Vöhringen offers a variety of attractions for a stay: local recreation areas and protected floodplains, churches with Late Gothic and Swabian-Bavarian Baroque influences, a play park with distinctive yellow rubber mounds, and a weekly market held at set times on Saturdays. Nature, culture, play facilities and a visit to the market offer different ways to shape your choice of destination.

Nature and recreation in Vöhringen

The city’s local recreation areas include Lake Vöhringen and the Green Lung. The “Untere Illerauen” nature reserve covers around 100 hectares. The “Wochenau and Illerzeller Auwald” nature reserve lies northwest of Vöhringen near Illerzell and is one of the last floodplain forest areas along the Iller. The Untere Illerauen covers around 100 hectares; the area at Wochenau and Illerzeller Auwald is characterized by its location near Illerzell and the floodplain forest along the Iller.

Play park and churches

“Rue de Vizille” Play Park offers a climbing course, a jungle rope bridge and climbing nets. The yellow rubber mounds are particularly striking. As play equipment may change, check the latest information before your visit.

For an art-historical comparison, two distinct styles stand out: the Late Gothic Church of St. Mary, dating from the mid-15th century, is Vöhringen’s landmark. In Illerberg, St. Martin’s parish church is considered a gem of Swabian-Bavarian Baroque art. The Late Gothic dating and the Baroque classification thus represent two distinct cultural influences.

Saturday weekly market

The weekly market in Vöhringen takes place on Saturdays from 7 to 11 a.m. If you would like to visit, plan your trip for Saturday morning and check the schedule in advance.

More to explore in the wider Neu-Ulm destination

The wider Neu-Ulm destination offers more cultural and nature-related attractions. The Edwin Scharff Museum on Petrusplatz, in the heart of Neu-Ulm, houses an art museum and a children’s museum under one roof. The children’s museum offers hands-on and interactive stations for visitors of all ages.

Guests can use the sauna at Donaubad in Neu-Ulm; in winter, an ice sports facility there offers skating. Plessenteich in Neu-Ulm’s Gerlenhofen district offers a different focus: 200 different bird species have already been spotted there. An observation tower provides views of resting or nesting birds in every season. The Bavarian Bee Museum offers a different seasonal opportunity for observation: from Easter to October, visitors can watch a queen bee and her colony in a glass display hive.

The Museum of Garden Culture adds landscaped garden spaces to the wider Neu-Ulm destination. Visitors can explore more than twenty themed gardens on the grounds, including the Insect Garden, expanded in 2025, and the “Medicinal Plants of the World” garden. The museum also includes an exhibition, a library, an aromatics workshop, and indoor and outdoor activity spaces.

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