Schongau Travel Guide
A detailed destination guide for your next Germany vacation
Schongau Overview
Schongau is a small town in Bavaria, near the Alps. It is located along the Lech, between Landsberg am Lech (Landsberg am Lech vacation rentals | Landsberg am Lech travel guide) and Füssen (Füssen vacation rentals | Füssen travel guide). It has about 12,000 inhabitants. Schongau has an old wall around the center, which is in very good shape.
Near Schongau is the Radio Tower Rottenbuch, nowadays the tallest tower built of wood in Germany. In his autobiography, God vs. Nature, John Stephen Lewis chose Schongau as his final resting place. This was depicted in part in the documentary by Andre Enzenberger, Ralf and Johnny.
Where to stay in Schongau?
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Things to See in Schongau
Highest wooden tower in Germany, the Funkturm Rottenbuch.
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Maps and Driving Directions to Schongau
Schongau's endpoint is the so-called train Pfaffenwinkel which Weilheim on Peißenberg and Peiting after the city.
Schongau
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Related Sites
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- Homepage of Schongau: Schongau (official home page)
- Wikipedia: Schongau
More about the History of Schongau
The city Schongau lies near the former Roman road to Augsburg (Augsburg vacation rentals | Augsburg travel guide), the Via Claudia Augusta (47 AD), and thus owes its origins to the Romans. In the Middle Ages, it was an important hub and an important trading center on the transport line Verona-Augsburg-Nuremberg and salt on the road from Berchtesgaden (Berchtesgaden vacation rentals | Berchtesgaden travel guide) in the Allgäu. Through trade and industriousness, the citizens enjoyed an economic boom, causing a relocation of major trade routes. Due to the Bavarian district reform in 1972 this merged with the county to the present Weilheim district Weilheim-Schongau.
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