Among the points of interest in Schliersee, a climatic health resort, is the St Sixtus church with a Holy Trinity group by Erasmus Grasser and wall and ceiling frescoes by Johann Baptist Zimmermann.

Schliersee provides scenic views of the surrounding mountains, in particular Aiplspitz, Jägerkamp (German), Brecherspitz and Bodenschneid, all belonging to the Mangfallgebirge range.

Buses operate via Hausham to Tegernsee (town) and from June to October to Kufstein in Tyrol via Thiersee.

After Schliersee was raised to 'Markt' status in 1919, the town applied for the authorisation to use the local colours of cornflower blue / gold yellow.

It had the following description: "Pope martyr Sixtus II sitting on a Faldistorium on blue field, in golden cope with Papal tiara, offers blessing holding in his left hand lowered sword."

This new coat of arms and the local colour "cornflower blue / gold yellow" were approved by resolution of the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior of 27 November 1926.

Residents were able to purchase or sell, new houses were built, the population structure transformed land, and gradually a community formed.

In implementing the Bavarian Constitution of 1808 through the first municipality edict, Schliersee became an independent rural community in that year.

In the second third of the 19th century Munich artists discovered the quiet and romantic Schliersee and its reputation spread as an idyllic holiday destination.

The Schliersee museum (built around 1500) shows the rural life and work over the past 500 years in one of the oldest houses in the village.

Old farms from upper Bavaria were dismantled, moved from their original locations then restored and rebuilt in the museum.

At the northern entrance to the village is the baroque church of St. Martin containing Georg Jennerwein [de]'s grave.

Finally, located in the centre, which was built in 1712–1715, there is the Parish Church St.Sixtus, with works by Jan Polak, Erasmus Grasser and Johann Baptist Zimmermann.

The Bavarian writer Manfred Böckl wrote a novel about the famous Schliersee inhabitant and poacher George Jennerwein.