St. James way Section 6 Bad Hindelang- Immenstadt/Bühl

Immenstadt - Bühl

From St. Jodokus we go to Bad Hindelang to the Catholic Parish Church of St. John Baptist (built 1864-1867, stamped) with its numerous art treasures, including the famous triptych depicting the Corpus Christi procession. The only significant ascent on the German route leads (in the direction of "Zillenbachtobel") up to the sun-drenched hamlet of Gailenberg (989 m) with a magnificent view over the entire Ostrachtal. In the chapel of St. Silvester (built in 1623) the altarpiece is by Christian Modersohn, the son of the artist Otto Modersohn, who both lived here for several years. Today the studio of the painter Kilian Lipp is located in Gailenberg. On the quiet, chapel-rich and panoramic high-level trail, you pass Vorderhindelang, Reckenberg and Tiefenbach and descend to the bridge over the Ostrach - and into the Alpsee-Grünten holiday region. On the left bank, the trail leads via Binswangen in the direction of Sonthofen, the southernmost town in the Allgäu - ideal for a stroll along with an enjoyable lunch break. Then cross the Ostrach bridge at the Erzflöße in the north of the town and immediately after that turn left onto the path that leads through the floodplains to Ortwang, a district of Burgberg. Past the Ortwang quarry pond, keep right to get to the Illerbrücke bridge and cross it to the left towards Blaichach. Behind the bridge turn right and after the Schützenhaus you reach the Iller-Uferweg. Turn left there and follow the Illerdamm and the beautiful lakeside path, past the Inselsee with water ski lift and café, until you reach the turn-off to the centre of Immenstadt. The "Städtle" invites you to stay, especially around Marienplatz, Kirchplatz and Klosterplatz with the pink Capuchin church St. Josef. The catholic St. Nikolauskirche (stamped church) (mentioned in 1275) impresses with its baroque altars, the pulpit (1707) and a Mother of God (around 1470) from the famous Memmingen workshop of Ivo Strigel. Westwards, via the cattle market field, you reach the bathing path, which leads through the meadows past the Kleiner Alpsee, partly parallel to the railway line, to Bühl in the village centre on the shore of the Großer Alpsee - with lake stage, promenade, lido and AlpSeeHaus, the information centre of the Nagelfluhkette Nature Park with tourist information. You should allow enough time for this, the same applies to the pilgrimage church Maria Loreto (stamped) with Anna chapel, easily accessible via a steep little road from the AlpSeeHaus. The true-to-scale replica (1666) of the "Casa Santa", the Maria Loreto Chapel near Ancona (Italy), is fascinating - also due to its location with a distant view.