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Upper Gate: The Old Town of Mindelheim. © Bergverlag Rother GmbHPhoto: Kathrin Schön, Rother Bergverlag
Mindelheim, first mentioned in 1046, experienced steady growth thanks to its location on the Salt Road from Munich via Landsberg to Memmingen and on to Lake Constance and Switzerland, and was granted city rights as early as 1250. Towering above the picturesque historic old town—with its churches, monasteries, townhouses, and remnants of the medieval city fortifications—stands the former seat of power, Mindelburg Castle. Its appearance was largely shaped by the Frundsberg family in the 15th and 16th centuries. Georg I of Frundsberg (1473–1528) also lived here; he is considered the the “Father of the Landsknechts”—foot soldiers who, in the late 15th and 16th centuries, were sought after for their progressive and disciplined fighting style but also feared as plunderers and marauders. When the last Frundsberg died childless in 1586, two-thirds of the Mindelheim domain, including Mindelburg, passed by inheritance to the Fuggers, who, however, lost it again in 1616 to the Bavarian Duke Max following protracted inheritance disputes. Today, the buildings house a publishing company, but the grounds are open to the public.
From the Mindelheim train station (608 m), we continue straight ahead along Bahnhofstraße, passing several 19th-century historic buildings. On the right side of the street are the post office with a stepped gable and a small hipped-roof extension (No. 4), a Neo-Baroque villa with a mansard hipped roof (No. 10), a residential building from around 1900 (No. 14), and the former district court (No. 18). At the flag-adorned roundabout featuring the Europa Fountain—a symbol of partnerships that unite peoples—we see the prison tower with its pointed spire. We keep to the right and cross the street at the traffic light. Here stands the charming “Gasthaus zur Siegeshalle,” built in 1889. Maximilianstraße leads us through the Upper Gate (604 m) into the Old Town, past many other historic buildings as well as Marienplatz with City Hall (featuring a life-size statue of George I of Frundsberg) and a fountain. Before we leave the Old Town through the Lower Gate (602 m), we see the former Jesuit High
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