Kressbronn on Lake Constance: Farmers’ Trail, Art and Water Sports

If you’re looking for a hotel in Kressbronn on Lake Constance, the area’s attractions can help guide your choice of accommodation. The Farmers’ Trail explores the countryside above the town, while museums, art and a historic farmstead offer cultural highlights. Water sports and charter boats take centre stage at the marina. The differences outlined below can help you choose what to explore in Kressbronn based on your interests.

A trail through the Kressbronn countryside

The family-friendly Kressbronn Farmers’ Trail is a circular route of about 2.5 kilometres above Kressbronn on Lake Constance. It passes through orchards, vineyards and forests. Informative signs along the trail cover local agriculture, geological features, and native wildlife and plant life. The route combines exercise with insights into topics connected to the landscape along the way.

Schlösslepark and the Apothecary Garden also offer botanical highlights, but in different ways: Schlösslepark is home to around 80 trees, some of them more than 100 years old. The Apothecary Garden at the foot of Nunzenberg contains more than 200 different medicinal plants. Here, the focus is on the variety of medicinal plants, while the Farmers’ Trail explores orchards, vineyards and forests as landscape types.

Ship models, farm history and contemporary art

Schlösslepark is also home to the “Historical Ship Models” museum. It displays historical ship models by Ivan Trtanj, including a Lake Constance Lädine (Segner), the “Bounty” and royal ceremonial barges. Trtanj built and rigged the models himself. The collection, therefore, is not limited to types of vessel from Lake Constance.

The Historic Milz Farmstead is in Retterschen, a district of Kressbronn. It is a former farmhouse in its original village location. The complex comprises four buildings from three centuries; the buildings and their furnishings have been preserved in a rare state of completeness and authenticity. Unlike the individual ship models, the focus here is on a historic farming ensemble and its buildings and furnishings.

The Lände Art Museum focuses on various forms of contemporary art, primarily from southwestern Germany and the Lake Constance Euroregion. Its exhibition initiatives include photography and the promotion of young, innovative art. The focus here is on contemporary art—a different emphasis from the historical models and the farmstead.

Activities on the water and other things to do

The Kressbronn corn maze offers play stations, a corn bath, a trampoline and go-karts. This makes it an activity-focused attraction, unlike the museums and historic farmstead.

The Ultramarin marina in Kressbronn on Lake Constance offers a wide range of water sports, including sailing, motorboating and diving. There is also a selection of charter boats, from 22 to 40 feet, for trips on Lake Constance. If you’re considering a charter trip, check current availability before planning. The Historic Cable Suspension Bridge over the Argen connects Kressbronn on Lake Constance and Langenargen and is for pedestrians and cyclists. This gives you a choice between water sports at the marina and crossing the bridge on foot or by bike.

The Lake Constance district as a wider regional setting

The Lake Constance district provides additional context as a wider geographical setting. It stretches along almost the entire northern shore of Lake Constance in Baden-Württemberg, reaches into the Upper Swabian hill country and, in the east, into the West Allgäu hill country. The Lake Constance district has 57.7 kilometres of Lake Constance shoreline. Its landscape is shaped by Lake Constance and the adjoining hill country, with orchards, vineyards, meadows and forests.

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