Füssen, Bavaria, Germany Genealogy

History and Geography
Füssen is a town in Bavaria, Germany, in the district of Ostallgäu, situated 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the Austrian border. It has a population of 15,265. The town is known for its violinmaking industry, and as the closest transportation hub for the castles Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau. Füssen is located on the banks of the Lech River, which flows into the Forggensee. The Forggensee is a man-made lake which was built to prevent flooding. It is the catchment area for all the melting snow in the spring, and is drained after the middle of October. Füssen is 808 meters (2,651 ft) above sea level. The castles of Neuschwanstein and Hohehschwangau are located near the town. There is a list at the bottom of the page of in Fussen/Wikipedia of the other towns and municipalities of Ostallgau.


 * Füssen was settled in Roman times, on the Via Claudia Augusta, a road that leads southwards to northern Italy and northwards to Augusta Vindelicum (today's Augsburg), the former regional capital of the Roman province Raetia.
 * Füssen later became the site of the "Hohes Schloss" (High Castle), the former summer residence of the prince-bishops of Augsburg.
 * In 1745, the Treaty of Füssen was signed between the Electorate of Bavaria and Habsburg Austria, ending Bavaria's participation in the War of the Austrian Succession.
 * Since the 1950s the town has been familiar to travellers as the southern terminus of the Romantic Road

Online Records

 * There is information on soldiers from Fussen on Ancestry.com in WWI Personnel Rosters 1914-1918
 * Cemetery records of Fussen are available on Find A Grave
 * Familysearch/Search Records is also a good source from records on the town of Fussen.

Civil Registration
Fussen Standesamt Lechhalde 3 87629 Füssen Fussen Website

Rathaus (Record Office) of Füssen Lechhalde 3 87629 Füssen Zimmer B.101

Catholic Church Records
There are several Catholic Churches in Fussen and the surrounding area. This link provides you with a list of them, their addresses and directions to them. Most of the churches in Bavaria only keep current records on site. To do genealogy research it is necessary to go to the archive of that diocese.

Cemeteries
If you want to find information on your ancestors in a cemetery, keep in mind that in most Bavarian cemeteries the grave plots are re-used as often as every 25 years. (sometimes 50 -100 years). When traveling in the area to look for cemeteries, Find A Grave and Billion Graves both have great phone apps to assist you.
 * This is the link to Google Maps which shows the cemeteries in Fussen and the surrounding area.
 * This link shows only the Fussen Cemeteries