Make Your Own Cheese in the Allgäu

Käseschule Allgäu

Georg Gründl, a master cheesemaker, teaches in the Dorfhaus in Thalkirchdorf, a village of Oberstaufen. Each participant or pair works at their own pot. Prices: €110 for one person and one pot, €125 with the butter school; €170 for two people sharing a pot, €195 with butter. Two children can join a pot as part of a family, but the course is not suitable for children under 10. There are also special seminars, demonstrations, and sessions for companies and team events.

Dates are agreed with the cheesemaker; send a request with your address and phone number through the contact page. Gift vouchers are sold by email ([email protected]), and there are kits for making a simple cheese at home.

Bergwies Bio-Käserei, Maierhöfen

This organic dairy in the West Allgäu lets you watch milk being turned into cheese if you register in advance, and from the 2026 season its Kasimir space offers courses with up to 30 places. The road up is closed, so park at the marked car parks and walk; all the paths are fine for prams.

Allgäuer Bergbauernmuseum, Diepolz

The open-air museum above Immenstadt runs a "from milk to butter" course for groups of at least five: €70 per group plus €12 per adult for materials and entry, or €35 plus €9 per child. The museum also has its own mountain cheese dairy.

Combine It With

Thalkirchdorf holds its own Viehscheid in September (18 September in 2026), and Oberstaufen is close to the Allgäu cheese route dairies around Oberreute and Scheidegg.