How did bones and leaves, imprints of sea shells and ammonites end up in solid rocks of the Alps - hundreds of kilometers away from the coast? What forces have folded these brittle rocks like a tablecloth? What did the Allgäu look like, what animals and plants lived in this landscape long before the first humans? What was the Allgäu like during the Ice Age? This book provides answers to these and many other questions by tracing the tumultuous history of the Allgäu landscape, its rocks, and its living world from its beginnings over 300 million years ago to the present day. The rapid advancements in the geosciences over the past decades allow for a depiction of the Earth's and landscape history of the Allgäu with unprecedented accuracy. The author invites the reader to explore the landscape between Lake Constance and.