Magnustritt
Rock ledge above a roaring river gorge, bearing a legendary saint's footprint and an iron cross.
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This guide to the Magnustritt, a rocky ledge above the Lech gorge in Füssen, is about a shoe-shaped hollow in the stone and the saint it was pinned on: Magnus, the missionary monk remembered as the Apostle of the Allgäu. It follows how a legend grew over centuries, from an early medieval account to the abbots and pilgrims who kept adding to it. Best heard standing by the iron cross, with the falls roaring below.
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