Main Sights
- Vöhlin Castle, developed in the 12th and 13th century as the "Castle of Tissen" of the Counts of Kirchberg. In 1525-1756 it was a possession of the patrician family Vöhlin from Memmingen. It houses a Rococo chapel and a bee museum.
- Parish church St. Martin (1590), with high altar of the high renaissance, built by Christoph Rodt in 1604.
- Historical threshing floor (1847).
- City hall (1891).
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