Above the peaks of the Allgäu mountains, a wide view of the Upper Illertal opens up from the Mittagberg at 1451 metres above sea level. The southernmost town in Germany - Sonthofen - spreads out before your eyes, embedded in a harmonious network of meadows, rivers and rolling hills. The panorama is a play of colours and shapes: the bright green of the fields that extends to the edges of the town, the red roofs that shimmer like small mosaic stones in the landscape, and in between the vivid blue of the Iller, which meanders through the valley glistening like silver.
The town looks like a living organism, embedded in the tranquillity and power of nature. Behind it, wooded heights and gentle mountain ranges rise up, carrying the view into the distance. It is a picture of contrasts - of urban life and rural idyll, of vastness and security. Anyone who stays here will feel the special atmosphere of the Allgäu: a mixture of quiet earthiness and the promising breath of the mountains. This is how Sonthofen fits into the majestic scenery of the Upper Allgäu - as a gateway between nature and culture, between the green valleys and the peaks that touch the sky.
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