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Bad Hindelang
Bad Hindelang (German pronunciation: [baːt ˈhɪndəlaŋ]) is a municipality in the district of Oberallgäu in Bavaria in Germany. As of 2025, it had a population of 5,072. Its sulphur spring was used for cures in the 19th century and today the municipality is a major health resort. In 2025, the town was awarded the title “Best Tourism Village” by the World Tourism Organization.
The town is located in the valley of the Ostrach river on the northern edge of the Limestone Alps, along the historic salt route, which today runs as the federal road B 308 via Oberjoch to Austria. The Oberjoch Pass, with 107 curves, is considered the most winding road in Germany.
The main town of Bad Hindelang lies at an altitude of 825 metres above sea level. The municipality includes the following areas, Bad Hindelang, Vorderhindelang, Bad Oberdorf, Hinterstein, Oberjoch and Unterjoch.
80 % of the municipal area of Bad Hindelang is designated as protected landscape and nature reserve, and several alpine buildings are under state heritage protection.
The town of Bad Hindelang was first mentioned around the year 1000; The name Hindelang goes back to the Germanic short name “Hudo”. In 1471, mining of iron ore in open-cast mining began in Hinterstein, a district of Hindelang. The ore was smelted using charcoal extracted from local forests. In the 16th century in the rear Ostrachtal, iron ore was mined and hammer forges were established in which thousands of halberds and spears were produced for, among others, the armies of Emperor Maximilian I and Emperor Charles V. In 1796, imperial troops at the Jochpass successfully prevented Napoleon's troops from crossing into Tyrol.
In 1890, 250 guests were counted, who together spent around 3,500 overnight stays. In 1900, Prince Regent Luitpold gave the district of Oberdorf, in which the highest sulfur spring in Germany is located, the title “Bad”. In 1965, Hindelang was awarded the title of “healthy climate and Kneipp health resort”.
The town hall is a former hunting lodge, built in 1660 by Prince Bishop of Augsburg, Sigismund Franz, Archduke of Tyrol. It was used as a summer residence by the prince bishops of Augsburg until 1805. After the secularization of the palace went over to the state, it then fell into private ownership as a guest house and schoolhouse, until it finally became the town hall of the municipality. It still has an early baroque rococo fireplace.
The church of St. Jodokus in Bad Oberdorf was built in 1937-38 by Thomas Wechs to replace the old church but the present church contains several valuable pieces including a 1493 Byzantine style depiction of Madonna and Child and a 1519 carving on the altar by Jörg Lederer. There is a gothic life-size depiction of Christ on a donkey on Palm Sunday. Other panel paintings and statues of saints complete the facilities of the church.
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Bad Hindelang
Bad Hindelang (German pronunciation: [baːt ˈhɪndəlaŋ]) is a municipality in the district of Oberallgäu in Bavaria in Germany. As of 2025, it had a population of 5,072. Its sulphur spring was used for cures in the 19th century and today the municipality is a major health resort. In 2025, the town was awarded the title “Best Tourism Village” by the World Tourism Organization.
The town is located in the valley of the Ostrach river on the northern edge of the Limestone Alps, along the historic salt route, which today runs as the federal road B 308 via Oberjoch to Austria. The Oberjoch Pass, with 107 curves, is considered the most winding road in Germany.
The main town of Bad Hindelang lies at an altitude of 825 metres above sea level. The municipality includes the following areas, Bad Hindelang, Vorderhindelang, Bad Oberdorf, Hinterstein, Oberjoch and Unterjoch.
80 % of the municipal area of Bad Hindelang is designated as protected landscape and nature reserve, and several alpine buildings are under state heritage protection.
The town of Bad Hindelang was first mentioned around the year 1000; The name Hindelang goes back to the Germanic short name “Hudo”. In 1471, mining of iron ore in open-cast mining began in Hinterstein, a district of Hindelang. The ore was smelted using charcoal extracted from local forests. In the 16th century in the rear Ostrachtal, iron ore was mined and hammer forges were established in which thousands of halberds and spears were produced for, among others, the armies of Emperor Maximilian I and Emperor Charles V. In 1796, imperial troops at the Jochpass successfully prevented Napoleon's troops from crossing into Tyrol.
In 1890, 250 guests were counted, who together spent around 3,500 overnight stays. In 1900, Prince Regent Luitpold gave the district of Oberdorf, in which the highest sulfur spring in Germany is located, the title “Bad”. In 1965, Hindelang was awarded the title of “healthy climate and Kneipp health resort”.
The town hall is a former hunting lodge, built in 1660 by Prince Bishop of Augsburg, Sigismund Franz, Archduke of Tyrol. It was used as a summer residence by the prince bishops of Augsburg until 1805. After the secularization of the palace went over to the state, it then fell into private ownership as a guest house and schoolhouse, until it finally became the town hall of the municipality. It still has an early baroque rococo fireplace.
The church of St. Jodokus in Bad Oberdorf was built in 1937-38 by Thomas Wechs to replace the old church but the present church contains several valuable pieces including a 1493 Byzantine style depiction of Madonna and Child and a 1519 carving on the altar by Jörg Lederer. There is a gothic life-size depiction of Christ on a donkey on Palm Sunday. Other panel paintings and statues of saints complete the facilities of the church.