Vils
Vils is a small town in Northwest Tyrol. It is close to Füssen in Germany and makes for a more sedate alternative base for trips to the castles of Hohenschwangau.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vilsegg Castle and Große Schlicke.
Vilsegg Castle
Castle
Photo: Johannes Robalotoff, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vilsegg Castle is a former fortification in the Austrian state of Tyrol that stands about a kilometre northwest of the little town of Vils, between Pfronten and Füssen, a few hundred metres away from the Austro-German border.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pinswang and Pfronten.
Pinswang
Photo: Franzfoto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pinswang is a picturesque historic Alpine village in the Austrian Ausserfern region of the northern Tirol. It lies on the border with the Allgäu region of Bavaria Germany.
Pfronten
Town
Photo: SchiDD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pfronten is a municipality in the district of Ostallgäu in Bavaria in Germany. Pfronten is situated 6 km northwest of Vils.
Vils
- Type: Locality with 1,530 residents
- Also known as: “70833”
- Location: Reutte District, Tyrol, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.5397° or 47° 32′ 23″ northLongitude
10.615° or 10° 36′ 54″ eastPopulation
1,530Elevation
1,141 metres (3,743 feet)Open location code
8FVGGJQ7+VXGeoNames ID
7873699
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Western Panjabi—“Vils” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Филс”
- Chinese: “菲尔斯”
- Kazakh: “Фильс”
- Russian: “Фильс”
- Ukrainian: “Фільс”
- Western Panjabi: “فلز”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Vils”. Photo: Gras-Ober, CC BY-SA 3.0.