Rieden am Forggensee

Few communities in Bavaria have a history as closely tied to the postwar construction of the Forggensee reservoir as Rieden am Forggensee. On the lake’s eastern shore in the Allgäu, the settlement faces water impounded from the Lech, with the northern Alps beyond the lake’s southern end. Forggensee was first filled in 1954 and serves flood-control and hydropower purposes; its winter drawdown remains a defining seasonal rhythm here. The royal castles of Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein stand near the lake’s southern reaches, connecting Rieden to one of Bavaria’s best-known cultural landscapes. See how Rieden am Forggensee fits into the wider Allgäu by browsing webcams nearby.

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