Legau: Museum, Churches and the Iller

Legau offers several distinct highlights for a stay: an interactive museum about organic topics, churches with a long history, and cycling, hiking and canoeing experiences on the Iller. The weekly market and natural outdoor swimming pool add to the options. If you are looking for a hotel in Legau, you can plan your travel dates alongside the activities that matter most to you.

Museum, Churches and Chapels

The Rapunzel Welt Museum in Legau covers 600 m³ and focuses on organic topics. Interactive exhibits explore organic farming, fair trade and how products are made. The topics therefore range from cultivation and trade to product creation, giving the museum a clear thematic focus.

The parish church of St. Gordian and Epimachus preserves structural elements dating back to the 13th century. The pilgrimage church of Maria Schnee in Lehenbühl offers a different historical perspective: it is one of the oldest Marian pilgrimage sites in the Allgäu, and its pilgrimage tradition can be traced back more than 500 years. In Legau, preserved historic fabric and a long pilgrimage tradition thus stand alongside one another as distinct aspects of its history.

The signposted Illerwinkel Chapel Trail leads to chapels in the parish of Legau. Its listed destinations include St. Anne’s Chapel in Landholz and the Lourdes Chapel in Greiters. The trail focuses on individual chapels, complementing a visit to the churches with other religious sites.

The Iller, Viewpoints and Trails

In Legau’s Sack district, the Iller footbridge crosses the Iller and has a viewing platform. The bridge therefore combines a river crossing with a viewpoint. Another option on foot is the 3.62-kilometre hike of moderate difficulty to the Iller experience footbridge. There, visitors can climb a tower with a viewing platform. The stated distance and difficulty help you assess this hike as an option; route conditions may change.

The “Water Experience in Illerwinkel” cycling route passes through Legau and continues by the environmental education station to the Iller near the Legau experience footbridge. If you would rather be on the water, you can canoe on the Iller in the Sack district. This offers views of the river, the villages and the structures along it. The cycling route, hike and canoe trip therefore differ in how you experience the Iller.

Weekly Market and Natural Outdoor Swimming Pool

Since 2004, the Legau natural outdoor swimming pool has offered chlorine-free swimming in a regenerative swimming pond. Operating details and opening hours may change; check them before your visit. A weekly market is held in the market square every Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. As recurring market times can change, it is also helpful to check the latest information beforehand.

For travel planning, these two options differ mainly in their timing: the market takes place on a specific day and during a set time, while the natural outdoor swimming pool’s current operating hours are what matter.

Discover more destinations: Lautrach, Kronburg.

For the broader travel overview: Illerwinkel.