Füssen
Füssen in the Allgaeu (14,000 inhabitants approx.), southern ending point of the Romantic Road, is well-known as holiday and health resort. Fascinating may be above all the charming position at the foot of the Alps, surrounded by impressive mountain tops and only 4 km away from the castle Neuschwanstein. The region offers almost infinite possibilities for an unforgettable vacation – hiking and biking, hang-gliding, water and winter sports. The enchanting historic town center of Füssen has conserved romance in winding alleys and medieval houses up to our days. Highlights of the rich list of cultural events are certainly the Fürstensaal summer concerts, the string instrument festival “vielsaitig”, the medieval festival "Kaiserfest" and other events with historic setting.
Sights and museums
Hohes Schloss (late gothic castle with singular illusion paintings); former baroque Benedictine monastery St. Mang; basilica St. Mang (former monastery church with Magnus crypt); Anna chapel with Füssener Totentanz (oldest Bavarian death dance cycle); historic city center with rich late-medieval buildings and the baroque churches: Heilig-Geist-Spitalkirche (hospital church); St. Stephan with Franciscan church, St. Sebastian (with old graveyard), St. Nikolaus, Frau-am-Berg-Kirche, St. Peter und Paul (Hopfen), St. Walburga, St. Nikolaus (Weißensee); city walls, Kalvarienberg, Lechfall.
Füssen Heritage Museum in the monastery St. Mang: history of the monastery, baroque rooms (incl. Fürstensaal, Annakapelle), lute and violin building in Füssen, excavated roman cloister, town history.
Opening hours: April – October: Tuesday to Sunday 11.00–17.00 o’clock. November – March: Friday to sunday 13.00-16.00 o’clock. Guided tours: April-October Tuesday and Thursday 14.30.
Staatsgalerie im Hohen Schloss (State gallery): (branch of the Bayer. Staatsgemäldesammlungen): paintings and sculptures of the late gothic/renaissance period; Munich painters of the 19th century; Pocci collection. Opening hours: April-October: Tuesday to Sunday 11.00 to 17.00; November-March: Friday to Sunday 13.00-16.00. Guided visits: April-October: Wednesday 14.30 o’clock.
Sports and leisure activities
Federal Center of Sports for ice-hockey, natural open-air pools, water sports (11 lakes), tennis hall and open air courts, hiking and biking, cross-country ski net, ski run, rich tourist program (for children too), wood experience center Ziegelwies.
Guided tours
Guided town visits all the year every Saturday at 9.30.
July-September: Guided evening visits every Monday at 20.00 o’clock, October-June evening tours every two weeks on Mondays at19.00 o’clock, (from April on: 20.00 o’clock).
Visit/basilica St. Mang: January to October: every Saturday at10.30 o’clock
Audio-Guide-tours/Mobile-city tours: Information available at the Tourist Information Center.
How to get there
Füssen train station
Tourist Information
Füssen Tourismus und Marketing
Kaiser-Maximilian-Platz 1, 87629 Füssen
Tel: +49 (0) 83 62 / 9 38 50
Fax: +49 (0) 83 62 / 93 85 20
tourismus@fuessen.de
www.fuessen.de
