Schutz von Landschaftsteilen im Bereich der Stadt Füssen und der Gemeinden Weissensee, Eisenberg und Pfronten im Landkreis Füssen, Protected landscape near Füssen, Bavaria, Germany.
The Schutz von Landschaftsteilen im Bereich der Stadt Füssen und der Gemeinden Weissensee, Eisenberg und Pfronten im Landkreis Füssen is a Landschaftsschutzgebiet of roughly 3,000 hectares designated in 1962, covering meadows, forests and streams across the municipal areas of Füssen, Weissensee, Eisenberg and Pfronten in Ostallgäu. It lies in the Alpine foothills south of Füssen, near the Lech and the castles of Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau.
The protected area was designated under Bavarian nature protection law, covering parts of Füssen and the municipalities of Weissensee, Eisenberg and Pfronten in the Ostallgäu. It belongs to the landscape protection category (Landschaftsschutzgebiet), a lower protection tier than a nature reserve, which limits building and changes to the land while allowing farming and forestry to continue.
The area lies within the Allgäu moorland belt around Füssen, Weissensee, Eisenberg and Pfronten, where mowing meadows and grazing cattle keep the open character. The name Schutz von Landschaftsteilen, protection of landscape sections, dates from the 1960s designation. Visitors see hay barns and pasture fences rather than a visitor centre.
The area lies around Füssen and the villages of Weissensee, Eisenberg and Pfronten, reached by local roads and footpaths; the Lech falls and the Falkenstein cliffs are the usual orientation points. Ground is uneven and wet in places, so wear sturdy shoes. Some parts are farmed or grazed, so keep to marked paths and close gates.
The protected area borders the Falkenstein castle ruins above Pfronten, where the late-Gothic castle keep, built around 1300, survives as a wall fragment; the surrounding slopes of the Falkenstein ridge are part of the protected landscape.
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