolf Beuting[1] (ÖDP)
• Governing parties	ÖDP / Bürgerforum Murnau
Area
• Total	38.05 km2 (14.69 sq mi)
Elevation	650−730 m (−1,750 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	11,969
• Density	310/km2 (810/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	82418
Dialling codes	0 8841
Vehicle registration	GAP
Website	www.murnau.de

Murnau am Staffelsee (often shortend to Murnau)^[3][4] is a market town in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region of Bavaria, Germany.

The market originated in the 12th century around Murnau Castle. Murnau is on the edge of the Bavarian Alps, about 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of Munich. Directly to its west is the Staffelsee lake and to the south are the peaks and ridges of the Ammergau Alps beginning with the Hörnle and extending up to the Ettaler Manndl, southwest of the Wetterstein. This mountain range is formed by the Zugspitze and the Alpspitze in the south as well as the Estergebirge with their striking Kistenkar and the Walchensee mountains including Heimgarten and Herzogstand in the southeast.

To the south, the Murnauer Moos is the largest continuous wetland of its kind in Central Europe.