Neu-Ulm: Art, Fortress and Green Urban Spaces

Art museums, an Expressionist church, fortress history and green spaces offer different perspectives on a stay in Neu-Ulm. If you are looking for accommodation, it helps to first decide what you want to focus on during your trip: Would you like to make time for art and hands-on activities, explore architecture or spend more time outdoors? The city’s sights and routes offer different ways to plan your stay.

Experience Art and Discover Architectural Heritage

At Petrusplatz in the heart of Neu-Ulm, the Edwin Scharff Museum brings together an art museum and a children’s museum under one roof. The permanent exhibitions are dedicated to the painter, graphic artist and sculptor Edwin Scharff, who was born in Neu-Ulm, as well as the artist Ernst Geitlinger. At the children’s museum, Make-and-Do Sundays give visitors of all ages the opportunity to get creative themselves in the museum workshop, with guidance from the educational team. As programme dates may change, check the latest dates before your visit.

The digital Neu-Ulm Art Tour offers another perspective on art and urban spaces: it brings together 32 works of art, places and architectural features in three thematically related tours. St. Johann Baptist Church is also a prominent landmark for those interested in culture; it is one of Germany’s most important Expressionist religious buildings. Together, the museum, art tour and church showcase different aspects of Neu-Ulm’s art and architectural history.

Fortress Traces and Walking Routes

The Glacis grounds of the former Federal Fortress of Ulm are now a banana-shaped city park in Neu-Ulm. About half of the section of the Federal Fortress of Ulm/Neu-Ulm located in Neu-Ulm has been preserved. The Glacis grounds feature a small lakeside stage, a beer garden and a children’s playground right next door. This gives the grounds a present-day role as a green space, in addition to their fortress history. Kollmann Park, around the water tower, is a pleasant place for a stroll.

If you would like to explore the fortress and views of the Danube on foot, you can follow the easy “Neu-Ulm Fortress and Danube Views” route: it is 4.30 kilometres long, takes about 1 hour and 1 minute, and runs from Schießhausallee to St. John the Baptist Church. Routes and details may change, so check them before setting out. For a shorter walk or an outing with more time in green surroundings, the parks offer a different focus from visits to museums and churches.

Cycling Routes and Other Destinations in the Neu-Ulm Travel Region

Cyclists can also choose from routes with different profiles: the Danube Cycle Path runs through Ulm and Neu-Ulm; the full route is listed as 587 kilometres and has a four-star ADFC classification. The Iller Cycle Path runs from Ulm/Neu-Ulm via Illertissen, Memmingen and Kempten to Oberstdorf, follows routes away from road traffic for most of its length, and is listed as 146 kilometres long. The routes therefore differ both in length and in course. Details and classifications may be revised, so it is worth checking the latest route information when planning your trip.

The wider Neu-Ulm travel region also offers nature experiences: the Plessenteich bird sanctuary is in the Gerlenhofen district of Neu-Ulm. Two hundred different bird species have already been sighted there. An observation tower offers views of birds resting or nesting throughout the year. The Museum of Garden Culture on Jungviehweide offers a different kind of discovery, with more than twenty themed gardens. These include the insect garden, expanded in 2025, and the “Medicinal Plants of the World” garden.

Compare the location of the accommodation on offer with your own plans, rather than making a decision based on just one place to visit.

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