Sonthofen

urban municipality in Germany

Sonthofen is a city in the Bavarian part of Swabia in Allgäu.

Sonthofen is a small city with 21,000 citizens which was elected Alpine City 2005.

view of St Michael's Parish Church from east

Sonthofen is an excellent base for the further exploration of the Oberallgäu. Prices are lower than in Oberstdorf or Bad Hindelang which are closer to the Alps, but can be reached within 30 minutes by train or car.

Get in

By train

  • 🌍 Sonthofen Station. From München there is a train every hour which takes about 2 hr 40 min to reach Sonthofen. From Stuttgart there is a train every hour which takes about 2 hr 45 min to reach Sonthofen. From Lindau there is a train every hour which takes about 1 hr 5 min to reach Sonthofen. 

By car

From north you take the Autobahn until Kempten and then take the B19 until you reach Sonthofen. During peak season there are often traffic jams on the B19.

From west you take the B308 to Sonthofen. This road passes the Paradies (Lookout Point) and you might need snow chains after heavy snowfall during winter (announced in traffic radio).

Get around

See

Do

Events

  • Klausentreiben: 4–6 December annually. Claw and horn costumed men bringing Christmas gifts and plenty of noise
  • Egga-Spiel: . A play performed every third year (last time 2019) around the end of carnival (late February/early March) to symbolize the struggle of people with the forces of nature. (date needs fixing)

Buy

Eat

Drink

  • Kraftwerk, Stadionweg 12. Tu 21:00-04:00, F Sa 22:00 - 05:00. Disco 
  • Barfly, Marktstraße 4, basement. Su-Th 12:00-01:00; F Sa until 03:00. Independent/Alternative Rock 
  • Barino, Freibadstraße 14. Su-Th 11:00 until 03:00; F Sa 11:00-16:00. Cocktailbar 

Sleep

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