Route – The King of Tales | BAYERN, GERMANY

The historical core of the old trading town of Füssen also looks like it came from the Middle Ages, directly below the High Castle. Magnificent illusion paintings on splendidly restored half-timbering inspire every visitor and get us in the perfect mood for the legacy of King Ludwig II., Germany’s only real fairy tale king. Ludwig’s father discovered the “Schwanstein” ruin on a hike and decided to purchase it and rebuild it as a “Hohenschwangau” summer residence. Right across the street, just a stone’s throw away, on a rugged rock, Ludwig left his monument in 1868, Build his monumental romantic vanishing point in the style of an old German knight’s castle – his “Neuschwanstein”. A breathtaking sight in every season.

The lovely town of Pfronten in the heart of the Allgäu is already two thousand years old. However, you can hardly tell by looking at him. Created at the bottom of an iceTemporary glacial lake, the history of the rural community is shaped by hard rural life and a favorable location on the edge of important trade routes over the Reschen Pass. So it came about that the Pfrontner carters even delivered their goods as far as Venice. Nowadays the contemplative town lives from tourism and offers to the traveler everything the heart desires.

With its area of 2 square kilometers, it belongs to the city of Füssen, but with its west bank it borders on the community of Hopferau. The lake, which is quite shallow with a maximum depth of 10 m, is one of the most famous in the Füssen Lake District, mainly its northeastern shore with the idyllic spa town of Hopfen am See is perfectly developed for tourism. You can swim here from May, as well as rowing and pedal boating. But the lake is also popular with sailors and Windsurfers.

The reservoir, which is also signposted as the Roßhaupten reservoir, is the fifth largest lake in Bavaria with a good 16 square kilometers. Its unique feature is that it is drained in winter and the lake bottom is then accessible. Then in some places remains of buildings are still visible, who have sunk in the floods of the Forggensee. Even traces of the ancient Roman road Via Claudia Augusta then reappear. In summer, the lake is a very popular local recreation area with all water sports and its own Forggensee shipping.

As early as 1927, plans began to connect Lake Constance and Berchtesgadener Land with a continuous holiday route along the north side of the Alps. 5 years later, the “German Touring Club” started with the implementation. Today, over 80 years later the project is still not completed, but one A fully signposted, 450- kilometer route connects everyone Highlights from the Swabian Sea to the Berchtesgaden peaks together. And thus establishes one of the most beautiful holiday routes in Germany.