Landsberg am Lech point 17 MAP
The Lech rises on the Red Wall in the Lechtal Alps
It winds its way through Lake Formarin for a long stretch across the Tyrolean countryside, before coming to Bavaria as a raging river
he Lech was decisive for the emergence of Landsberg and its topographical situation
Squeezed between the steep slopes and the once flood-prone gravel banks of the mountain river, the old town in the river-dominated landscape received its unmistakable shape
Lechwehr - weir
Frequent flooding threatened buildings and inhabitants, at the same time the Lech was also traffic and transport way and - dammed with a weir and channeled into a Mühlbach - vital energy supplier in preindustrial time.
The broad Lechwehr has been part of the cityscape since the 14th century. Before the founding of the city, the Lech fell over a fling 'rock into the lower bed of the river. The flotsam he brought back stuck to this rock, causing a backwater
In order to eliminate this additional danger for the young city, the rock was overbuilt with five wooden steps and at the same time the river was dammed, in order to be able to derive also the mill creek
Landsberg is situated on the Romantic Road and is the center of the Lechrain region
From the 14th to the 19th century Landsberg was an important trading center for the salt trade in southern Germany
Altstadt - Schmalzturm, also called 'beautiful tower', which rises at the highest point of the sloping westward main square and was probably the first eastern city gate of the city center built in the 13th century
The center of the old town is the Marienbrunnen, built around 1700, on the main square
A sculpture of a Maria Immaculata stands in the center of the fountain and fresh water bubbles from the dolphins into the basin. Four large marble balls complete the fountain.
Michael Dillinger - Eis & Schokolade MAP
Leckere Pralinen-Delicious chocolates
Pfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt - Church of the Assumption of Mary
The post-war era saw the development of the Landsberg am Lech area as an administrative and industrial region
making much of the history of the town, one of the tourist magnets along the Lech.
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