Bussen

The Bussen is a mountain in southern Germany, in the region of Upper Swabia, with an elevation of 767 metres (approximately 2516 ft).

Being one of the most visited places of pilgrimage in Upper Swabia, it also has views as far as the Alps more than 100 kilometres (62 mi) to the south.

The Bussen is in the west of the district of Biberach in the state of Baden-Württemberg between Lake Federsee and the town of Riedlingen.

In clear weather conditions, it is possible to see the Münster in Ulm as well as the chain of mountains stretching from Füssen in southern Bavaria to the Säntis in Switzerland.

The village of Offingen, part of the municipality of Uttenweiler, is situated on the southern slopes of the Bussen.

When the mountain range of the Alps was formed during the tertiary period, the Bussen was part of the folding up process.

The military and political function of the Bussen came to an end in 1633, when the castle was destroyed by Swedish troops during the Thirty Years' War.

In 1786, the Waldburg dynasty sold the Lordship Bussen to Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis.

Following the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss, the mediatisation and secularisation of numerous secular and ecclesiastical principalities within the former Holy Roman Empire, the Lordship was annexed by the newly formed Kingdom of Württemberg in 1806.

300 km Föhnsicht vom Karwendel bis zu den Viertausendern des Berner Oberlands.

Das Land um den Bussen mit seinen Städten und Barockkirchen.

Offingen seen from the Bussen
Bussen, ca. 1589
Pilgrimage church St John the Baptist