Gorgeous island on the Chimsee. It's a small island with a lot of history and some amazing old…read morebuildings and guesthouses. It is also the home of a fabulous Christmas market and I am told attracts a lot of tourists in the summer months. It takes about ten mins on the ferry to get here and once you get off the ferry you feel like you have been transported to another world :-) It is quite, peaceful and you can walk around the island and take in the spectacular scenery around. There is a nice fishmonger on the island who smokes his own fish and there are a few small arts, ceramic, jewellery and gift shops. There are three or four restaurants on the island as well as a small brewery with a biergarten :-)) I would happily come back here anyday and loved the ambience of the place :-)

An amazing survivor on the island of Fraueninsel and close to Frauenwörth Abbey, is the Torhalle…read more Dating from 782 it was built as an an entrance building for the original monastery. It consists of an upper Chapel room with early frescoes of life-size angels. It is now used to House a small collection of historical religious artefacts, as well as s changing exhibition of art.