Lindenberg - Factory Outlet

The town was first mentioned in 857, when it was owned by the St. Gallen monastery. It changed hands a couple of times and in 1570 was acquired by the House of Habsburg. The town fell to Bavaria in 1805 as part of Napoleon's Treaty of Pressburg.

The area around is not very fertile and as early as 1656 straw hats from Lindenberg were sold by peddling and in markets. In 1755, the production and shipping of straw hats became organized. A century later companies established and were successful, but in the second half of the 20th century the hat industry declined and now has hardly any economic importance as the last existing company has moved the production facilities abroad.

All what is left of the hat industry is an interesting hat museum
and the uninspiring factory outlet at the former Mayser factory recall the faded glory of the industry.