East of Aschau are several resorts, of which the most attractive is RUHPOLDING , at the end of a branch rail line from the junction of Traunstein. The town's dominant monument is the Pfarrkirche St Georg , a typical example of Bavarian Rococo, save for the fact that one of the side altars incorporates a rare Romanesque survivor in the little polychrome wood sculpture known as the Ruhpolding Madonna . Following the Weisse Traun 3km upstream b... [More]