The beautiful Allgäu delights its visitors with dreamlike landscapes, picturesque villages, historic cities and many sights. In the charming region in the southwest of Germany you can also get to know numerous old customs and traditions that are still maintained today. One of the most important customs festivals here in the Allgäu is the cattle sheath, which takes place every year in autumn and can also be experienced around Füssen.
Every year in spring, the mountain cattle are driven to the lush green meadows in the Allgäu Alps to spend the summer there. After the animals have survived the warm season well, it goes back to the valley in autumn, where they are handed over to their owners. The cow wreath, which leads the herd, receives a colorful headdress of flowers, branches, grasses and ribbons. This Almabtrieb is known in the Allgäu as Viehscheid and is accompanied by festivals with music, food and drink. The Allgäuer Viehscheid can look back on a long history and now enjoys real folk festival character. Those who go on holiday around Füssen in autumn should Do not miss this beautiful old tradition. We will tell you below where you can experience the cattle sheath this autumn very close to Füssen.
In Schwangau – the village of the royal castles – the cattle sheath finds 2015 on Saturday the 12.09. off 12:30 The clock. A herd with approximately 210 Young animals are then, coming from the Alpe Jägerhütte and the Altenberger Alm, welcomed with hearty music in Hohenschwangau. The festively decorated animals, accompanied by locals and tourists, are brought through the village to the Schwanseepark and partly to the Alpe Reith. After the owners have received their cattle there again, the festivities really start. Get to know real Allgäu customs and enjoy a hearty bread time at the Bauhof am Schwanseepark, a delicious beer or other delicacies. A trip to Schwangau to the Viehscheid can of course also be wonderful with other activities, such as a visit to the The world-wide royal castle Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau or the Royal Crystal Therms. Sports active holidaymakers get their money's worth at Tegelberg, where there is a summer toboggan run, climbing opportunities and numerous great hiking trails that lead deep into the nature reserve Ammergebirge.
It is also worthwhile to visit the Viehscheid in Nesselwang, which on 16.09. from approx. 10 The clock takes place. Then a herd with ca. 100 Animals enter the festival square at the parking lot of the Alpspitzbahn. The festivities of the cattle sheath go into a heated festival tent until the evening. Those who want to can also hike on numerous best paths through a dream landscape, have fun in a summer toboggan run or enjoy culinary treats in the middle of a gondola high above the earth.
In the municipality of Halblech belonging village Buching finds the cattle sheath on 21.09. off 9.30 The clock. This event is accompanied by the Buchinger Viehmarkt and the Herbstfest, so that there is a lot going on here in the village and numerous showmen, music groups and cattle dealers provide interesting impressions and a good atmosphere. A special feature of the cattle sheath in Buching is that all animals are festively decorated here at the Almabtrieb.
Allgäuer custom and Bavarian way of life with a lot of fun and interesting impressions – young and old get their money’s worth in the cattle cut around Füssen.
