Loud and violin building in Füssen

The craft of the Louds and violins has in Feet A long tradition. In year 1562 He was in town in Allgäu The first lute-making guild in Europe was founded. Later in the 18. In the century the city developed into The most important centre of violin making in Germany. Over 80 Violinmakers produced instruments that were in high demand throughout Europe...

Feet has played a major role in shaping European musical history. The city was not only itself a center of lute and violin construction; numerous lute and violin makers from Feet After all, it went out into the great wide world to carry out the craft of string instrument building at princely courts and in European cultural metropolises. Thus the violin building in the imperial city of Vienna was e.g. Füssen violin maker Dominated. The most famous of these was Franz Geißenhofwhose exceptional talent contributed greatly to Vienna’s 18. The century became a European stronghold in terms of violin making.

The relatively small City of Füssen became a center of instrument building, on the one hand, because the necessary raw materials of special wood species were so numerous here in the surrounding forests. Also the favorable traffic situation of Füssen, which is at the Via Claudia Augusta Located and flowed through by the Lech, this favored, since important European cities could be supplied so quickly. Last but not least, the cultural environment contributed to the fact that the instrument makers were always well supplied with orders. The Augsbürger Prince-Bishops for example, which in High Castle Residing, were considered reliable clients. As their guest, the great music friend Emperor Maximilian I. often in Feet and accordingly, during his visits, a large musical framework was always provided.

Even today, instruments in Feet produced. Three violin making workshops maintain the old tradition of the city and sell their high-quality instruments all over the world. Intact Museum of the City, housed in Monastery of St MangThere is an impressive collection of old sounds and violins that can be visited.