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This easy route, with mostly simple paths, is well suited for families with children.
Take your time when ascending from the "Frau-am-Berg-Kirche" for the small chapels, on whose altar paintings the Passion of Christ is depicted. Like many Füssen residents today, King Ludwig II also liked to walk the stations path to Kalvarienberg – for the last time on Good Friday in the year of his death 1886. With the Kalvarienberg summit, you reach one of the best photo spots for the Füssen old town and the royal castles Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau. Around the Schwansee stretches the Schwanseepark with its species-rich flower meadows, where rare orchids can be found. On the way back via the Königsträßchen, you should allow enough extra time with children at the Walderlebniszentrum Ziegelwies and also take a photo stop at the Lechfall.
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Swimming break at Schwansee – with the castles in view.
For families: Walderlebniszentrum Ziegelwies with tree-top path
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Did you know?
... the royal traces of the Kalvarienberg Füssen ...
Around the same time as the rebuilding of Hohenschwangau Castle, work began on a Kalvarienberg on the Hutlerberg near Füssen. The royal family, who resided nearby in Hohenschwangau, also heard about this project and regularly visited the Kalvarienberg. Crown Prince Max of Bavaria, the later King Max II. and father of the fairy tale king Ludwig II., helped the initiator of the Kalvarienberg, city pastor Johann Baptist Graf, in the mediation of a particularly revered relic, a particle of the cross, which found its way to Füssen in 1842. To reverently honor this relic, a small burial chapel was built below the three crosses, whose eternal light was visible all the way to Hohenschwangau Castle.
A few weeks before his death, on Good Friday 1886, King Ludwig II visited the Kalvarienberg alone and prayed quietly at all its stations. An eyewitness reported: “Suddenly, when I came to the next station, I saw the king deeply absorbed in prayer. (…) Before the monarch turned away from the station again, he raised his face to the cloud-covered sky. For a long time, a desperate look, marked by sadness and pain, lingered in the direction in which he seemed to seek God. Then he wiped his face with his hand to hide his tears.”
... the royal traces of the Schwanseepark ...
Below Hohenschwangau Castle, Crown Prince Max, the later King Max II. and father of the fairy tale king Ludwig II., had a park laid out in English style. Already during the first works in 1838, 5,000 trees and shrubs were planted. But also special flowers, herbs and grasses found their way into the new complex. Paths were also created that crisscross the entire area. The royal family was always to be found here during their stays in Hohenschwangau. They strolled through the extensive park or enjoyed afternoon tea here.
Roadbook
You start at the Tourist Information Füssen and cross the Augsburger Straße at the traffic lights to the right and immediately afterwards cross the street again at another traffic light. You are now in the main pedestrian zone, the Reichenstraße. Passing the city fountain, keep left and walk down the Lechhalde. Then continue via the Theresienbrücke to Tiroler Straße on the right and across the street to the church "Zu unseren lieben Frau". Here begins the ascent to the Kalvarienberg. After reaching the viewing platform, you descend on the opposite side and follow the sign "Drei Schlösser Weg" to Schwansee. Upon reaching Schwansee, turn right onto the Königsträßchen. After about 200m you come to a fork in the path; please keep right on the Königsträßchen and do not follow the sign to the Walderlebniszentrum. Both paths lead you to the mountain forest trail of the Walderlebniszentrum, but the Königsträßchen is more shaded and is therefore especially pleasant to walk on hot days. From the mountain forest trail, go through a small tunnel (alternatively also over the street) to the floodplain forest path. As the name suggests, the floodplain forest path leads through the floodplain forest right next to the Lech to the Lechfall (please pay attention to the sign) and Maxsteg. You cross the gorge on the Maxsteg and arrive at the Ländeweg. Here, follow the signs on the right to Bad Faulenbach. From the Ländeweg, stairs lead down to the footpath past the Europarkhotel to the "Faulenbachgäßchen". Here keep right towards the city center and at the Theresienbrücke turn left onto the path up the Lechhalde, which leads you back through the Reichenstraße to the Tourist Information Füssen.
There are dining options at the kiosk of the Walderlebniszentrum Ziegelwies, at the kiosk at the Lechfall, and in the Reichenstraße.
City fountain of Füssen
Calvary hill of Füssen
Forest Experience Center at Ziegelwies
Lechfall waterfall and panorama plattform
Public transport
From the long-distance train stations Ulm, Augsburg, and Munich you will find regular train connections to Füssen. The starting point of the route at the Tourist Information Füssen is about a 5-minute walk from the station.
From Hopfen, reach the starting point by line 56 to Füssen (station).
From Weißensee, reach the starting point by line 71 to Füssen (station).
Directions
You can get directly to Füssen via the A7 motorway as well as federal roads B 310, B16 and B17.
Parking
The parking guidance system in Füssen offers you several parking options. The fee-based parking garage P5 City / Sparkasse is located directly near the Tourist Information.
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