The Unterallgäu is the southern part of Central Swabia and lies in Bavaria. The district was closed for tourist reasons Unterallgäu called, but only about 2% is on Allgäu corridors.
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District of Unterallgäu
Regions
The Unterallgäu closes north of Dietmannsried to the Allgäu and lies between the two rivers Iller and Wertach. It is characterized by an Ice Age moraine landscape, the hills of which are mostly forested.
places
- 1 Mindelheim
, Administrative seat of the Unterallgäu district
- 2 Memmingen
, largest city in Central Swabia and regional center, including for the Lower Allgäu. Since the city is independent, it is not part of the Unterallgäu district.
- 3 Bad Woerishofen
, Health resort, known for the work of Water doctor Sebastian Kneipp
- 4 Babenhausen (Swabia)
- 5 Ottobeuren
, world famous is the Ottobeurer basilica
- 6 Bad Groenenbach
, Kneipp spa
- 7 Buxheim (Swabia)
- 8 Kirchheim in Swabia
- 9 Tuerkheim
Other goals
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Map of Unterallgäu
background
language
getting there
- Motorways A7 and A96
- The most important train stations are in Memmingen, Bad Wörishofen and Mindelheim.
- Memmingen Airport
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- Ottobeuren Benedictine Abbey
- former Carthusian monastery (Buxheim), today the German Carthusian Museum
- Fugger Castle in Kirchheim in Swabia
- Fugger Castle in Babenhausen in Swabia
Museums
- Museums in the Jesuit College, Hermelestraße 4, 87719 Mindelheim (on the 3rd floor). Tel.: 49 (0)8261 - 909760, Email: [email protected]. The Swabian Nativity Museum, the Textile Museum and the South Swabian Archaeological Museum are located in the former Jesuit College.Open: daily except Monday 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and by appointment.
- Katzbrui Mill Museum, Katzbrui 7, 87742 Apfeltrach-Köngetried. Tel.: 49 8269 - 575, Email: [email protected]. Open: March 1st-31st and October 16th-November 30th 10 am-4pm, April 1st-October 15th 9 am-6pm.
- Fugger Museum (Babenhausen)
- Sebastian Kneipp Museum (Bad Woerishofen)
- 1. Allgäu-Swabian Village School Museum (Erkheim / Daxberg)
- Swabian Farming Museum, Museumstrasse 8, 87758 Kronburg-Illerbeuren (in the Kronburg district of Illerbeuren). Tel.: 49 8394 - 1455, Email: [email protected]. The open-air museum, which is well worth seeing, consists of more than 30 buildings and shows objects from 4 centuries, numerous cultivated plants and old breeds of livestock. A rifle museum is integrated.Open: daily from 11 a.m., guided tours by appointment.Price: Admission adults € 4.
- Staatsgalerie Ottobeuren in the abbey (Ottobeuren, branch museum of the Bavarian State Painting Collections)
- Antoniter and Strigel Museum in the Antonierhaus (Memmingen)
- MEWO art gallery (Memmingen)
activities
experience nature
- Cycling: Mountain bike tours
- Memmingen-Unterallgäu cycling portal: official website with an interactive cycling map with suggested tours and further information on cycling.
- Nordic walking or running: Suitable routes are the AOK course in Sontheim and through the Memmingen city and foundation forest in Eisenburg with three different routes between 3.6 and 8.1 kilometers in length. Parking for the course in Eisenburg can be found at the "Parking lot an der Bleiche" (Eisenburg West).
- hike on the Kohlberg.
- Circumnavigation of the Benninger Rieds
- Bathing lakes: North Sea in Mindelheim, Buxheimer Weiher, Schachenbad near Ottobeuren, in Attenhausen / Sontheim and in Woringen / Darast.
- As part of the "Bavaria Tour Nature"Nature-oriented guided activities also take place in the Unterallgäu, e.g .: bike tours, theme-based hikes and moonlight paddling on the Iller.
- canoeing on the Iller, Rental option in Kardorf
- Boat trip on the Iller ferry in Wagsberg
- Windsurfing at the Oberrieder Weiher in Breitenthal. A surf school and windsurf equipment rental are located on the campsite See Camping Günztal directly at the pond: Schwabensurf surf school
leisure
- Amusement park "Skyline Park"
- Ottobeuren public observatory
Cinemas
- Movie theater, Bahnhofstr. 27a, 87719 Mindelheim - 08261 1400
- Filmhaus Huber, Maximilian-Philipp-Str. 15, 86842 Türkheim - 08245 1610
- Filmhaus-Huber, Bahnhofstr. 5a, 86825 Bad Wörishofen - 08247 332188
Films are also shown in the Dampfsäg in Sontheim and in the Kamiinwerk in Memmingen. There is a larger cinema center of the Cineplex group in Memmingen.
Culture
- Cultural events in the Dampfsäg in Sontheim
miscellaneous
- For children: Children's cinema Unterallgäu
- Official program of events for the 40th anniversary of the district [1].
kitchen
nightlife
- Chimney work (Memmingen), cultural center
- Alpine max (Memmingen), disco
- ARENA Bad Groenenbach, Disco
- Goin (Obergünzburg), disco
- Pitu (Memmingerberg), disco
- PI Club (Heimertingen), disco
- Black Eagle (Tannheim-Egelsee), Alternative Club
security
climate
literature
- House of Bavarian History (Ed.): Unterallgäu and Memmingen. augsburg: Blow, F., 2010, EDITION BAVARIA 03, ISBN 978-3791722405 ; 88 pages. Price: 8 € ;
Web links
- House of Bavarian History (Ed.): Unterallgäu and Memmingen. regensburg: Friedrich blows, 2009, EDITION BAVARIA 03, ISBN 978-3-7917-2240-5 ; 88 pages. Price: 8 € ;
- http://www.tourismus-unterallgaeu.de/
- https://kinder-im-allgaeu.de/index.php?Unterallgaeu (Excursion destinations in Unterallgäu)