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3 Landsberg am Lech town is a former ware house with a
Bavaria; 86899 stepped gable, dating from 1420.
With a sloping main square ª Cross the Lech river to Peiting on
domina ted by the historic town hall, the Peitinger Strasse and head south
the Historisches Rathaus, Landsberg along the B23 to Rottenbuch. Parking
am Lech has a well-preserved historic is available in front of the church;
core. The façade of the town hall is follow signs to Ortsmitte.
richly ornamental, with stuccowork
from 1719–21 by Dominikus 5 Rottenbuch
Above Old town walls, Schongau Below left Zimmermann, who, with his brother Bavaria; 82401
View of the green countryside along the road to Johann Baptist, was also responsible Rottenbuch’s former Augustinian
Rottenbuch Below right Cafés lining a cobbled for the Wieskirche. The town also has monas tery complex was secu larized
street in Füssen many gate towers, most notably the in 1803, although its appear ance
Gothic 15th-cen tury 36-m (118-ft) remains unaffected. The village’s focus
WHERE TO STAY high Bayertor, located at the top of is the convent church of Mariä Geburt,
the steep, pretty Alte Bergstrasse. which has an opulent interior in the
LANDSBERG AM LECH ª Take the Katharinenstrasse, turn Rococo style, with stuccowork dating
Hotel Goggl moderate left on to the B17 and continue to from the mid-18th century.
Dating back to 1667, this hotel close
to the main square offers clean rooms. Schongau, where there is on-street ª Continue south on the B23. Beyond
Hubert von Herkomerstrasse 19–20, parking in the Altstadt. Achen, turn right on to Steingadener
86899; 08191 32 40; www.hotelgoggl.de Strasse to Wildsteig. After Wildsteig,
Hitler in Landsberg am Lech take the sign posted turning to Wies/
SCHONGAU Wieskirche. There is paid parking at the
Hotel Gasthof Blaue Traube moderate For all its timeless beauty, Landsberg side of the road, close to the church.
am Lech’s chief historical claim to
This inn on Schongau’s main street fame is as the place where Hitler
offers simple but attractive rooms. wrote Mein Kampf. At his trial, follow-
Münzstrasse 10, 86956; 08861 30 60; 6 Wieskirche
www.blaue-traube-schongau.de ing the disastrous coup attempt in Bavaria; 86989
Munich in 1923, the future dictator
HOHENSCHWANGAU was given a lenient sentence despite Located 5 km (3 miles) from
Hotel Garni Schlossblick moderate charges of high treason. The case, Steingaden is the meadow church
This hotel consists of a main building far from being a humiliation, proved of Wieskirche (open daily). Com pleted
and an annexe, the Villa Jägerhaus. to be something of a propaganda in 1754 at the spot where a farmer’s
Rooms in both are comfor table. plat form and Hitler used the mon ths wife had seen tears flow from the eyes
Schwangauer Strasse 7, 87645; 08362 of con fine ment to complete his of an abandoned statue of Christ, the
816 49; www.schlossblick- notorious political manifesto. church was the work of Dominikus
neuschwanstein.de
Zimmermann. The building is a
FÜSSEN 4 Schongau master piece of 18th-cen tury south-
Hotel Schlosskrone moderate Bavaria; 86956 ern German archi tecture.
A long-established hotel with well- Perched above the Lech river in the ª Return to the signposted turning.
equipped doubles and deluxe rooms. district known as the Pfaffenwinkel Continue to Steingaden, bearing left
Prinzregentenplatz, 87629; 08362 93
01 80; www.schlosskrone.de (priests’ corner), this former minor on to the B17. Follow brown signs,
seat of the Wittelsbach Dynasty has “Königsschlösser”, to the castles at
Hotel Sonne expensive an almost complete set of medieval Hohenschwangau. There are paid
The four-star Hotel Sonne has 50
rooms decorated in different styles. town walls, which look particularly car parks at the base of the village.
Prinzregentenplatz 1, 87629; 08362 impressive when floodlit at night. The Ascend to Schloss Neuschwanstein by
90 80; www.hotel-fuessen.de Ballenhaus in the centre of the old shuttle bus, horse and cart or on foot.

Where to Stay: inexpensive, under €70; moderate, €70–€150; expensive, over €150

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