Hi there
Have booked a weekend trip to Memmingen on the 26th of June with my partner.
As we arrive mid afternoon Friday and leave Sunday we will just have one full day. Wondering if anyone has anything in particular they would recommend we do on the Saturday, as I am finding it quite difficult to find much info on the web about Memmingen.
Really looking forward to the trip and would like to make the most of it so any advice on local walks, sightseeing, wining %26amp; dining it would be appreciated !
Anne
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Anne,
Take the 1-hour train journey to Lindau - it is a beautiful old town on an island on Bodensee (Lake Constance).
The town itself is great to walk around and there is almost a Mediterranean feel.
You can take a boat trip around the lake with views of the Austrian and Swiss Alps beyond. You can get off the boat at the Austrian or Swiss side - no passport checks.
Here%26#39;s a link to the Bodensee ferries www.bsb-online.com/index.php?id=142%26L=0 .
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I don%26#39;t think that you will find much to do in Memmingen, it%26#39;s good for a couple hour stroll through town. If you rent a car, then I can make many suggestions because my wife is from a short distance west of there. A nice trip might be to take Hwy312 west to Ochsenhausen, nice impressive monastery there. Continue on west to Ummendorf just before Biberach an der Riss. This is my wife%26#39;s home village, and the brewery there besides having excellent beer, has Germany%26#39;s best Maultaschen in their restaurant. Their sales room is nice, besides purchasable mugs and glasses and souvenirs, they also sell excellent chocolates with beer or beer schnapps centers, beer schnapps, and also the wonderful to behold Placidus Cobaldus dark beer in 3 liter presentation bottles (think champagne). Although considered nothing really special, go across the street to visit the church (not chapel) to see how nice a run-of-the-mill Upper Swabian church can be, and the storks should be in residence on the palace.
Afterwards, go to Biberach an der Riss, a very pleasant town. The church is my favorite in Germany, perhaps since I was married there, a wonderful blend of ornateness and simplicity. Cafe Kolesch there on Gymnasiumstrasse is the best Konditorei for 100km, so that means anyplace up to Stuttgart or Munich. Their Wielandstorte is superb. Nextdoor is one of Germany%26#39;s oldest houses, and may actually be the oldest, as records were poor back in those days. Biberach, just a lovely pleasant enjoyable town.
From there you can head toward Bad Schussenried, and along the way is Steinhausen, which I think is rightfully called the most beautiful German church in the world. Afterwards, visit the monastery at Bad Schussenried which has a nice church and a wonderful library, unfortunately now without the books. At the brewery in town is Germany%26#39;s first beer mug collection, with some being several hundred years old. Their beer garden is simply lovely, but I don%26#39;t like their beer. Just to the SE is the open air museum at Kuernbach where old buildings from throughout the region were reconstructed, including a nice one lane bowling alley.
If you still have more time, which I doubt, stop at Bad Waldsee to see the town, and then head back further east through Bad Wurzach which is on the edge of the Wurzach Moor, and has the famous steps in the palace. If you go into the churches in these later two places, you will see unifying themes as both were under the same family.
These places all are in Upper Swabia ( www.oberschwaben-tourismus.de ) and most along the Baroque Road ( www.barockstrasse.org ), unfortunately these websites are only in German. A nice day spent driving through the pleasant Upper Swabian countryside, and a lot of great sights.
The next day visit the church at the monastery in Ottobeuren to Meemingen%26#39;s SE, it is crammed full of more beautiful Baroque religious items than can be easily comprehended. As the church is probably in use, time your visit outside of church hours. You can also visit the monastery and its museum.
Both the breweries in Ummendorf and at Bad Schussenried are in the website www.braugasthoefe.com , and the Ummendorf page has links to many of the sights I have mentioned.
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%26quot;Steinhausen, which I think is rightfully called the most beautiful German church in the world%26quot;
That should be Steinhausen, which I think is rightfully called %26quot;the most beautiful village church in the world%26quot;.
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Wow - thanks to you both for all that advice. really like the sound of Lindau by train and boat, and also the idea of hiring a car and checking out some of the places mentioned.
We certainly won%26#39;t be stuck for ideas now. thanks again, Anne
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Ulm is only 50km North by road or train and offers the highest church-tower in the world (163m), which you can climb all the way up. Ulm also provides a historic centre and a nice atmosphere at the river Danube.
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I was there two weeks ago. Both the train station and bus station are beside each other. Both small and easy to use. We went to Munich for a couple of days.
On a previous trip I also visited Lindau, absolutely lovely.
Spend Friday afternoon enjoying Memmingen. There is a fantastic ice cream shop up the main shopping street (make sure you get your change, we were left short) or have a beer at the Weinmarkt.
There really is little to do in Memmingen so definitely pencil in something for your Saturday.
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Hi Anne,
Memmingen has a lovely Saturday market which is well worth a visit. Soak up the atmosphere by sitting at one of the many cafes on offer. If you want to eat at a good restaurant, I would recommend %26quot;Weber am Bach%26quot;
or %26quot;Klosterle%26quot; which are both very central.
Ottobeuren is well worth a visit, it has a huge barock Basilica and Benedictine monastery- The biggest in the world ,so I believe. Füssen with Neuschwanstein and the beautiful Alps is only an hour by car. Lindau and Munich are also options. If you are coming just for the weekend though I would say that Memmingen and it´s surroundings also have alot to offer. I live in Ottobeuren and I can only say that it is a beautiful relaxing place to be and the locals are very kind and friendly just smile and they smile back- they are sometimes a little bit shy.
Have fun!
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%26quot;Ottobeuren is well worth a visit, it has a huge barock Basilica and Benedictine monastery- The biggest in the world ,so I believe.%26quot;
The largest Baroque basilica north of the Alps is at the Weingarten Monastery, just north of Ravensburg to the SW of Memmingen. What%26#39;s nice about the monastery church at Ottobeuren is that it is crammed full of beautiful Baroque religious items, actually way too much overdone, but interesting. These places, and many others, can be seen by going to that Baroque Road link I gave above.
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Thanks BrownCow for your advice.
It is this weekend we are going. If the weather is good, we are planning on visiting Lindau for a few hours on Saturday, and will also visit the markets you mention in Memmingen.
I will keep a look out for those restaurants too !
Thanks,
Anne
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Thanks Markopolko and BoxtheFox too for your advice - will try the ice cream !
Markopolko your very detailed response is much appreciated, and definately gives us many reasons to visit the area again. i think as we just have short weekend this time we will stick with the train to Lindau on Saturday.
thanks again,
Anne
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