Fussen
Germany
Füssen roots back to the Roman period.
The town developed in the North of Italy to Augsburg's leading
Roman road Via Claudia Augusta. Results from excavations at the
castle could Füssener foundations of a Roman fort from the
fifth century recognize. Presumably, it is already in the year
260 a Roman military camp, where at this point. His name is
Foetibus Latinisation Germanic fot (foot) understood. It
developed into the name of the place on Fozen (1147), Fozin
(1188), Fuozzen (1206), Füzzen (1366) feet to the present (from
1424).
In the year 748 established Magnus, a later renowned as a holy
missionary from St. Gallen, at the place a cell. By moving
further monks in the eighth century, was named after him, the
Benedictine monastery of St. Mang. Around that time was
probably also a Franconian Königshof created. The future
belonged initially to the Bailiwick of Guelph and was in 1191
as one of the welfischen Erbgüter purchase property through the
Hohenstaufen. After their extinction with the death Konradin in
Naples (1268) was the Duchy of Swabia in the kingdom back.
In the meantime, had a settlement on Lech
developed, which finally in the 13th Century, the scope of a
handsome city, then the largest in the Allgäu, had. The
awarding of city rights, although not detectable, but the foot
is in a deed of 1295 as the city mentioned.
Emperor Henry VII pledged for a debt of 400
marks and Silver City area in 1313 to the bishop of Augsburg.
The pledge was never triggered, but by the imperial successor,
1314 (Frederick the Handsome) and 1322 (Ludwig Bayer) to accept
its existence. With the transfer of full jurisdiction by
Emperor Charles IV to the high pen and diocese of Augsburg was
the territory of the Reich Bailiwick Füssen final property of
the aristocratic Upper shepherds.
From 1486 to 1505 built the prince bishops
of Augsburg the High Castle on the medieval city. The late
former castle was later the summer residence of the spiritual
masters. In the war of Schmalkalden was Catholic feet from a
troupe of top cities in the German Protestant chen Landsknecht
guide by Sebastian Schertlin Burtenbach on 10 Occupied in July
1546. The current monastery church was built in the years
1701-1726.
On 22 April 1745 gained a place briefly on
regional importance. The Peace of Füssen said Maximilian III,
Elector of Bavaria. Joseph waiving previously claimed Austrian
Erbansprüche and thus sealed the end attempted Bavarian
superpower politics. Bavaria was now made by his father,
Emperor Karl VII Albrecht, triggered Austrian war of succession
resigned. On 6 Night in May 1782 Pope Pius VI., Coming from
Augsburg, in the High Castle on his return from Vienna to
Rome.
As a consequence of the secularization of
the foot was under the Reich Deputation main part of the 1803
Final Electorate of Bavaria. An exception was the one the
Barfüßerkloster, which in 1803 remained Deutschordenstraße and
from that 1805 was ceded to Bavaria, the other was St. Mang,
which the Princely House of Oettingen-Wallerstein fell until
1806 and came to Bavaria.
A special significance here with the
foot-based specialty craft the sound-maker and violin maker.
Thus, the foot as the birthplace of the commercially operated
Lautenbaus in Europe. 1562 was also the first sound-makers'
guild was founded in Europe.
Today, the region around the foot a tourist
center, known as Königswinkel. Nearby are the royal castles of
Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau.
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