Hohenfurch: Church Art and Routes for Hikers and Cyclists

Hohenfurch lies on the Romantic Road. Several clearly distinct themes come together in the town: the Rococo character of the parish church of the Assumption of Mary, surviving sections of the Roman Imperial Road, and named routes for hiking and cycling. This selection offers different focuses for a stay—from church art and historical traces of roads to getting active on hiking and cycling routes.

Church Art at the Assumption of Mary

The parish church of the Assumption of Mary acquired its present appearance in the first half of the 18th century in the Rococo style. Its furnishings include a stucco pulpit and a Gothic statue of the Virgin Mary dating from 1420. The ceiling fresco in the nave depicts the Assumption of Mary. The church’s frescoes, including the Stations of the Cross, are attributed to Johannes Hehl of Göggingen; the stucco work is by Josef Fischer of Faulenbach. In this way, different art forms and historical periods come together: the Gothic statue of the Virgin Mary, frescoes and stucco, and the church’s Rococo character. These specific details give you a range of themes to focus on.

Historical Traces of Roads

Sections of the Roman Imperial Road, part of the Augsburg–Füssen route, have been preserved in Hohenfurch. Alongside its Rococo church, the town therefore also points to a historic transport route. The two themes are easy to distinguish: the road is about the surviving sections of the Augsburg–Füssen route, while the parish church is about its 18th-century appearance and artistic furnishings.

Hiking and Cycling

The Lech Heights Trail is the best-known of Hohenfurch’s well-maintained, signposted hiking trails. The cycling routes mentioned differ mainly in their direction and destination. In the town, the Lech Cycle Path runs along the Schönau towards Schwabniederhofen; from Schongau, it follows a cycle path towards Hohenfurch. An extension starts in Hohenfurch and leads through lush greenery to the Winkel Chapel south of Kinsau. The routes described therefore range from the stretch along the Schönau to a destination south of Kinsau.

One variant of the auerbergland@ventureroute runs from the western edge of the municipality of Hohenfurch via Höhenberg and the Pfaffental valley to Kinsau on the Lech. The return route to Hohenfurch follows the long-distance cycle path along the Via Claudia Augusta; this variant is part of the signposted cycle route network. Unlike the extension of the Lech Cycle Path to the Winkel Chapel, it describes a route that returns to Hohenfurch. This gives you two different route-planning options: an extension to a destination south of Kinsau, and a variant via named places that returns to the starting point.

Chapels and a Place for Reflection

St Ursula’s Chapel lies south of Hohenfurch on a green hill. At Kalkbrenner Chapel, a hermitage beneath the tower serves visitors as a resting place and is also a personal prayer room. From the seating area, there is a direct view of the Virgin Mary. The two chapels therefore offer different points of interest: St Ursula’s is defined by its location on the green hill, while Kalkbrenner Chapel is distinguished by its hermitage and its function as both a resting place and a place of prayer.

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