Burgruine Hopfen Am See
Hilltop remains of an early stone castle, excavated by volunteers, with wide lake and Alpine views.
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This guide to the Burgruine Hopfen above Hopfen am See, near Füssen, starts in a resort village better known for pedal boats and lakeside lawns, and asks why its tourism club spent years of weekends on this hill with shovels. It reaches back to a bishop on the run during the feud between pope and emperor, and to the builders who carted its stone off to Füssen. Best heard standing inside the low ring wall, with the lake below you.
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