St. James way Section 7 Immenstadt/Bühl - Oberstaufen/Zell

From the AlpSeeHaus you can reach the lakeside hiking trail, which is pleasant to walk along even when wet, thanks to its woodchip coating. It leads along the shore below Trieblings to the end of the lake and to the Moosweg. Shortly before Ratholz and Bleichgut you cross the railway tracks and continue along the small road until shortly before Wiedemannsdorf, where you turn left off the quiet, beautiful salt road with its magnificent houses to Konstanzer. There you will find a chapel with the patron saint St. James the Younger. Since 1755, relics of him and the apostle Philip are said to have been kept here. Both apostles are depicted on the side walls. The parish church of St. John the Baptist in the neighbouring Thalkirch village is also worth a visit for its extraordinary art treasures, including a late Gothic sacramental niche (around 1500), a life-size Madonna figure (around 1440) and three bells from the 16th century. From Thalkirchdorf you walk past the Schwandlift and through the Konstanz valley to the next crossroads, where you turn right towards Knechtenhofen and thus, between Salmas and Knechtenhofen, back to the Salt Road and the Way of St. James beyond the B308. After Knechtenhofen you come to a fork in the forest. The Route of St. James descends to the right through the grounds of the Wengen Industrial Park with the post office and railway mini-station to the OA1. On its sidewalk turn right towards Buflings, past the pottery, cheese dairy and the Wengen inn. There is a quieter, shadier alternative: At the fork in the road in front of the business park, go straight ahead over a narrow bridge (road tunnel) into the "Bärengrube" (bear pit) in the forest on the other side of the OA1. Halfway up, you cross the slope to the right until you reach the road to Oberstaufen, where, turning right, you reach the junction with the OA1 and thus the pilgrims' path. Well marked, it continues via Buflings to Zell, a hamlet with the chapel of St. Bartholomew (stamped), which was already mentioned in a document in 817. The Gothic building (14th century) was restored in 2012. The medieval frescoes, like the main altar, are probably by Hans (Johann) Strigel the Elder. From Memmingen, some figures of the right side altar from the workshop of Ivo Strigel. Behind the main altar is a confessional - with the pilgrim's stamp. The Way of St. James Tyrol-Allgaeu flows here into the St. James Route from Augsburg or Munich to Lindau. Usually faster than by bus from Buflings, you can reach Oberstaufen on foot.

Immenstadt is connected to Lake Constance and the neighbouring countries via the German Alpine Road, Oberstaufen and Lindau/Bregenz. It is also easily accessible via the A7 Kempten-Reutte to Allgäuer Kreuz, continue on the A980 to the Waltenhofen exit, then take the B19 to Immenstadt.