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Alpine
Museum
The Alps in the bag, multi-faceted and intriguing manner thematically. That is the job of the Alpine Museum! Extreme mountaineering, let expeditions worldwide and insights into the history of skiing ...
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2000 year old city's history in the Roman town of Kempten, in visible traces and finds from 120 years of archaeological work. Feel ancient life in the settlement and temple complex in the open air. Follow the ...
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St. Lorenz
The Roman Catholic parish church and St. Lorenz Basilica is a former Benedictine abbey church of the Prince repealed pin Kempten. Today it is a parish church of the parish of St. Lorenz in Kempten (Allgäu) in the Diocese ...
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Castle Museum
The Allgäu Castle Museum on the Burghalde offers an overview of the history and architectural development of the numerous former Allgäu castles on the current state of research. The museum-Time ...
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of the residence
The state rooms in the former residence Fürstäbtlichen to Kempten are probably the town that was to make the visitor as a compulsory program of interest. Not only...
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church
The St. Mang church stands in the center of the former imperial city of Kempten. In the Middle Ages and the early modern period it was surrounded by a church district, the rest of the city by a wall ...
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The Alps in the bag, multi-faceted and intriguing manner thematically. That is the job of the Alpine Museum!
Extreme mountain climbing, expeditions worldwide, and insights into the history of skiing can be the natural and habitat mountains attract new prospects. The exhibition takes us into the world of adventure in the Alps. Get a on the complexity of the largest intra-European mountains.
address
Alpine Museum
Branch of the Bavarian National Museum
composed of the German Alpine Club
Landwehrstraße 4
87439 Kempten (Allgäu)
Tel. Museum: (08 31) 2525-740
Tel. Administration (0831) 2525-200
Info and guide bookings:
Tel. 0831/2525-369 (Mr. Koch)
Opening hours
March 1 to November 18
Tuesday to Sunday, 10am - 4pm
admission fees
Adults - 4,00€
Children under 10 years - free
Children (10 - 16) - 2,00€
Families - 8,00€
Groups of 10 - 2,00€ each
Reduced (severely handicapped, students, pupils, etc.) - 2,00€
Museum Pass: Adults 9,00€, Fam. 18,00€, children (10-16) 4,50€
For students up to 9 years free admission.
Students from 10 years as a class are charged € 0.50
Every. 1 Sunday of the month free admission!
Archaeological Park Cambodunum (APC)
2000 year old city's history in the Roman town of Kempten, in visible traces and finds from 120 years of archaeological work. Feel ancient life in the settlement and temple complex in the open air.
Follow the park between foundations of the forum, basilica from the plan of the first capital of the Alps Province. Immerse yourself in the bathing culture of the Small Baths of the governor's palace.
After more than 100 years of excavations, some areas of the former ancient settlement are not covered again, but made available as Archaeological Park since 1983rd.
address
Alpine Museum
Cambodunumweg 3 (main entrance)
87437 Kempten (Allgäu)
Tel. Park: (0831) 79731
Tel. management: (0831) 2525-200
Info and guide bookings:
Tel. 0831/2525-369 (Herr Koch)
opening hours
Tuesday to Sunday
March, April and May 10am - 4:30pm
May - October 10am - 5pm
Attention Closed from 1st December to 29th February.
admission fees
Adults - 4,00€
Children under 10 years - frei
Children (10 - 16) - 2,00€
Families - 8,00€
Groups of 10 - je 2,00€
Reduced (severely handicapped, students, pupils, etc.) - 2,00€
Museum Pass: Adults 9,00€, Fam. 18,00€, children (10-16) 4,50€
For students up to 9 years free admission.
Students from 10 years as a class are charged 0,50€
Every 1st Sunday of the month free admission!
The tickets are available at newsstands of TABERNA the temple district.
Audio Guide Tours The portable devices can be borrowed at TABERNA.
Basilica St. Lorenz
The Roman Catholic parish church and St. Lawrence Basilica is a former Benedictine abbey church of the Prince repealed pin Kempten. Today it is a parish church of the parish of St. Lorenz in Kempten (Allgäu) in the diocese of Augsburg. The church is dedicated to St. Lawrence of Rome, side patronages are the Assumption and the patron saints of the city Gordianus and Epimachus.
Even during the Thirty Years War the then 29-year-old abbot Roman Giel of Gielsberg began preparations for the church. The church was one of the first large church buildings after the Thirty Years War in Germany.
A special feature of the church was the division in collegiate and parish church. The choir under the dome was the Convention subject, which is separated by a choir screen, the nave was intended as a parish church for the common people. The designed for an identity foundation building project is a karolingisierende allusions to the center of Aachen Cathedral, the Palatine Chapel.
The churches of St. Martin (Weingarten) and St. Alexander and Theodore (Ottobeuren) were the Nachfolgebauten the Au Guild. 1969, Pope Paul VI. Kempten parish church the honorary title of Minor Basilica. Structurally bonded through the sacristy is the Fürstäbtliche residence.
Allgäuer Burgenmuseum
The Allgäu Castle Museum on the Burghalde offers an overview of the history and architectural development of the numerous former Allgäu castles on the current state of research.
The museum journey takes us from the present back to the Middle Ages. For example, What were the everyday objects from in the living rooms of a castle? Unique Original finds from Allgäu ruins, as well as models, drawings and photographs convey our large and small guests an idea. The display windows are also arranged such that each object may be viewed by children comfort.
address
Allgäu Castle Museum
Burghalde 1
87435 Kempten (Allgäu)
Tel. (08378) 1354 (answering machine)
Tel. (0831) 5121468
opening hours
Saturday, Sunday and public holidays
10am - 4pm
admission fees
Adults: 2,00€
Reduced: 1,00€
Children under 6 years free, from 6 years to 16 years: 1,00€
Families: 4,00€
School groups pay 0,50€
Staterooms of residence
The state rooms in the former residence Fürstäbtlichen to Kempten are probably the town that was to make the visitor as a compulsory program of interest. Not only the construction of the residential complex and the St. Lawrence Basilica offer an impressive picture. A feast for the eyes are the magnificent fürstäbtlichen living spaces that once the art-loving Prince Abbot Anselm von Reichlin-Meldegg 1732-1742 was set up. The stucco and painting put in their interaction and in their splendor is a true sense of joy of Baroque and Rococo.
Guided tours for individuals and families:
Tour times:
April to September: daily except Monday
9am to 3:45pm, every 45 minutes.
October: daily except Monday
10am to 4pm, every 45 minutes.
November to March: Saturday
10am to 4pm, every 45 minutes.
December: daily during the Christmas market
12:15pm noon to 4pm, every 45 minutes.
(Please note press announcement)
Meeting point: Residence, West Entrance Page
Duration: 1 hour
Admission: (lead free)
Adults: 3,50€ (groups of 20 people: 2,50€)
Children and teenager(under 18 years): frei
School classes: free
(No registration needed)
Group tours and foreign language guides:
are only possible after registration.
Meeting point: Residence, West Entrance Page
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: 30,00 € + entry (max 30 people.)
35,00 € + entry for foreign language guides
Information and reservations:
Home club Kempten
Mrs Ingrid Müller
Tel.: 08373 465
E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
St. Mang church
– Erasmus chapel underground showroom
St.Mang Kirche
The St. Mang church stands in the center of the former imperial city of Kempten. In the Middle Ages and the early modern period it was surrounded by a church district, which was separated from the rest of the city by a wall and rows of houses. Inside the church district to 1535 was the cemetery of the imperial city; then he was transferred to a slope step on the Burghalde outside the city walls. The Protestant cemetery is there succession cemetery.
The archaeological investigations of the old cemetery and the Karnerkapelle between 2008 and 2010 showed that was buried there since the late 7th century. Thus, the St. Mang Church is next to the St. Lawrence Church the second parish church in Kempten, which originates from the late 7th century. The settlement Kempten needed two parishes so close together because the settlement area until about 1300 separated by the Iller into two parts.
Erasmus chapel
The Erasmus chapel was built in the 13th century, temporarily furnished as double chapel Catholic cemetery chapel. She stood beside the reformed since the 16th century St. Mang church in Kempten Allgäu. At the St. Mang place about 500 grave sites of a former cemetery were uncovered during a research in 2003 and 2008 to 2010. Archaeologists were able to correlations of the city population at the dawn interpret and explain.
The ground floor of the 1857 abandoned chapel was consecrated as a former ossuary St. Erasmus to the Archangel Michael, the basement. The preserved parts of the archaeological monument was opened to the public in 2010 and since then have been a tourist attraction. In this showroom, the history of the sacred building, and the city is illustrated in multimedia presentations.
Cambomare
Kempten
Kemptner
Salzgrotte
Big Bowl Kempten
Colosseum Center
Centro Café - Bar - Proseccheria
Freilichtbühne Burghalde
MIA
Parktheater Kempten
Centro Café - Bar - Proseccheria
Fischerstraße 26
87435 Kempten
Tel: +49(0)172 8984040
opening hours
Monday - Saturday:
8:30am bis 6:30pm
Freilichtbühne Burghalde
The Burghalde is located in downtown Kempten survey, on which the ruins remains of the fortress of the same name are located. The settlement history of this place can be listed already in late antiquity. In the Middle Ages to the trapezoidal freestanding hill the city of Kempten Lord, the Prince Abbot or his bailiff. 1379 was the Castle Hill was sold to the imperial city of Kempten that involved him until 1488 in the town fortification. The early modern fortification was razed in 1705. Only since the mid-19th century, when adopted Burghaldenstrasse Association of ruin, the hill to Kempten first public park and a venue has been expanded.
1870 originated in the so-called stone keeper's house, which was built in 1889 increased by a novelty designed with corner turrets wood floor. In 1950, the open-air stage was built.
Today the area is a popular recreation area with partly historic walls in the old town. From Burghaldenstrasse from offering southward views in the Alps, west to Fürstäbtlichen residence and the Basilica of St. Lawrence, to the north of the old town and east to Lindenberg the temple area and the remains of the Roman country town Cambodunum.
Burgstraße 1 | 87435 Kempten im Allgäu | Phone: 0831 2525237 |Telefax: 08381 80427
Kempten hike: round trip on the northern edge of the Alps
Kempten hike: views - mountains - hike
Kemptentour - trail at the
Iller bow
walk on
Maria Berg
Allgäu
Panorama
To the Niedersonthofener See - Immenstadt
Rottachsee
Flatly
Seepicknicktour at the
Öschlesee
About the Reisachtobel and chapel Wachsenegg
Eschacher Weiher
hike
Kempten hike: round trip on the northern edge of the Alps
difficulty | light |
length | 5.98 km |
duration | 01:45 h |
rise | 101 m |
getting there | Kempten location away towards Lenzfried |
park | Parking Sports Facilities Lenzfried |
description |
From the parking lot of the sports facility in Lenzfried (Wettmann Weg), the tour initially passed through the center of the church St. Magnus. South of the golf course you are going up to Lenzfrieder ridge that forms geologic the northern edge of the Alps. "Crowned" is the ridge of high container Lenzfried which is for Kempten water supply is of great importance. Here you can enjoy superb views to the south over the Allgäu foothills of the Allgäu main ridge and the striking Oberstdorfer mountain peaks. In the south-west you can see the southern districts of Kempten. From the elevated tank leads the way towards the A7 on the bridge that crosses the railway line to Munich, then to the North or South Shore of Bachtelweihers along. At the sports center by walk up to Linggener road and continue through the residential area Ludwigsheight North. On the "road of trees" They come to Schumacher Ring. On "Walk of Trees" is each of the "Tree of the Year" planted and described in detail on display boards. The circular, follow north until the level crossing Bachtelmühlstraße. After the transition, you go left up the Kirchenweg. About the center of Lenzfried you reach again the car park at the sports complex. |
endpoint | Parking Sports Facilities Lenzfried |
Kempten hike: views - mountains - hike
difficulty | light |
length | 9.92 km |
duration | 03:00 h |
rise | 263 m |
park | Parking the leisure pool Cambomare |
description |
The panoramic mountain hike begins in Aybühlweg - the parking lot near the family and leisure Cambomare. The path leads north to the silent Rottachtal. There you cross on the rear Rottach the "river" and reach over the Heggersbachtobel parking calf Sang Tobel. "Climb" through the wild and rugged calf Sang Tobel the Mariaberg. |
endpoint | Parking Freizeitbad Cambomare |
Kempten hike: trail on Iller bow
length | 12.05 km |
duration | 03:30 h |
description |
From the parking lot at the ice rink, you cross the street and go Memminger Unterwang, past individual farms to Iller bike path, which leads up to Hirschdorf at Iller-western shore. The monument there commemorates 15 German soldiers who drowned in 1957 in the sometimes raging mountain river. |
endpoint | Parking at the skating rink |
Mariaberg - hike
length | 12.13 km |
duration | 03:30 h |
description |
From the square in Wiggensbach we walk on the asphalt road at the wrought-iron Crossroads passing through the village cook according Pfaffenried. On two farms and a small pond, we come along the forest to Nesso. In another wrought iron Crossroads left we follow the dirt road to the white man who leads us through figs and Prestlings the road to Maria Berg. We cross the street and accessed through a dirt road up to the natural monument "Mulzerföhre", from which a magnificent panoramic views of Germany's "oldest city", Kempten offers. Going downhill hiking we can already see Ermengerst the Hausberg Wiggen Bach, the blender. In Ermengerst we reach over stone troughs on a ridge that allows us a wonderful view of the Herrenwieser pond and the Allgäu Alps, before it goes to the right down about housing and on a small bridge over the creek Koller. At the tennis courts we turn left into the dirt road, which passes us on Schoren slope along and at an old field cross to the starting point after Wiggensbach back. |
Seepicknicktour at the Öschlesee
difficulty | light |
length | 3.44 km |
duration | 00:51 h |
rise | 23 m |
max. height | 712 m |
min. height | 705 m |
getting there | depart via the A980 to junction Durach, then direction Sulzberg and after about 500m turn left towards camping. |
public transportation | Bus routes from Kempten direction Sulzberg / Peter Thal. Stop at the campsite |
summary | Pleasant walk around the Öschlesee with interesting flora and several extension options |
description |
It starts at the parking lot and go right or left around the lake. Paved road, always along the shore, popular with joggers. |
endpoint | Car park opposite campsite |
tips | A nice picnic area is located immediately to the left, just before the lake, if you go from the parking lot toward Öschlesee. It is very convenient because you can let the equipment easily in the car and takes to the lake to picnic extensively again after the tour. |
About the Reisachtobel and chapel Wachsenegg in Sulzberg
difficulty | light |
length | 12.13 km |
duration | 03:30 h |
height | 901 m |
min. height | 845 m |
getting there | A7 to Waltenhofen, on the A980, exit Sulzberg |
park | Parking in Sulzberg |
description |
The starting point of our tour is Sulzberg. The Reisachtobelweg leads opposite Gasthof Hirsch past the fire station, through the romantic Reisachtobel. Across the wooden bridge we follow the footpath to the left after owls. From there it goes up to the chapel in Wachsenegg. The chapel was built in 1872 by siblings Andreas, Victor and Michael Landerer gratitude for his safe return from the "Seventy war". It is offered to us a magnificent view to the north over the Sulzberger See from Illertal and Blender. In the northwest on the horizon, the great Kürnacher forest, right of the western part of the city of Kempten covers. To the west is the Säntis. Now from the chapel to the south across the meadow at the farm left over it goes to the districts Auf'm book and Unter'm book. A solid driveway then leads us through Hasenried down to Aleuthe and back to Sulzberg. |
Rottachsee Circular Walk
difficulty | medium |
length | 14.14 km |
duration | 03:00 h |
max. height | 901 m |
min. height | 845 m |
getting there | Oy-Mittelberg can be reached by train, on the A7 motorway or the federal highway B 309th |
park | Parking at the Leisure Centre in Petersthal |
description |
The starting point is the example of the car park at the Leisure Centre in Petersthal or the car park at the sports field in Moosbach. From where it is possible either left or right around the lake (about 15 km) to run. The 300-hectare Rottachsee is a popular water paradise for swimmers, sailors, surfers, divers and anglers. On its banks on both sides spacious leisure facilities with sanitary facilities, dressing rooms, kiosk, beach volleyball court, play areas and moorings were established. At the same time new habitats for animals and plants have emerged in environmentally protected areas. |
endpoint | Parking at the Leisure Centre in Petersthal |
Panorama
difficulty | light |
length | 8.9 km |
duration | 02:45 h |
getting there | Kempten location away towards Durach |
park | Durach school |
description |
From the school we go to the Bäuerlinger road and follow the signs Bäuerlings, Herber Lings. Gentle climb, we soon come to a crossroads; a bench invites you to a first snap and look. Down the path we pursue, at Heber Ling finally come to Linggen. There we turn towards screams Forest. After about 20 min. We reach the highest point of this tour with a beautifully carved box Cross. Here you can sit out on the benches and enjoy the magnificent view of the Allgäu Alps. From the vantage point of it is about 300 m further downhill and we turn, after we are out of the woods, left on an agricultural road towards Fahls from. This leads us immediately over a small bridge, the enchanted extinguishing pond passing through the hamlet. The signpost points us to Rößlings and we walk along a short stretch of tarmac path, lush green meadows bordered on and come after about 700 m to the crossroads, where we turn left. After Rößlings we find about 300 m later on a paved road. We hold inks and shortly afterwards right. Now it is a piece by a idylisches wetland and we meet after 400 meters again on a fork. We turn left and walk a bit on the railway line along the beautifully ingrown Bachtelweiher. (Here is an Refreshments at the mini golf course.) We go straight cautious we meet after a short time on the "Linggener street", on which we slowly uphill to just over 1 km again reach the left walking on the paved bike and hiking trail to the district Linggen. At Heber Lings past we remain on this lane and return to Durach and the "Karl Berger Straße" to the starting point |
To the Niedersonthofener See - Immenstadt
difficulty | medium |
length | 15.10 km |
duration | 04:30 h |
height | 901 m |
min. height | 845 m |
getting there | Oy-Mittelberg can be reached by train, on the A7 motorway or the federal highway B 309th |
park | Parking at the Leisure Centre in Petersthal |
description |
The starting point is the example of the car park at the Leisure Centre in Petersthal or the car park at the sports field in Moosbach. From there it is possible either left or right around the lake (about 15 km) to run. The 300-hectare Rottachsee is a popular water paradise for swimmers, sailors, surfers, divers and anglers. On its banks on both sides spacious leisure facilities with sanitary facilities, dressing rooms, kiosk, beach volleyball court, play areas and moorings were established. At the same time new habitats for animals and plants have emerged in environmentally protected areas. |
endpoint | Parking at the Leisure Centre in Petersthal |
Eschacher Weiher hike
difficulty | light |
length | 9.63 km |
duration | 03:00 h |
rise | 200 m |
getting there | Kempten location away towards Buchberg |
park | LLandgasthof "Sommerau" or parking in Buchberg |
description |
Summary: Buchenberg - Eschacher Weiher - Plug Ried - Schwarzerd - wilderness - Buchberg From Buchenberg we walk on Landgasthof "Sommerau" passing direction Eschach. In the forest, we turn left and climb through woods and meadows slightly. At the first farm we go straight and come to a crossroad. Here we keep straight, however, and are 500 meters at the pond. When we reach the lake, we are surprised by the beauty of this nature sanctuary. The home brings us back to the intersection of the road. Now, if there is enough time, we choose the longer route via Plug Ried, according Schwarzerd and on the wasteland back to Buchberg. |