Füssen

Füssen is a town of Germany in the district of Ostallgäu, in the south-west of the Bavaria, sprinkled by the Lech, on the romantic Route.

Füssen is known as of the Roman time where it was located on the Via Claudia Augusta , in the south of the old regional capital Castra Augusta , today Augsburg. The original name was Foetibus (in German Füssen means feet).

The Castle ( Hohes Schloss ), old residence of summer of the prince-bishops of Augsburg east one of the Gothic castles among largest and best preserved in Souabe. Today it shelters collections of works of art of Bavaria of the periods Gothic and Renaissance.

Not far from the castle is the complex baroque (1697 - 1726) of old the Monastère Bénédictin of founded Saint-Magne at the 8th century. The emperor Frederic II granted in 1222 a privilege to the Saint-Magne monastery.

Füssen is the highest city of Bavaria (808 m above sea level). The famous castles of Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau are located not far from the city.

The scene of the continuation with Moto in the Great Escape with Steve McQueen was turned in and around the city.

Armorial bearings

The name Füssen appears for the first time at end of the 12th century in the form Fuzin , then Fiessen or Füssen because of the situation of the city to the feet of the mountain. The feet in the armorial bearings refer to this name. The Sceau is known as of 1295, but the first reproduction goes back to 1317 with inscription “SIGILLVM CIVIVM OF FVZEN” and the three feet. These armorial bearings practically do not vary until the 19th century. The colors gold and black go back to this time but are sometimes replaced by the red or blue and the money. In 1818, the government wished a “decent” position more of the feet but the king Louis I {{er}}, in 1842, confirmed the original armorial bearings. On the significance of the three feet, there exist several legends.

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