Since 1983 he is a member of the Zentralkomitee der deutschen Katholiken (Central Committee of German Catholics – and its president since 2009), the chairman of the Bergwacht Bayern (Mountain rescue Bavaria), of the charity association Caritas Children's Village Irschenberg, and of the Freundeskreis Abtei Frauenwörth (Circle of Friends Frauenwörth Abbey) on Frauenchiemsee as well as the vice chairman of the Hanns Seidel Foundation.
From the station, tracks lead to the peninsula of Urfahrn and the so-called Rimstiger Überfahrt (Rimsting crossing) to the islands of Fraueninsel and Herreninsel.