Culture and cuisine in Wertach

For Füssen holidaymakers who are interested in culture and cuisine, it is worth a trip to the Oberallgäu air resort Wertach. In addition to the museum of local history, where some special exhibits can be admired, there are the Allgäuer Gebirgskellerei and two scennereis, which offer insights into the production and tasting of wine and cheese.

The state-recognized air resort Wertach is surrounded by a picturesque landscape on the Wertach and at the foot of the imposing green in the Oberallgäu. The 915 m Germany’s highest market town above sea level is always worth a trip, especially for Füssen holidaymakers who are interested in culture and cuisine. In the Grüntenseestraße 27 This is the hometown museum that 1931 opened and told the story of the place and its inhabitants. Visitors can admire some special features such as the oldest church clock in the Allgäu and an exciting collection of hunting and war weapons. Agricultural and forestry exhibits are housed in the museum as well as some worth seeing paintings by regional artists. One department deals with cheese production, which has a long tradition in Wertach, as will be explained in more detail below in this article. The Heimatmuseum Wertach can be found until October every first Wednesday of the month between 15 and 17 Visit the clock. Entrance costs a small fee.

In year 1874 The Kramer brothers in Wertach invented the Allgäuer white lacquer, a semi-solid sliced cheese made from cow's milk with a spicy and salty taste. The first royally patented cheese in the world is nowadays not only enjoying great popularity in the Allgäu, where it is contained, for example, in the cheese mixture for Allgäuer Kässpatzen. So much tradition is obligatory, of course, and so there are still two scennels in Wertach today, which produce cheese specialities from the best Allgäuer milk. The Sennerei Wertach, which uses only the best mountain farmers hay milk in the production of its delicacies, always invites on Tuesdays 15:00 clock to a scennerei tour, in which you can follow closely how Allgäuer cheese is produced. In the range-rich shop of the Sennerei you can of course also purchase the various cheese specialties. Also worth a visit is the “Whey Cafe”, a court cheese shop that offers cheeses made from organic or hay milk and goat cheese. In the corresponding shop there are also numerous Alpine specialties such as fruit and bread spreads, pestos, high-quality cooking oils and much more.

With delicious cheese goes excellent fine wine! This can be obtained in Wertach in the Allgäuer Gebirgskellerei, a small special winery that produces flowering and berry wines as well as special fermentations such as wine from flowering herbs or espresso beans. There are also extraordinary sects, which are produced according to the champagne process, in the mountain winery. Here, in the Grüntenseestraße 12, Interested parties can always Thursday from 16:30 up to 18:30 Watch the clock during wine production and of course try various wines. For closed groups 6 People are offered special wine tastings, for example in combination with cheese, ham, chocolate chocolates and honey. These culinary events are held upon request. If you are interested, please contact the owner of the Carsten Hell mountain cellar under the number 08366/988515.

Culture and cuisine in Wertach – a trip to the small Oberallgäu air resort promises Füssen holidaymakers really interesting impressions and special delights.