Schongau, Bavaria
Encyclopedia
Schongau is a small town in Bavaria
, near the Alps
. It is located along the Lech, between Landsberg am Lech
and Füssen
. It has about 12,000 inhabitants. Schongau has an old wall around the center, which is in very good shape.
Near Schongau is the Radio Tower Rottenbuch
, the tallest tower built of wood in Germany.
.
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
, near the Alps
Alps
The Alps is one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west....
. It is located along the Lech, between Landsberg am Lech
Landsberg am Lech
Landsberg am 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....
and Füssen
Füssen
Füssen is a town in Bavaria, Germany, in the district of Ostallgäu situated from the Austrian border. It is located on the banks of the Lech river. The River Lech flows into the Forggensee...
. It has about 12,000 inhabitants. Schongau has an old wall around the center, which is in very good shape.
Near Schongau is the Radio Tower Rottenbuch
Radio Tower Rottenbuch
The Rottenbuch Radio Tower is a transmitting tower of the Vodafone company in Rottenbuch, a part of the municipality of Peiting near Schongau in Germany....
, the tallest tower built of wood in Germany.
Popular culture
Schongau and the nearby area, is the setting of the Oliver Pötzsch novel, The Hangman's DaughterThe Hangman's Daughter
The Hangman's Daughter is a novel by Oliver Pötzsch. The book gained readership in the United States when it was made part of the AmazonCrossing collection of translated work and offered as an inexpensive Kindle title....
.
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