Kempten: Rathausplatz
Kempten straddles the Iller in the Allgäu region of Bavarian Swabia, a position that made it an enduring centre of trade and administration. The town traces its urban origins to Cambodunum, a Roman settlement whose archaeological park lies north of the present centre. Around Rathausplatz, pedestrian streets join compact rows of gabled townhouses, civic buildings and St Mang Church, a key Protestant parish church with a distinctive tower. Kempten’s split past is still legible: the imperial town and the territory of the princely abbey developed alongside one another until the early 19th century. The Baroque Basilica of St Lorenz, associated with the former abbey, remains one of the city’s principal monuments.
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