Jakobsweg Stage 7 Immenstadt/Bühl - Oberstaufen/Zell

From the AlpSeeHaus, you reach the lakeside promenade and the lake bath to access the lakeshore walking path, which is pleasant even when wet due to its wood chip surface. It leads along the shore below Trieblings to the end of the lake and to Moosweg. Shortly before Ratholz and Bleichgut, you cross the railway tracks and continue along the little road until shortly before Wiedemannsdorf, where you turn left from the quiet, beautiful Salzstraße with its splendid houses towards Konstanzer. There is a chapel there dedicated to St. James the Younger. Since 1755, relics of him and the apostle Philip are said to be here. Both apostles are depicted on the side walls. The parish church of St. John the Baptist in nearby Thalkirchdorf is also worth a visit due to its extraordinary art treasures, including a late Gothic sacrament niche (circa 1500), a life-size Madonna figure (circa 1440), and three bells from the 16th century. From Thalkirchdorf, you walk past the Schwandlift through the Konstanzer valley to the next junction, where you turn right towards Knechtenhofen and thus return between Salmas and Knechtenhofen to the Salzstraße and the Jakobsweg beyond the B308. Behind Knechtenhofen, you reach a fork in the forest. Down to the right, the Jakobs route leads through the premises of the Wengen industrial park with post office and railway mini world to the OA1, on whose footpath you turn right towards Buflings, passing a pottery, a cheese dairy, and the Wengen inn. There is a quieter, shaded alternative: at the fork before the industrial park, go straight over a narrow bridge (road tunnel) into the "Bärengrube" in the forest beyond the OA1. Halfway up, traverse along the slope to the right to the road to Oberstaufen, where, turning right, you reach the junction with the OA1 and thus the pilgrimage path. Well marked, it continues over Buflings to Zell, a hamlet with the Chapel of St. Bartholomew (stamp location), already documented in 817. The Gothic building (14th century) was restored in 2012. The medieval frescoes, like the main altar, presumably come from Hans (Johann) Strigel the Elder from Memmingen; some figures of the right side altar are from the workshop of Ivo Strigel. Behind the main altar is a confessional with the pilgrim stamp. The Jakobsweg Tirol-Allgäu merges here into the Jakobswege routes from Augsburg or Munich to Lindau. Usually faster than by bus from Buflings, you can reach Oberstaufen on foot.

Return: Oberstaufen is located on the Kempten-Immenstadt-Lindau railway line and also on the railway line to Wangen-Leutkirch. Furthermore, it is on the German Alpine Road (see above).