Things to Do in Leutkirch im Allgäu, Germany: Walking Guide

The best things to do in Leutkirch im Allgäu include exploring its historic religious buildings, visiting museums dedicated to electricity and glassmaking, and discovering castle ensembles in the surrounding districts. The municipality brings together the town of Leutkirch im Allgäu and villages such as Zeil, Reichenhofen, Friesenhofen, Urlau, Gebrazhofen and Wuchzenhofen, each with its own landmarks. Neywo offers a free audio guide for Leutkirch im Allgäu with 17 narrated places.

Leutkirch im Allgäu is in Baden-Württemberg, in southern Germany, within the Tübingen administrative region. With around 22,362 residents, it is the principal municipality of the same name and a useful starting point for exploring this part of the Allgäu.

What to see in Leutkirch im Allgäu

The most interesting places are spread across the municipality rather than concentrated in one compact centre. This selection follows the main landmarks covered by Neywo’s audio guide.

Leutkirch im Allgäu and its historic convent

The town itself provides the starting point for understanding the municipality. The Franziskanerinnenkloster Leutkirch im Allgäu is connected with the town’s earlier identity as a free imperial city. The convent was probably founded in the fourteenth century and remained in existence until secularization in 1804, placing it within a period of major change in Leutkirch’s history.

The Elektrotechnisches Museum Leutkirch e.V. offers a different perspective on local heritage. It is an electrotechnical museum in Leutkirch dedicated to the history and development of electrical technology.

Glashütte Schmidsfelden im Allgäu

In the municipality of Leutkirch im Allgäu, Glashütte Schmidsfelden im Allgäu is a museum dedicated to glassmaking. It adds an industrial and craft dimension to a visit, complementing the town’s religious and architectural landmarks.

Schloss Zeil

Schloss Zeil is a château in Leutkirch im Allgäu and serves as the residence of the descendants of the Princes of Waldburg-Zeil. The castle is closely connected with the former religious complex of the Kollegiatstift Zeil, located below the Hofgarten in the southeastern area of the castle.

Founded in 1608 by Froben von Waldburg-Zeil, the Kollegiatstift Zeil was established as a house monastery for canons living under a rule. It continued until secularization in 1805 and played an important role for nearly two centuries.

Josefskapelle

The Josefskapelle, also known as St. Joseph’s Chapel, stands on the grounds of Schloss Zeil, within the municipality of Leutkirch im Allgäu. Built in 1858, the small wooden chapel provides a quiet point of interest near the castle.

St. Magnus in Unterzeil

St. Magnus is a late Gothic fortified church in Unterzeil. It is a Roman Catholic branch church and part of Reichenhofen, within the city of Leutkirch im Allgäu.

The church took its present form between 1510 and 1514 and was built by Johann von Waldburg. An earlier wooden church already stood on the site in 1275, although no remains of that building survive.

Schloss Rimpach

In the hamlet of Rimpach, part of Friesenhofen, Schloss Rimpach forms a historic castle ensemble made up of a former prince-bishop’s hunting lodge, an inn and a chapel. Johann Georg Specht built the ensemble between 1754 and 1757 for Count Franz Karl Eusebius of Waldburg-Friedberg and Trauchburg, Prince-Bishop of Chiemsee and a cathedral canon of Salzburg and Basel.

The two-storey buildings have mansard roofs, and the ensemble is protected as a historic monument. One of its highlights is the Mirror Hall, whose stucco ceiling was created in 1757 by Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer and Johann Georg Dirr.

The ensemble also includes St. Leonard’s Chapel. The chapel seen today was built in 1765, while its history reaches back to an earlier Gothic chapel from the fourteenth century. Surviving frescoes add to the historical interest of the interior.

Churches in the surrounding districts

Several listed churches and chapels show the architectural variety of the municipality’s villages:

• Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt in Gebrazhofen is a Roman Catholic parish church and a protected historic monument in Baden-Württemberg.
• Pfarrkirche St. Johannes Baptista in Wuchzenhofen is a Roman Catholic church and listed cultural monument dedicated to John the Baptist.
• St. Martinus, also known as Pfarrkirche St. Martin, stands within the cemetery in Urlau as the local Roman Catholic parish church.
• Pfarrkirche St. Petrus und Paulus in Friesenhofen is a listed historic monument. It belongs to the Allgäu-Oberschwaben deanery within the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart.
• St. Laurentius in Reichenhofen is the district’s Roman Catholic parish church and a listed architectural monument in Baden-Württemberg.
• St. Wolfgang Chapel is a Roman Catholic chapel in Reichenhofen, offering a quieter point of interest within the district.

Together, these churches make it possible to explore the municipality through its villages as well as through its main town and castles.

Leutkirch im Allgäu self-guided walking tour

Neywo has two walking tours in Leutkirch im Allgäu. The shorter route, Leutkirch: Free Imperial City and Stones of Remembrance, covers 0.65 km in 29 minutes and includes four narrated stops: Alice Gollowitsch, geb Mayer, Leutkirch im Allgäu, Friedrich Gollowitsch and Franziskanerinnenkloster Leutkirch im Allgäu.

The second route, Zeil: Waldburg Castle, Canons and a Fortified Church, covers 6.09 km in 112 minutes and has five stops: Josefskapelle, Schloss Zeil, Kollegiatstift Zeil, St. Magnus and St. Laurentius. It links the castle, its former canon monastery and the fortified church heritage of the surrounding area.

If you are planning a wider trip through the region, Leutkirch im Allgäu is in Baden-Württemberg, in Germany.

Explore Leutkirch im Allgäu with Neywo

Download Neywo and explore Leutkirch im Allgäu with two walking tours, covering 6.74 km in total and 141 minutes, with 9 narrated stops across the routes. The app tells the story of each place as you reach it, at your own pace, with no group and no schedule. The narration is available in 11 languages, and the audio guide includes 17 narrated places in the municipality.