altitude: 1,210 m inhabitants: 1,600 guest beds: 1,200

Terenten is called the sunny village, because it is blessed with sunshine all year round. The village centre is formed by a cluster of few houses around the parish church. For the rest Terenten has a dispersed settlement pattern, with houses lying as high as 1,500 m above sea level. The municipality of Terenten (4,252 ha) consists of the following village parts: Margen, Hohenbichl, Pein, Sonnberg, Ast, Schneeberg, and Pichlern. Guests are offered a wide range of accommodations. They can choose from 1,000 bed spaces in 3-and-4-star hotels, 1-and-2-star pensions and guest houses as well as from 350 bed spaces in apartment hotels, holiday apartments and farmhouses. The name Terento is taken from the Latin word “torrentum“ meaning mountain torrent. It was first mentioned in an ancient book of the Freising Monastery. Earl Otto from Andechs entrusted four of Terento`s farms (“in monte Torento hobas IIII“) to Bishop Gottschalk of Freising. This mention of the village dates back to the time between 994 and 1005. Around the year 1000 „mons Terrentum“ was first mentioned. It is certain though, that Terento was already populated in prehistoric times. This can also be proved thanks to certain findings and the remains of walls at places like St. Zeno, Pflanger and Pürgstallkopf. Aswell as this,  the so called “Hexenstein“ (witches stone), a shell stone in the Winnebach Valley is more than likely a prehistoric source of sanctum. Dating back to the beginning of the 7th Century with the conquering by the Bajuwari, the ancient Bavarians, settlements expanded. Most of the single farm settlements are likely to date back to this time. Up to the 12th Century Terento was part of the Norital Shire. Following the seperation of the then existing courts, Terento switched over from the Rodengo Court to the Schöneck Court.