FUSSEN

fussen, a town of germany, in the kingdom of bavaria, at the foot of the alps (tirol), on the lech, 2500 ft. above the sea, with a branch line to oberdorf on the railway to augsburg. pop. 4000. it has six roman catholic churches, a franciscan monastery and a castle. rope-making is an important industry. the castle, lying on a rocky eminence, is remarkable for the peace signed here on the 22nd of april 1745 between the elector maximilian iii., joseph of bavaria and maria theresa. two miles to the s.e., immediately on the austrian frontier, romantically situated on a rock overlooking the schwanensee, is the magnificent castle of hohenschwangau, and a little to the north, on the site of an old castle, that of neuschwanstein, built by louis ii. of bavaria. see h. feistle, _fussen und umgebung_ (1898).