Jaap van 't Veen's photos with the keyword: Schwaben

The St. Nikolaus (St. Nicholas) is the parish church of Immenstadt im Allgäu. The current chucrh was built from 1704 to 1707. In 1275, the earliest records mention the parish of Immendorf. In 1360, Heinrich Count of Montfort elevated Immendorf to the status of a town (and the town was renamed Immenstadt). The medieval parish church was rebuilt after fires in 1484 and 1530. In 1704, the church was once again set on fire. In the years that followed, it was rebuilt with a simultaneous extension and crowning of the newly designed tower with an onion dome instead of the previous gabled roof. The church was reconsecrated on 18 September 1707. During a further extension of the church in 1907/08 - a neo-baroque sacral architecture was created.

Oberjoch is a small village in the municipality of Bad Hindelang. It has about 400 inhabitants. The village - situated at an altitude of more than 1.100 meters beneath the Iseler palteau - is one of the highest located ski resorts in Germany. Oberjoch is popular for skiing in winter, and in summer, many hikers and mountaineers visit the village. From Bad Hindelang one can reach Oberjoch through the Oberjochpass; with 106 bends, this road climbs an altitude difference of 300 metres. During our visit to Oberjoch, there was a constant struggle between the sun and the clouds. This provided atmospheric pictures.

The Geratser Wasserfall is a striking waterfall in the Kranzegger Bach . It is located south of Kempten and north of Sonthofen in the municipality of Rettenberg. The Kranzegger Bach flows through a green meadow landscape before dropping six meters from a wall in a small wooded area. The waterfall got its name from the hamlet of Gerats, where it is located. As the waterfall is so hidden in the forest and at the same time a few kilometers away from well known villages, this natural wonder does not attract many visitors.

Forggensee (Lake Forggen), a man made storage reservoir between Füssen and Roßhaupten, created in 1954, when the River Lech was dammed for the first time to create the Lechsee Lake. Forggensee is the fifth-largest lake in Bavaria, with a surface area of more than 15 km². The River Lech flows through it. Forggensee is known primarily as a tourist destination for aquatic sports and recreation.