Tölz

Tölz stands on the Isar in the Bavarian Alpine foreland. Its position at the meeting of the salt road and the river route towards Munich helped support trade, crafts and rafting. In 1453 a great fire destroyed the market street, parish church and part of the settlement; Duke Albert III helped rebuild the market street in stone.

Brewing was recorded in Tölz by 1476. Rafting and woodworking continued to shape the market town's economy, and both experienced renewed growth after the middle of the eighteenth century. The Isar connected the products of the Alpine hinterland with towns farther downstream.