Location: Landsberg am Lech
Top Things to do in Landsberg am Lech
The 10 Best Things to Do in Landsberg am Lech, Germany
Landsberg am Lech (Landsberg on the river Lech) is a town in southwest Bavaria, Germany, about 65 kilometers west of Munich and 35 kilometers south of Augsburg. It is the capital of the district of Landsberg am Lech.
Restaurants in Landsberg am Lech
1. Marienbrunnen
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4 based on 62 reviews
2. Stadtpfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt
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4.5 based on 39 reviews
Reviewed By parus r - Weilheim, Germany
If you're in Landsberg, it is definitely worth stopping into the big Church of the Assumption on one edge of the main town square. The church was recently renovated, and the 18th century organ and altar got a cleaning and sprucing up and are both particularly impressive. Although the original church was built in 1220, and expanded in the 1400s, most of the building and decorations are from the 17th and 18th centuries.
The altar was made in the 1700s by Dominikus Zimmermann, who along with his brother, designed and built many of the most beautiful baroque churches in upper Bavaria...including, most famously, the UNESCO World Heritage " Wieskirche" aka Church of the Wies in Steingaden.
3. Mutterturm
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4.5 based on 43 reviews
Reviewed By RoxandRay - Salt Lake City, Utah
Built by a wealthy Englishman during the 1800's to commemorate his mother, this is one of the most beautiful structures to see in Landsberg, the town in which I was born and raised, but have not lived in since 1960. Always a treat to go back and visit and a visit to this tower is always part of the agenda.
4. Schmalzturm
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4 based on 58 reviews
Reviewed By RoxandRay - Salt Lake City, Utah
There continues to be a cannon ball from a war somewhere around the 1700's embedded in the wall of the tower and there is a small museum inside the tower. The enter town square (Hauptplatz) is interesting with cobbled streets and a cobbled community gathering place surrounding a huge water Fountain. I visited a number of times in the past ten years, but I also grew up in that little town and am very familiar with the tower and the town. It is a MUST on anyone's travel agenda who enjoys seeing the old restored to work with the surrounding new structures. The entire old town has a wall surrounding it.
5. Historisches Rathaus
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4.5 based on 41 reviews
Reviewed By suinido - Wilhelmshaven, Germany
The building ist 400 years old, and you find interesting details of the german history, also about the connections of the town to Italy an China.
6. Bavarian Gate (Bayertor)
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4 based on 44 reviews
Reviewed By JosephPlattsmouthNe - Plattsmouth Ne
I've had a 56 year long love affair with the Bayertor and beautiful medieval Landsberg that lies below it. As a 20 year old American serviceman from the cornfields of Nebraska, it was the most incredible thing I had ever seen. Gazing up at it transported me back 531 years and fired my imagination. I saw it almost daily for two years and after a transfer north, visited frequently. I had to say goodby on a cold night in December 1959. For 48 years it softly called to me to come back. I finally did, in 2008, 2010, and 2011. It was a happy reunion; everything was just as I had remembered it. The Bayertor looked even better with its fresh paint. It is considered one of the most beautiful medieval gates in Bavaria, and is a complete gate, with all its original sections in tact. It is 118 feet high and stands on a high hill with the walled town built down the steep slope to the Lech river. The river has a wier, or man made waterfall that extends across the river and decends in four roaring cascades. The town is a medieval archetectural jewel, packed with four more medieval gate towers, baroque churches, a triangular main square with a large flower surrounded Fountain, narrow winding streets, sidewalk cafes, bakeries to die for, inns and hotels in medieval buildings, Concerts and music events, friendly helpful people, great little shops, farmers markets, all modern services, and if there are any tourists there, they're not obvious. I'll be there next month again, and every year after that, as long as I'm able. Thanks to the Bayertor calling me back.
7. Salzstadel
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4.5 based on 10 reviews
Reviewed By shri5 - Pune
This is a salt storehouse built on the site of a medieval building dated to 1754. The building has historical significance considering that salt trade was very important for Landsberg's economy.
8. Hexenviertel
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4.5 based on 7 reviews
Reviewed By shri5 - Pune
This quarter of the old town of Landsberg am Lech backs onto the former taner and dyer works. It has wooden structures for drying. Female painters who found many of their picture subjects here were nicknamed 'witches'.
9. Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche
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4.5 based on 7 reviews
Reviewed By shri5 - Pune
This is a former Jesuit college church dated to 1752. It has some nice frescoes by Christoph Thomas Scheffer.
10. Jungfernsprung
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4 based on 8 reviews
Reviewed By WiseTreeOwl - Cheltenham, United Kingdom
This tower dates back to the 14th century but gets it's name from the 30 year war in the 17th century when women jumped off to avoid the horrors the Swedish might inflict on them.
The tower is easily accessible from the lifts in the underground carpark to save a long walk up the hill.
