What is Füssen?
{{Infobox German location |type=Stadt | name = Füssen | image_coa = DEU Füssen COA.svg | image_photo = Füssen -.JPG | image_caption = October 2009 aerial view of Füssen | state = Bavaria |region = Schwaben | district = Ostallgäu |area = 43.52 |Gemeindeschlüssel = 09777129 | elevation = 808 | coordinates = {{coord|47|34|N|10|42|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | image_plan = Füssen in OAL.svg | postal_code = 87629 | area_code = 08362 | licence = OAL, FÜS, MOD | mayor = Maximilian Eichstetter<ref>[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], [[Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik]], 15 July 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2020&ndash;26 | party = CSU | website = [https://www.stadt-fuessen.de/ stadt-fuessen.de] }} '''Füssen''' is a [[Town#Germany|town]] in [[Bavaria]], Germany, in [[Ostallgäu]], one kilometre from the [[Austria]]n border. The town is known for violin manufacturing and as the closest transportation hub for the [[Neuschwanstein]] and [[Schloss Hohenschwangau|Hohenschwangau]] castles. As of {{#dateformat:{{Population Germany|key=09777129|datref=STAND}}}}, the town has a population of {{formatnum:{{Population Germany|key=09777129}}}}. ==Geography== [[File:Lechfall 1857 001.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Lech Falls in 1857.]] Füssen is on the sides of the [[Lech (river)|Lech River]], which flows into the [[Forggensee]]. The ''Forggensee'' is a man-made lake which was built to prevent flooding.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} It is the drainage area for all the melting snow in the spring, and is drained after the middle of October. [[File:DSC02508 Füssen bei Nacht mit Tegelberg und Säuling.jpg|thumb|left|Füssen at night with [[Ammergau Alps]]-mountains [[Tegelberg]] (left) and [[Säuling]] (right); in the middle [[Neuschwanstein Castle]]]] Füssen is {{convert|808|m|sp=us}} above sea level, surrounded by mountains of the [[Ammergau Alps]]. The castles of Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau are near the town. At la