Sights and highlights Schongau

Between Schongau and Peiting, you will find fairy tale depictions and fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm. The park is…

Gothic ‘Ballenhaus’ (1419/1515): former Town Hall (up to 1902) with steep, stepped gable; council chamber with carved beamed ceiling.

Town Museum with valuable coin collection.

The medieval narrow entrance to the town was originally a larger entrance for carts. Since the 19th century, the passageway…

The old Schongau Castle was used by Duke Christoph the Strong in the 15th century as a Wittelsbach secondary residence,…

Largely intact town walls (oldest parts date back to the 13th and 15th – 17th centuries), in places with traversable…

St Mary of the Ascension Parish Church (1750-53): choir by the Wies architect, Dominikus Zimmermann; richly decorated High Altar by…

St Michael’s Basilica (about 1220) in Altenstadt; one of the most important Romanesque buildings in Old Bavaria.

The beautiful Schongau Christmas market creates a pre-Christmas atmosphere in the historic old town. It transforms the town center into…

Enjoy a trip along the fjord-like section of the middle Lechtal valley on the historic long-distance trade raft on the…