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£ Lindau $ Oberstdorf % Füssen
Road map C7. * 24,000. £ Road map C7. * 10,000. £ Road map D7. * 16,000. £
n Alfred-Nobel-Platz 1 (08382-26 00 n Prinzregenten-Platz 1 (08322- n Kaiser-Maximilian-Platz 1 (08362-
30). _ Lindauer Kinderfest (Jul). 70 00). 938 50).
In Roman times Lindau was a Oberstdorf lies in the valley of Situated conveniently on an
fishing settlement, which used the River Iller. The ideal skiing important trade route, Füssen
to lie over three islands. The first conditions and the mild all- experienced its most rapid
historic records of the town year-round climate make this growth in the late Middle Ages,
date from 882. On the south one of the most popular as witnessed by many of the
side of the old-town island health resorts and winter sports buildings in Reichenstraße
lies the harbour with its centres in Germany. Nearby is and the remains of the town
13th-century lighthouse the skiing stadium fortifications, which include
(Mangturm). The new light- (Schattenberg- Sebastiantor and
house (Neuer Leuchtturm), Skistadion) with its sections of the walls
built in 1856, stands on the famous ski-jump, with five turrets.
The Rococo Throne Room in the Kempten Residenz neighbouring pier and offers where the annual Perched on a rock, Late-Baroque interior of the Abbey Library,
a splendid view over the lake “four ski-jump” high above the in Ottobeuren
@ Kempten nave, galleried basilica with an and the Alps. The marble Lion tournament starts town, stands the
octag onal cupola and a twin- of Bavaria opposite is the each year. palace of the ^ Ottobeuren
Road map C7. * 65,000. £
n Rathausplatz 22 (0831-960 955 0). tower façade, this is the work of symbol of Lindau. Although the fire Augsburg prince- Road map C7. * 8,000.
_ Allgäuer Festwochen (Aug). Michael Beer and Johann Serro. The old town features many of 1865 destroyed bishops. Started in n Marktplatz 6 (08332-921 90).
∑ kempten.de The town’s parish church of historic buildings, such as the large sections of the 1291 by the
St Mang dates from the 15th Gothic-Renaissance town hall in settlement here, Bavarian Prince Situated 13 km (8 miles) from
Kempten lies at the centre of century and in the Rathausplatz Reichsplatz, which was built in some of the most Ludwig II the Memmingen, the small health
one of Germany’s most attrac- is an attractive town hall dating 1422–36 and later remodelled important historic Severe, construction resort of Ottobeuren is the
tive tourist regions, the Allgäu, from 1474. The Kempten in 1578. The picturesque buildings escaped. was continued in site of one of Germany’s most
which stretches from Bodensee Residenz is a historic property Maximilianstraße is lined with These include 1490–1503 by the famous Benedictine abbeys.
(Lake Constance) to the west in beautiful grounds. On the the houses of rich patricians; Seelenkapelle, Augsburg bishops. Founded in 764, the abbey is
and the river Lech to the east. right bank of the river Iller is their shady arcades (Brodlauben) whose façade is The residential still a place of prayer and work
The town, which boasts a the Archäolo gischer Park, with are typical of Lindau architecture. decorated with a Madonna in the Church buildings of the palace for the monks who live here,
history of over 2,000 years, was excavated remains of Roman In Schrannenplatz, in the 16th-century wall of St Mang, in Füssen range around a having withstood even the
first mentioned by the Greek Cambodunum. The 13th-century northwest area of the town, painting typical of the courtyard whose walls radical secularization of 1803.
geographer and historian Erasmuskapelle chapel is also stands the church of St Peter. region, and two chapels, are decorated with trompe l’oeil In the 18th century the abbey
Strabon as a Celtic settlement, worth visiting. Since 1928 this has been the Loretto kapelle and Joseph- door and window frames. was remodelled by the Abbot
Kambo dunon. Later, the Romans war memorial chapel for skapelle, which were joined At the foot of the castle Rupert II. The foundation stone
established Cambodunum on E Kempten Residenz World War I victims. Its eastern together in 1707. Just to the stands the former Benedictine for the building complex was
the right bank of the river Iller. Residenzplatz 4–6. Tel (0831) 256 251. section dates from the mid- east of Oberstdorf is the 2,224-m Abbey (Kloster St Mang), which laid in 1717 and work began
Along with Augusta Vinde- Open Apr–Sep: 9am–4pm Tue–Sun; 12th century while the bigger, (7,300-ft) Mount Nebelhorn, was erected in the 9th century under the direction of Simpert
licorum (Augsburg) and Castra Oct: 10am–4pm Tue–Sun; Nov & Jan– western section was built whose summit can be reached at the burial site of St Magnus, Kraemer. The new buildings
Regina (Regensburg), this was Mar: 10am–4pm Sat & Sun; Dec: between 1425 and 1480. The in a few minutes by cable car. This the “Apostle of the Allgäu”. were completed in 1731. The
one of the most important towns 12.15–4pm daily. & 8 ∑ interior contains many wall offers a spectacular view over the The only surviving part of the richly decorated interiors, with
in the Roman province of Raetia. schloesser.bayern.de paintings, including some by majestic Allgäuer Alps as well as abbey is the late 10th-century stuccoes by Andrea Maini,
Medieval Kempten grew T Archäologischer Park Hans Holbein the Elder dating providing an excellent starting crypt with the remains of still survive. A new abbey
around a Benedictine Abbey, Cambodunum from 1485–90. Nearby stands point for mountain hiking. wall paintings. church was built between 1737
founded in 752. In the north- Cambodunumweg 3. Tel (0831) 252 the Diebsturm (Thief’s Tower) and 1766 with construction
western part of town is the 369. Open Mar–Nov: 10am–5pm. of 1380. The Stadtmuseum supervised initially by Simpert
church of St Lorenz. A triple- Closed Dec–Feb. (town museum) is housed in Kramer. In 1748, this was taken
Haus zum Cavazzen (1729) in over by Johann Michael Fischer,
Marktplatz, which also features who was responsible for its
a lovely Neptune fountain. final appearance.
On the south side of the The interior of the church
Market Square stands the has a magnificent unity of style:
Protestant Church of St Rococo stuccoes by Johann
Stephen, which dates from Michael Feuchtmayr are in
the 12th century and was perfect harmony with the vault
remodelled in Baroque style in frescoes by Johann Jakob Zeiller
1782. The Catholic Church of as well as the splendid altars
St Mary, built in 1748–52, has and stalls by Martin Hörmann
a lovely Rococo interior. and Johann Zeiller’s brother
Franz Anton Zeiller. The abbey’s
E Stadtmuseum Lindau three organs, which are
Marktplatz 6. Tel (08382) 94 40 73. particularly beautiful, can be
Epitaph of the family of Andreas Bertsch, in the Stadtmuseum Lindau Open Apr–Aug: 10am–6pm daily. Heini-Klopfer Ski-jump complex in Oberstdorf heard at regularly held recitals.
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp496–7 and pp519–22

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