Museum of the City of Füssen

The Museum of the City of Füssen is located in the beautiful premises of the former Benedectin monastery of St Mang. The highlight of the museum is the baroque rooms of the monastery itself. Furthermore, the museum offers the possibility of the oldest preserved Bavarian Dance of the Dead and a beautiful and valuable collection of Louds and violins to visit.

The Monastery of St Mang is a baroque work of art with a magnificent architecture and interior design. During a tour in 1913 Founded Museum of the City of Füssen You can visit the premises of the Benedectine monastery and learn more about the history of the abbey. The lushly stuccoed and frescoed Festsaal is probably the most impressive room of the monastery, but also the library, the Colloquium, the Abtskapelle or the refectory are very worth seeing. Numerous works of art from different eras illustrate the history of the abbey, which was formerly the spiritual center of the entire region. Feet was.

Another focus of the museum is the department "Louds and violins'. Füssen is considered the cradle of lute and violin making in Europe. This craft was in 16. and 17. It was dominated by the Füssen instrument makers almost alone. Numerous valuable and old instruments can be admired in the museum and a complete violin maker’s office documents the production process of these plucking and stringing instruments.

The famous Füssener Totentanz by Jakob Hiebeler is in the Annakapelle to visit the monastery. It is one of the most important monumental death dances in Europe.

In addition, in Museum of the City of Füssen to see other art objects and again and again special exhibitions. The seven hundred-year history of the city is also illuminated. In a computer animation you can marvel at what an impressive castle the fairy tale king Ludwig II. from The ruins of Falkenstein wanted to do. The realisation of this project was no longer due to his death.

The Museum of the City of Füssen It offers a lot of historical and cultural highlights. The Baroque premises of the Monastery of St Mang They are very impressive. This museum should not be missed.