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Things to do in Füssen & Neuschwanstein
21 places15 stories2 routes
Sightlore has 21 places to explore in Füssen & Neuschwanstein, and 15 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Füssen & Neuschwanstein's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Schwansee
Schwansee is a lake in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. At an elevation of 789,23 m, its surface area is 17 ha (42 acres).
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Alpsee
The Alpsee is a lake in the Ostallgäu district of Bavaria, Germany, located about 4 kilometres southeast of Füssen. It is close to the Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau castles.
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Marienbrücke
A bridge over the Pöllat gorge right behind Neuschwanstein Castle in Schwangau, named after Queen Marie.
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Ziegelwies Forest Experience Centre
A forest experience centre straddling Füssen and Pinswang in Tyrol, set up in 2002 at a former border checkpoint; the only cross-border one in Bavaria.
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Neuschwanstein Castle
Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century historicist palace on a rugged hill of the foothills of the Alps in the very south of Germany, near the border with Austria.
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Magnustritt
A shoe-shaped hollow in a rock overhanging the Lech gorge at Füssen; according to legend it is the footprint of St Magnus, left as he leapt the gorge fleeing demons.
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High Castle of Füssen
The Gothic High Castle of the Bishops of Augsburg on a hill above Füssen's old town, one of the best-preserved medieval castles in Bavaria.
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Füssen museum
A museum in part of the former St. Mang's Abbey, covering the history of the town and the abbey and Füssen's lute and violin making.
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Lechfall
A weir almost 8 metres high at the southern edge of Füssen, where the Lech pours into a short gorge as it leaves the Northern Limestone Alps.
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Hospital Church of the Holy Spirit
A former hospital church in Füssen, built in Rococo style in the 18th century, with a richly painted façade.
Discovery routes in Füssen & Neuschwanstein
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Füssen: the High Castle, St. Mang and the Lech Falls
From the Franciscan Friary to the Hospital Church of the Holy Spirit, St. Mang's Abbey and the Füssen Town Museum to the High Castle; the Church of Our Lady on the Hill, the Magnustritt, the Lech Falls and the Ziegelwies Forest Centre.
The royal castles: Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein
From the Schwansee to the Alpsee, the Museum of the Bavarian Kings and Hohenschwangau Castle; then Neuschwanstein Castle and the Marienbrücke.
Places to visit
Historic sites
High Castle of Füssen
The Gothic High Castle of the Bishops of Augsburg on a hill above Füssen's old town, one of the best-preserved medieval castles in Bavaria.
Hohenschwangau Castle
Hohenschwangau Castle is a 19th-century palace in southern Germany. It was built by King Maximilian II of Bavaria, and was the childhood residence of his son, King Ludwig II of Bavaria.
Neuschwanstein Castle
Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century historicist palace on a rugged hill of the foothills of the Alps in the very south of Germany, near the border with Austria.
Marienbrücke
A bridge over the Pöllat gorge right behind Neuschwanstein Castle in Schwangau, named after Queen Marie.
Burg Hopfen
The ruins of a high-medieval hilltop castle above Hopfen am See, a district of Füssen; some wall remains survive.
Linderhof Palace
Linderhof Palace is a schloss in Germany, 10 km west of the village of Ettal in southwest Bavaria.
Museums
Füssen museum
A museum in part of the former St. Mang's Abbey, covering the history of the town and the abbey and Füssen's lute and violin making.
Museum of the Bavarian Kings
A museum in Hohenschwangau presenting the history of the royal house of Wittelsbach from its beginnings to the present.
Places of worship
Franciscan monastery Füssen
A friary of the Observant Franciscans in Füssen, in the Diocese of Augsburg.
Hospital Church of the Holy Spirit
A former hospital church in Füssen, built in Rococo style in the 18th century, with a richly painted façade.
St. Mang's Abbey
St. Mang's Abbey, Füssen or Füssen Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Füssen in Bavaria, Germany. It was founded in the 9th century, and dissolved during the post-Napoleonic secularisation of Bavaria.
Church of Our Lady on the Hill
A listed Catholic chapel church in Füssen, built in 1682.
Wieskirche
The Pilgrimage Church of Wies (officially: Wallfahrtskirche zum Gegeißelten Heiland auf der Wies ("Pilgrimage Church of the Scourged Savior on the Meadow"); abbr.
Monuments
Magnustritt
A shoe-shaped hollow in a rock overhanging the Lech gorge at Füssen; according to legend it is the footprint of St Magnus, left as he leapt the gorge fleeing demons.
Nature
Lechfall
A weir almost 8 metres high at the southern edge of Füssen, where the Lech pours into a short gorge as it leaves the Northern Limestone Alps.
Ziegelwies Forest Experience Centre
A forest experience centre straddling Füssen and Pinswang in Tyrol, set up in 2002 at a former border checkpoint; the only cross-border one in Bavaria.
Schwansee
Schwansee is a lake in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. At an elevation of 789,23 m, its surface area is 17 ha (42 acres).
Alpsee
The Alpsee is a lake in the Ostallgäu district of Bavaria, Germany, located about 4 kilometres southeast of Füssen. It is close to the Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau castles.
Forggensee
The Forggensee, also called the Roßhaupten Reservoir, is a reservoir located north of Füssen in the county of Ostallgäu in Bavaria, Germany and one of many lakes in the region around Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein castles.
Tegelberg
Tegelberg is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany. It is a part of the Ammergau Alps. The nearest town is Füssen.
Other
Festspielhaus Neuschwanstein
Musiktheater Füssen is a theatre in the town of Füssen in Bavaria, Germany dedicated to musical performances related to King Ludwig II of Bavaria.
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