Memmingen
Memmingen is a town in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany.

Memmingen is a town in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is the economic, educational and administrative centre of the Danube-Iller region. To the west, the town is flanked by the Iller river, which marks the Baden-Württemberg border. To the north, east and south the town is surrounded by the district of Unterallgäu.
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Worth seeing in and around Memmingen
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Buxheim Charterhouse
Buxheim Charterhouse was formerly a monastery of the Carthusians and is now a monastery of the Salesians. It is situated in Buxheim near Memmingen in Bavaria.
3.8 km · monastery · Wikipedia - 02St. Martin (Memmingen)
The cultural heritage management city parish church of St. Martin in Memmingen is one of the oldest churches in Upper Swabia.
300 m · church building in Bavaria, Germany · Wikipedia - 03Organs of St. Martin
The organ of St. Martin is located in the Lutheran city parish church of St.
300 m · pipe organ in St. Martin's Church, Memmingen, Germany · Wikipedia - 04St. Ulrich (Amendingen)
The Catholic parish church St. Ulrich is a Baroque church of the 18th century in Amendingen.
2 km · church · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
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.
- 01St Martin's
This is one of the oldest churches in Upper Swabia and the towns landmark.
- 02Antoniterkloster
The well preserved former Hospital Brothers of St.
- 03Kreuzherrenkloster
Around the old town walls where the moats used to be in the Middle Ages public park areas have been created.
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Things to do
Walk along the tourist routes "Roter Weg" (red route) and "Grüner Weg" (green route). These will guide you to most of the sights in town.
- 01Eissporthalle
Visit the ice rink Eissporthalle Memmingen and do some ice-skating or Bavarian Curling.
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Where to eat
All these are in the city centre:
- 01Treff
Kuttelgasse 20.
- 02Cennis
Kreuzstraße 9.
- 03Pasta Fresca Doro
Ulmer Str.
- 04King
Maximilianstraße 20A.
- 05Drachen Imbiss
Kalchstraße 6.
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Getting to Memmingen
- Airports
- Memmingen Allgau (FMM), 4 km · Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 61 km · Stuttgart (STR), 105 km
- Stations
- Memmingen Airport, 4.3 km
- Friedrichshafen → Memmingen64 km · quickest by road, 1h 8m · €9–12
- Stuttgart → Memmingen116 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · €16–22
- Munich → Memmingen105 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · €11–16
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Memmingen
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Memmingen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundAfter 19:00 there is no regular bus service but a so called "Anrufsammeltaxi" (hailed shared taxi), where a telephone notification in advance is necessary.
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