Former Benedictine monastery (1034) with Holy Cross Monastery Church (1717-20, supervised by Joseph Schmuzer): classic example of the late Baroque ‘Wessobrunn’ school; crypt chapel (end of the 17th century) with double altar and relic of the Cross from the Byzantine Imperial Treasure (11th century); numerous historical treasures inside the church.
Former Benedictine monastery and Holy Cross Monastery Church
Heilig-Kreuz-Str. 19
86609 Donauwörth
Highlights along the Romantic Road
St Kilian’s Chapel
The late Gothic St Kilian’s Chapel is considered to be one of the finest Gothic double chapels in Germany. Construction…
Sebastian Chapel
Two-storey, Gothic Sebastian Chapel (1474), Copyright Stadt Tauberbischofsheim
St. Ulrich and St. Afra
St. Ulrich and St. Afra: originally an Abbey church (1474); late Gothic basilica (15th / 16th centuries) with onion tower…
Castle of the Teutonic Order
Baroque Castle of the Teutonic Order with attractive Rococo chapel.
Historic market square Röttingen
Historic market place with Baroque Town Hall and half-timbered houses, Copyright Stadt Röttingen
Market place Nördlingen
Historical market place with imposing half-timbered and patrician houses: Town Hall (13th century) with bay and tower extensions (about 1500)…