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Memmingen is a city of about 42,000 people in the German Federal State of Bavaria. The numerous courtyards, patricians' houses and fortification in its old town are well worth seeing. Due to its proximity to the Allgäu region it is also a popular base for tourists who are planning to visit the Bavarian Alps or Lake Constance.

The so called "Wine Market"

Understand

Memmingen is a small town with central functions in a rural area of Bavaria. Tourism was once widely limited to guests from places around. With the opening of the Allgäu Airport increasingly more international guests, discover the charm of the town which is conveniently located for trips to the tourism regions around as well as to the popular destinations Ulm, Augsburg and Munich.

Get in

Memmingen can be easily reached via car, train and plane.

By train

The railway station is about a 5minute walk away from the town center. There are luggage lockers next to the building. If all lockers are in use it is suggested to ask at the DB booking office for alternatives.

Remember there are special train tickets for Baden-Württemberg (Baden-Württemberg-Ticket) and Bavaria (Bayern-Ticket). With these ticket up to five people can use all regional trains for a whole day for about 21 - 38 € (all together). Both ticket types are valid for travelling to Memmingen. The Bayern-Ticket also covers the costs for the local public bus transport. More information about these tickets can be obtained from the Deutsche Bahn.

While Memmingen Airport grew to become a port of call for a variety of airlines, Ryanair still dominates it when it comes to the number of connections offered

By plane

1 Allgäu Airport Memmingen (FMM  IATA). Memmingen Airport (Q651281) on Wikidata Memmingen Airport on Wikipedia  is located about 2.5 km from the city centre of Memmingen and primarily serves as a hub for no frills airlines. Ryanair serves the airport and offers flights from Alghero, Alicante, Dublin, Edinburgh, Faro, Girona, London Stansted Airport, Malaga, Manchester, Palma, Porto, Reus, Rome, "Stockholm"-Skavsta, Trapani and Valencia. Wizzair connects Memmingen with Kiev, Lviv and Belgrade. The airport is sometimes deceptively named to suggest it being closer to Munich than it actually is.

A public bus service in front of the terminal connects the airport with the train station in the centre of town. The bus ride with the bus lines 810/811 or 2 costs €3 and takes about 10 minutes. A taxi from the airport to the town will cost between €10 and €15.

By car

Memmingen is right at the intersection of the A7 (Hamburg - Hanover - Ulm - Memmingen - Füssen) and A96 (to Austria and Munich) autobahns.

Get around

Map
Map of Memmingen

By foot

The town center is small enough to walk to all places of interest in the city. You can get a free map at the tourist office ("Stadtinformation") at the market square.

By bicycle

Going by bike is a fast way to get around in Memmingen. This way you get around independently from the rather poor public transport and moreover this way you might even visit some attractions in and around Memmingen which are not easy to reach by foot. Special signs for cyclists point the direction to regional bicycle routes. The Iller-Radweg is a long-distance route leading to Ulm in the north and to Oberstdorf in the south. The Kneipp-Radweg leads to the spas Bad Grönenbach and Bad Wörishofen. Bicycles can be hired at:

By bus

However, if you you plan to visit nearby attractions out of town taking a bus [dead link] might be the right choice. The bus station is next to the train station. Tickets can be bought when entering the bus. Please check the return times in advance. After 7pm there is no regular bus service but a so called "Anrufsammeltaxi" (hailed shared taxi), where a telephone notification in advance is necessary. Connections for public transport (within Bavaria) can be looked up at www.bayern-fahrplan.de.

By car

If you choose to discover the countryside around Memmingen, smaller villages in the Allgäu region or if you want to follow the touristic route "Oberschwäbische Barockstraße" you may decide to hire a car. At the airport you will find the car hire agencies Sixt, Herz and Europcar. Another car hire service by Europcar is near the train station. A local car hire service called "Auto Greif" is located at Colmarerstr. 34.

See

Kreuzherrenkloster
Fuggerbau

Medieval old town

The medieval old town center consists of several attractions:

  • Market place. This is one of the most picturesque sites in the town. It is surrounded by the town hall, the Großzunft(Guildhouse) and the Steuerhaus (tax house). On Tuesday and Saturday morning there is a farmers market held, where fresh vegetables and fruit are being sold. 
  • Medieval city gates and towers form a part of the old towns fortification: About 2 kilometers of the town wall, including five towers and five gates have been preserved.
  • 1 St. Martin's church, ☏ +49 8331-856920. This is one of the oldest churches in Upper Swabia and the towns ladmark. The building with a height of about 65 metres is still tody the towns highest building. Seasonally from May to October the tower of the church can be visited in the course of a guided tour. Tours in English may be possible, if you ask in advance. St. Martin's Church (Q41404076) on Wikidata 
  • 2 Antoniterkloster. The well preserved former Hospital Brothers of St. Anthony monastery has been built in the 15th century. Today the building is used as local library, museum and event house for lectures, Kabarett or art exhibitions. Antoniterkloster Memmingen (Q606504) on Wikidata 
  • 3 Kreuzherrenkloster. Former monastery. Kreuzherrenkloster (Q1354683) on Wikidata 

Municipal parks

Around the old town walls where the moats used to be in the Middle Ages public park areas have been created. The moats have been filled up with exception of the "hohe Wacht" in the south of the old town and a part of the "Königsgraben" south of the "Westertorplatz". One of the parks is the Zollergarten a short woalk north of the market place. In the north outside the old town there is a wider-ranging park named "Neue Welt". Although it is a 10-minute walk away from the center it is a popular place for relaxation. A beer garden, Kneipp facility, volleyball field, streetball court and a skate park are a part of it.

Municipal park "New World"

Do

  • Walk along the touristic routes "Roter Weg" (red route) and "Grüner Weg" (green route). These will guide you to most of the sights in town.
  • 1 Eissporthalle, Hühnerbergstraße 19, ☏ +49 8331-62430. Usually open from September until March. Visit the ice rink Eissporthalle Memmingen and do some ice-skating or Bavarian Curling. €4. Eissporthalle Obersee (Q1320555) on Wikidata 
  • [formerly dead link] Strike Bowling, Haußmannstr. 2a. Bowling Center with 6 tracks and restaurant in the southern part of the town. 

Events

  • Memminger Jahrmarkt (Annual fair): October. is special because of its location. Public streets and places right in the town centre are closed to traffic to make room for the fair.
  • Memmingen blüht (Shopping and Familyday). May. Lots of activities and market stalls throughout the city. (updated Feb 2019)
  • Fischertag (Fisherman's day): July.
  • Wallenstein Festival (Europe's biggest historic festival). With about 4,500 participants this festival is one of the biggest historical re-enactments in Europe. It takes place every four years and commemorates the invasion by Wallenstein in 1630. (updated Feb 2019)
Historical parade during the "Wallenstein Festspiele"
Fischertag in Memmingen at 8 o'clock in the morning


Buy

The major shopping street starts at the marketplace and leads directly to the Schrannenplatz.

Eat

Drink

Cafés

Pubs

For a pub crawl start your way at Lindentorstraße near the train station, head to the Schrannenplatz and then continue along the street Baumstraße. On your way you will find an amount of pubs and bars.

Sleep

Budget

  • 1 Gasthof Lindenbad, Lindenbadstraße 18 (550 metres to the station), ☏ +49 8331 3278. Supposedly the cheapest way to stay in Memmingen. Less than a 10 minutes walk to the town center. SGL 25/30€; DBL 50/60€; BKF 5€; garage 5€. 
  • Pension Erb, Zollergraben 5 (centrally located only 3 minutes walking distance from the market square; 600m to the station), ☏ +49 8331 - 8 48 68. Very central and yet quiet and reasonably priced. Breakfast included. SGL 41€; DBL 71€. 
  • Gasthof Schwabenhof, Illerstraße 42 (1.4 km to the station), ☏ +49 9 83 31- 6 28 72. Located outside the city center. Might be a choice for low-budget tourists. SGL 39€; DBL 68€. 

Mid-range

Connect

Post office

A post office in the inner city of Memmingen can be found at Lindentorstr. 22. Other post offices are in Machnigstr. 4, Augsburger Str. 90, Wernher-von-Braun-Str. 21, Dr.-Karl-Lenz-Str. 4 and Oberer Kirchweg 1.

Internet access

Throughout the city (e.g. near the market place) you will find public Wi-Fi hotspots. Some might be limited to a certain timespan.

Nearby

Interior of Ottobeuren basilica
  • Buxheim Charterhouse (4 km west)
  • Huge Benedictine abbey and lavish late-Baroque basilica in the village of Ottobeuren, dubbed the "Swabian Escorial" (11 km southeast). The abbey can be reached by regional bus from the central bus station (next to the train station) in Memmingen.
  • Schwäbisches Bauernhofmuseum in Illerbeuren (12 km south): Swabian Open-Air Museum with historic farmhouses. Weekdays it can be reached by bus.
  • Baroque pilgrimage church Maria Steinbach (15 km south of Memmingen, another 3 km from Illerbeuren)
  • Skyline Park (amusement park) near Bad Wörishofen (35 km east)

Go next

Cities of touristic interest around Memmingen that can be reached easily by train or car:

  • Kempten (35 km south, 20–30 minutes by train)
  • Ulm (60 km north, 40 minutes by train)
  • Augsburg (85 km northeast, 65 minutes by train, change in Buchloe)
  • Munich (115 km east, 1:15 hours by train)
  • Allgäu region which stretches from the prealpine lands up to the Bavarian Alps (e.g. Sonthofen is 65 km south, one hour by train).
  • Lake Constance region. E.g. you can easily get to Lindau by train (65 km southwest, 1–1:15 hours).
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