Unterallgäu - Unterallgäu

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.

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 MindelheimWebsite of this institutionMindelheim in the encyclopedia WikipediaMindelheim in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsMindelheim (Q518579) in the Wikidata database, Administrative seat of the Unterallgäu district
  • 2 MemmingenWebsite of this institutionMemmingen in the encyclopedia WikipediaMemmingen in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsMemmingen (Q14825) in the Wikidata database, 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 WoerishofenWebsite of this institutionBad Wörishofen in the encyclopedia WikipediaBad Wörishofen in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsBad Wörishofen (Q504579) in the Wikidata database, Health resort, known for the work of Water doctor Sebastian Kneipp
  • 4 Babenhausen (Swabia)Website of this institutionBabenhausen (Swabia) in the encyclopedia WikipediaBabenhausen (Swabia) in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsBabenhausen (Schwaben) (Q566620) in the Wikidata database
  • 5 OttobeurenWebsite of this institutionOttobeuren in the encyclopedia WikipediaOttobeuren in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsOttobeuren (Q532455) in the Wikidata database, world famous is the Ottobeurer basilica
  • 6 Bad GroenenbachWebsite of this institutionBad Grönenbach in the encyclopedia WikipediaBad Grönenbach in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsBad Grönenbach (Q550231) in the Wikidata database, Kneipp spa
  • 7 Buxheim (Swabia)Website of this institutionBuxheim (Swabia) in the encyclopedia WikipediaBuxheim (Swabia) in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsBuxheim (Swabia) (Q705771) in the Wikidata database
  • 8 Kirchheim in SwabiaWebsite of this institutionKirchheim in Schwaben in the encyclopedia WikipediaKirchheim in Swabia in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsKirchheim in Schwaben (Q632402) in the Wikidata database
  • 9 TuerkheimWebsite of this institutionTürkheim in the encyclopedia WikipediaTürkheim in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsTürkheim (Q552257) in the Wikidata database

Other goals

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

Museums

  • Museums in the Jesuit College, Hermelestraße 4, 87719 Mindelheim (on the 3rd floor). Tel.: 49 (0)8261 - 909760, Email: . 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: . 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: . 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

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

kitchen

nightlife

security

climate

literature

  • Different authors ; House of Bavarian History (Ed.): Unterallgäu and Memmingen. augsburg: Blow, F., 2010, EDITION BAVARIA 03, ISBN 978-3791722405 ; 88 pages. Price: 8 €

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