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| Schongau | ||
| federal state | Bavaria | |
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| Residents | 12.396 (2019) | |
| height | 710 m | |
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The town Schongau is lying in Lechrain and advertises itself as the gateway to Pfaffenwinkel. The former trading metropolis is at the station Romantic road and has an excellently preserved medieval old town and many historical buildings.
background
Schongau is located on the heights of the Lechumlaufberg on the west bank of the Lech in the Pfaffenwinkel and is the westernmost town in the administrative district Upper Bavaria.
The Foundation of the city took place around 1230/40 of Altenstadt out through the Hohenstaufer. Altenstadt is the "old town" and the former historical center of Schongau, the municipality is located a little west of the city of Schongau. In 1269 Schongau was pledged to the Bavarian Wittelsbach family. The Wittelsbachers controlled the Salzweg and granted trade privileges to Schongau, the prerequisite for the subsequent upswing of the city.
The greatest flowering time the city was then the subsequent Middle Ages: Schongau becomes a trading metropolis at the crossroads of the important trade route from Verona across the Alps to augsburg and Nuremberg (South-North) with the Salt Road from Berchtesgadener Land ins Allgäu (East West). The end of this heyday was the discovery of America and, as a result, a loss of the importance of these economic routes for Europe.
In addition to tourism, Schongau is also more modern today Industrial location with plants for the production of newsprint, stockings, electrical appliances and cheese and the processing of wood and metal.
getting there
| Distances (roads - km) | |
| Landsberg | 21 km |
|---|---|
| Weilheim | 28 km |
| Andechs Monastery | 42 km |
| Starnberg | 51 km |
| Garmisch | 56 km |
| augsburg | 64 km |
| Bad Tölz | 67 km |
| Munich | 92 km |
| innsbruck | 115 km |
By plane
The nearest major international airport is that Munich Airport (120 km, about an hour and a quarter by car). From here, among others, offer Lufthansa and their partner of Star Alliance Connections to cities in Germany, Europe and worldwide. As the second largest airport in Germany, it is connected to a growing number of cities.
The airports in can also be reached quickly Memmingen (80 km, approx. An hour's drive) and in Austria the airport in innsbruck (115 km, just under 2 hours by car).
By train
Schongau station is the end point of the Ammersee and Pfaffenwinkel railway from Augsburg via Weilheim, Peißenberg and Peiting to Schongau. In Weilheim, the regional train has a connection to the Munich – Garmisch-Partenkirchen railway line. There is hourly train service on all of the routes mentioned.
- 1 Schongau station (DB travel center), Bahnhofstrasse 17, 86956 Schongau. Tel.: 49 (0)8861 10 61, Fax: 49 (0)8861 94 45.
In the street
- Schongau is on the Romantic road, one of the most popular holiday routes in Germany, which runs from Main up to that Allgäu leads. It leads along the Lech from augsburg above Landsberg am Lech and Schongau to the federal border Feet .
The parking spaces in the center are partly chargeable on weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Around the old town there are free parking spaces with no time limit.
Info: https://www.schongau.de/de/Schongau-erleben/Mobilitaet/Parken
mobility
- The RVO (Regionalverkehr Oberbayern / DB) operates the bus routes in the region;
- Regionalverkehr Oberbayern GmbH, Weilheim base; Paradeisstraße 81, Weilheim in Oberbayern, Tel .: 0881 / 92477-0
- Info:www.rvo-bus.de;
Tourist Attractions
Churches
- City parish church 1 Assumption Day, built from 1751 to 1753 according to plans by Dominikus Zimmermann.
- Inside the church, the high altar by Franz-Xaver Schmädl and the ceiling paintings by Mätthäus Günter from 1761 and the frescoes on the north wall, created in 1775 by Franz-Anton Wassermann, are particularly worth seeing.
- Heilig-Geist-Spitalkirche : built from 1720 to 1725 as the monastery church of St. Anna by the Wessobrunner Joseph Schmuzer. Particularly worth seeing inside is the main altar (created by Gottfried Göz) with six other side altars and the organ front from 1725. The monastery was dissolved in 1803 during the secularization and sold to the city. Today a foundation operates a retirement and nursing home in the former monastery complex.
- Erasmus Church (secularized): The church houses that Schongau City Museum;
- Cemetery church St. Sebastian Consecrated in 1774, in early classicist furnishings with a remarkable high altar from 1793;
Castles, chateaux and palaces
- 2 Schongau Castle: originated in the 15th century as a Wittelsbach secondary residence and later the seat of the keeper (district judge) of Schongau; the building is now used by the district administration.
Buildings
- 3 Ballenhaus: The late Gothic building is the former warehouse and council building and was built from 1420.
- city wall Largely preserved and over one and a half kilometers long curtain wall with origins in some cases as far back as the 13th century, and in some cases walkable battlements. Two of the former three gate systems and three of the former 15 towers are still preserved.
- Frauentor: verifiable until at least 1392 and named Kuhtor until 1695; After the gate tower was dismantled, it was converted into a baroque fortress;
- Maxtor: is considered the most beautiful of the city gates of Schongau, it is the former courtyard gate of Schongau Castle. A fresco by Prof. Hans Diebow (1949) shows the granting of city rights by Ludwig the Bavarian in 1331;
- Coin gate (former Schmid-Königs Tor);
- Police tower, Kaßlturm;
- Coin building: built in 1771 by Leonhard Matthäus Gießl;
Monuments
Museums
- Schongau City Museum (Museum of local and city history, partly housed in the former Erasmus Church from 1445), Christophstrasse 55, 86956 Schongau. Tel.: 49 (0)8861 20602. Open: Wed., Sat., Sun. and public holidays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.Price: Adults 2.- €.
Streets and squares
- The city center of Schongau is the Marienplatz with the square fountain from 1694 and the ball house, which almost divides the square in a central location.
- The Münzstrasse is the main axis of the 4 Old town and leads from the north over Marienplatz to the south.
activities
- Schongau fairytale forest and zoo(Freizeitpark, Tierpark), Dießener Str. 6, 86956 Schongau Tel .: 49 (0) 8861 7527 Compact amusement park since 1965 for families with small children, which has an animal park, petting zoo, pony rides, playgrounds, fairy tale houses, adventure forest, small train and restaurant disposes. Admission costs 5.50 euros for small children (2-5 years), visitors (6-60 years) 7 euros and seniors (61 and over) 6 euros.
- splash (Indoor swimming pool), Lechstrasse 6; 86956 Schongau. Tel.: 49 (0)8861 214-444.
- Lech reservoir: 8 km long recreation area, reservoir depth up to 15 meters; Boat rental, natural pool free entry.
Regular events
- Schongau historical market: Medieval market bustle with festival, fools, jugglers, minstrels, craftsmen and medieval gastronomy; every year in mid-August. Info: www.schongauer-sommer.de;
shop
- Library at the Münztor, Blumenstrasse 2, 86956 Schongau. Tel.: 49 (0)8861 93786.
kitchen
Cheap
medium
- Schongauer brewery (Brew Pub: light, dark, wheat beer -unfiltered-, Beer mustard, beer vinegar, beer liqueur and beer chocolate), Altenstadter Strasse 13, 86956 Schongau. Tel.: 49 (0)8861 9336222.
Upscale
nightlife
- Warehouse cinema, Karmeliterstraße 5, Schongau. Tel.: 49 (0)8861 3941.
- Schongau film theater, Blumenstrasse 4, 86956 Schongau. Tel.: 49 (0)8861 4140.
- Schalander cabaret (Venues in the Ballenhaus and in the Eulenspiegel)
- Eulenspiegel music bar, Blumenstrasse 33, 86956 Schongau.
accommodation
Cheap
medium
- Old post (hotel), Marienplatz 19, 86956 Schongau (centrally in the old town). Tel.: 49 (0)8861 23 200, Fax: 49 (0)8861 23 2080, Email: [email protected]. Check-in: 14:00.Check-out: 10:00.Price: single from 68, - €; Double room from € 101.Accepted payment methods: cash, EC, MasterCard, Visa, American Express.
- Hotel Rössle garni, Christophstrasse 49, II 86956 Schongau (in the old City). Tel.: 49 (0)8861 2 30 50, Fax: 49 (0)8861 26 48. Price: single from 56.- €; Double room from 85.-.
Upscale
Learn
health
- Schongau Clinic, Marie-Eberth-Strasse 6, 86956 Schongau. Tel.: 49 (0)8861 21 5-0.
| Brief information | |
| surface | 21.35 km² |
|---|---|
| Telephone prefixes | 08861 |
| Post Code | 86956 |
| Mark | WM, SOG |
| Time zone | UTC 1 |
| Emergency call | 112 / 110 |
Practical advice
- Tourist Information Schongau, Münzstraße 1 - 3, 86956 Schongau, P.O. Box 13 22. Tel.: 49 (0)8861 214-181, Fax: 49 (0)8861 214-881.
- Tourist association Pfaffenwinkel, Bauerngasse 5, 86956 Schongau. Tel.: 49 (0)8861 77 73, Fax: 49 (0)8861 20 06 78.
trips
- To the Rottenbuch radio tower, with 60 meters tallest wooden tower in Germany. Located on the Schnaidberg south of Peiting on the eastern bank of the Lech (approx. 13 km from Schongau);
- Schongau fairytale forest and zoo
- The Romanesque Basilica in Altenstadt, one of the main works of Romanesque in Upper Bavaria.
literature
- : In the district of Weilheim-Schongau. Dachau: Bayerland, 1996, ISBN 978-3892512301 ; 84 pages.
Web links
http://www.schongau.de - Official website of Schongau
- lechward: Kulturförderverein e.V.: www.lechwaerts.de;
- District Office Weilheim-Schongau: www.weilheim-schongau.de;
- Schongauer Land cultural association: www.kulturverein-schongauerland.de/;
