Cathedral treasury of St. Johannes

Cathedral treasury of St. Johannes documents over 500 years of liturgical chalices and monstrances, Copyright Holger Schmitt

Kirchstr. 4

97980 Bad Mergentheim

Highlights along the Romantic Road

‘Kinderzeche’ Armoury in a former silo is home to an accessible collection of equipment, costume and weapons from the historical…

‘Plönlein’: picturesque medieval townscape where the road forks down to the ‘Kobolzeller Tor’ gate (about 1360, with outer courtyard, ‘Kohlturm’…

‘Hauptplatz’ with stately patrician houses around St. Mary’s fountain (1783) and Town Hall (1700), the town’s most attractive secular building…

St Mary of the Ascension Parish Church (1750-53): choir by the Wies architect, Dominikus Zimmermann; richly decorated High Altar by…

Minster ‘Zu Unserer Lieben Frau’: Gothic brick hall church with three naves (1444-67); late Gothic frescos; tabernacle (1503), ‘Regelsches Epitaph’…

Käppele: Gnadenkapelle (Chapel of Mercy; 1653) on the Nikolausberg hill with domed central building and double tower façade by Balthasar…