Bodenmais - Health and Winter Resort, Germany

Situated at the foot of the Arber mountain (600-1456 m), Bodenmais is the most frequented climatic health resort in the Bavarian Forest. It is famous for its beautiful landscape, the curative powers of its climate, its excellent, yet reasonably priced cuisine, as well as its many and varied leisure facilities.

Recognized by the State as a Climatic Resort, Bodenmais lies in the middle of the Bavarian Forest - the largest continuous German forest range - at the foot of its highest mountain, the Grosser Arber (1456m).


Bodenmais is surrounded by marvellous forests (in part nature reserves), which reach down as far as the village. Its attractive position, far from every-day noise, as well as the fragrant and pure forest air, have turned Bodenmais into one of the most sought-after mountain resorts in the Bavarian Forest. The 136 km of well-maintained paths - of which 73 km remain cleared in winter - encourage walking. Thanks to its sunny and sheltered position, Bodenmais offers refreshing and long-lasting relaxation all year round.




The village of approx. 3,600 inhabitants offers 6,400 beds in a great variety of accommodation, ranging from first-class hotels to simple but comfortably furnished accommodation in private houses.

A wide range of curative treatments and leisure facilities exist: a spa hotel with reading- and TV-rooms; a park, concerts, a new open-air pool complex, a public indoor pool, 20 hotel-owned indoor pools, a sauna, a solarium, 3 hotel-owned open-air pools, a health farm, 4 beauty institutes, a summer sledge run, a riding arena, 13 tennis courts, a golf driving-range, 2 crazy golf courses, 6 childrens´playgrounds, 136 km of well-marked and well-maintained walks, a forest fitness path, 4 water-exercise pools, the Silberberg- and Arber-chairlifts, horsedrawn coach excursions, day excursions by coach (including to Prague and Dresden), sightseeing flights, a disco, 10 dance halls, 2 cinemas, hobby courses on rustic painting and wood-carving.


Entertainment and services for guests include: Evening entertainment with Bavarian song and dance, social evenings in mountain lodges, local amateur theatre, dances, local and forest festivals, films on the Bavarian Forest, two cinemas, colour-slide lectures, zither music in cosy inns and guided walks. The investiture of the Bodenmais Walking Medal, guided walks with lectures on medicinal herbs and children`s programmes take place regularly.

Places you may want to visit:The Rissloch waterfalls with their virgin forest reserves, the Hochfall waterfall, the 600-year old former silver-mine in the 955 m high Silberberg, the Joska and the Austen glassworks, glass refining plants, the Bavarian-Bohemian Curio-Museum, the woodcarving workshops, the Hanns Leimberger art gallery near the Town Hall, the studio of a Bavarian Forest painter in the Jahnstraße.





Family Geiger-Wastl
Böhmhof 1
D-94249 Bodenmais/Germany
Tel. 0049 9924 9430-0
Fax: 0049 9924 9430-13

E-mail: info@boehmhof.de

© 2006 Werbeagentur Robert Zaglauer