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Learning about rural life in Oberstaufen in the local history museum
In 1788 the Strumpfarhaus was built as a family home. After being inherited by the last member of this family nowadays this building houses the local history museum, in the heart of Oberstaufen. Volunteers have collected hundreds of pieces that demonstrate how the rural life in the past 200 years looked like. From the outside, […]
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Lindner Parkhotel & Spa Oberstaufen – First Class Maisonette Single Room
Lindner Parkhotel & Spa in Oberstaufen is a Hotel with individual character. Whilst most Hotels associate modernism with sterile chic, the Hotel went a slightly different way here. A renovation is important, sure, but incorporating local traditions and crafts even more. Stitchings and materials you know from Allgäuer Trachten, hundreds of paintings all over the […]
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The Bavarian Allgäu is already existing for 1200 Years, and this village is the origin
When I find out a House or structure is already more than 300, or even 500, years old, I’m astonished. But after finding out the ‘first village’ of the Bavarian Allgäu is already 1200 Years old, I was baffled. Not far from Oberstaufen, where I spent a weekend at Lindner Parkhotel & Spa, you can […]
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Hiking Routes around Oberstaufen in the bavarian Allgäu
Hiking is a great way to enjoy nature in combination with physical activity. In a health-oriented town like Oberstaufen in the Bavarian Allgäu, it’s even mandatory to keep yourself moving, when following the rules of the famous Schroth cure. In between many hills and with a view of the 1834 meter high Hochgrat, you have […]
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First time at a Spa – What to expect and what you need to bring
What do I need to bring to a Spa, especially if its your first time at a Spa? Are you fully naked at a Spa, or are you still allowed to wear a Bikini (or Shorts for males)? Are there private rooms for everyone and everything, or are you sharing a Room with some stranger […]
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Restaurant Ferienhof Geissler in Zell near Oberstaufen, Allgäu
You can enjoy culinary delights in the Allgäu region of Bavaria and Oberstaufen, or you can deliberately choose to participate in a Schroth cure. Since 1949 this fasting method is practised in Oberstaufen, initially invented by Mister Johann Schroth. Of course, many hotels offer the curative fasting Schrothkur as several days packages. A nice walk […]
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What you did not know about Dirndl and authentic Allgäuer Trachten
If you are not from Germany and you see someone in a Dirndl, you might think this person is about to visit Oktoberfest or a similar bavarian-style Event. Nowadays everyone is wearing Dirndl, either more casual in a plaid pattern in plain colours or more fancy in noble materials and decent colours with pieces of […]