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The inauguration and
opening
took place on 1 July 2000.
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The Kienbergstrasse - once the most
feared part of the former trade connection Venice-Augsburg - is a
symbol for the communication between Italy and Upper-Germany,
which lasts for centuries. Many famous people travelled on it.
Carters, riding couriers and traders used it for the exchange of
goods and information.
The historical walk shows the former
importance of the Kienbergstrasse as well as the history of the
country, the former Monastery Court Ettal and the county
Werdenfels into which it is nestled.
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The history of the County
Werdenfels and the former Monastery Court Ettal, Oberau belonged
to, serves both as an example for the construction of man-made
borders and is exemplary for the connection between the European
cultures which lasts for centuries. Until 1802 in the South of
Oberau there was another state for about 500 years. Its border
was disputed often and separates the duke dom Baiern or Kurbaiern
from Werdenfels, the territory of an European small state, the
grand chapter of the cathedral Freising.
But the steep Kienbergstrasse, which
leaded from Oberau to the Ettaler Saddle and belonged to the most
feared part of the old trade route Venice-Augsburg was the
connection between Mediterranean and German culture for many
centuries. Kings and princes took the Kienbergweg to go to Italy
and return home from there. Pilgrims wandered along this route to
Rome. Carters and traders carried goods from the Orient to the
area northern the Alps and provided the south of Europe with
goods from the north. In times of war warriors used the
Kienbergweg. They harassed the locals and provided themselves
with goods from the surrounding area. But the locals made a large
profit from this old transport link, too.
When the global trading links moved away from the
Mediterranean to the Atlantic the Kienbergweg lost gradually its
importance. In 1889 the Neue Ettaler Bergstrasse (B 23) was
inaugurated. At the same time the railway line Murnau - Garmisch
was opened.
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