Hello,
I am going to the Hohenschangau and Neuschwanstein catles on November. I'm going to take a train from Munich to Fussen and I'm taking my luggage with me. Are there luggage lockers on Fussen station? In the DB website the lockers are marked as unavailable, but in traveller's blogs and other websites a lot of people write that there are lockers available.
Can someone help me?
Posted by
TX
980 posts
According to the DB station website there is no left luggage available at the station anymore: http://www.bahnhof.de/bahnhof-de/Fuessen.html?hl=Fuessen
Your best bet is to contact the tourist information office and ask for alternatives: http://www.fuessen.de/en.html. I'm 100% positive they can help you better than anyone on this forum.
DJ
Posted by
Augsburg, Bavaria
2338 posts
DB closed the station building a while ago and to my knowledge there are no new lockers installed yet. I'd email the Füssen tourist office how to cope with that absurde situation:
Posted by
Augsburg, Bavaria
2338 posts
So, I got annoyed with that kind of sloppines, mailed the Füssen tourist information and got an immediate reply (quoted below):
There are no lockers at the station yet due to the reconstruction of the station building. The tourist info in Füssen has lockers for small luggage, the Hohenschwangau tourist info (at the castles) has lockers for bigger luggage, too.
(vielen Dank für Ihre Anfrage.
Leider gibt es derzeit keine Schließfächer am Bahnhof in Füssen, da das Gebäude noch derzeit noch nicht fertiggestellt ist.
Gegenüber unserer Tourist Information gibt es einen Info-Pavillon. Dort befinden sich Schließfächer jedoch nur für kleinere Gepäckstücke wie Rucksack oder Handtaschen.
Allerdings bietet die Tourist Information in Hohenschwangau größere Schließfächer an, in welchen die Gäste Ihre Gepäckstücke während des Aufenthaltes einschließen können. Allerdings natürlich auch nur in begrenzter Anzahl.
Mit herzlichen Grüßen aus Füssen im Allgäu
Barbara Schmid)
Posted by
OP
4 posts
Thank you to everyone who helped! You are great!
Posted by
Lakewood, Colorado
19099 posts
They have torn down the old Bahnhof building to build a new one. The lockers that used to be on the wall of the old station (I've used them) are gone (for now).
Several years ago, I wrote to the Hohenschwangau Tourist Information office, which is in the building next to the bus stop in Hohenschwangau, and they told me that there are no lockers there, but they will allow people to put their luggage behind the counter in the office. I confirmed that when I was there later. I did not see any lockers in the building.
They also told me there are a kind of locker, called Garderobe, at the entrances to both castle where you can leave backpacks, etc, which you can't take into the castle. Hopefully they are big enough for your suitcases. However, I wouldn't want to take a bag all the way up to Neuschwanstein. It might be easier to get bags up to Hohenschwangau and leave them there until after you've been to both castles. There is a path to Hohenschwangau castle from the main road in Hohenschwangau, just beyond Hotel Müller, but it's via a lot of steps. If you have a rollng bag that is too heavy to carry up the steps, there is a road up to Hohenschwangau. It's rather roundabout, goes up on the west side, it's used by the horse carriages.