Marienberg Fortress (early 13th century): 1253 – 1719 residence of the Prince Bishops; large-scale reinforcement and extension of the Fortress in the 17/18th centuries; extensive fortifications with the Church of the Virgin Mary (Marienkirche, built in AD 706, the oldest round church in Germany east of the Rhine), gateway (Scherenbergtor – 1345/1482), Renaissance Brunnentempel (well temple – approx. 1600) and Fürstenbau (Prince Bishop’s Hall) with late Gothic Bibra staircase (1511).
Highlights along the Romantic Road
Wertheim Castle
Wertheim Castle Once the seat of the Counts of Wertheim, this castle complex, which originally belonged to the von Staufen…
Parish Church of St. Anna
Parish Church of St. Anna in Birkland: Baroque village church, Wessobrunn stuccowork (18th century); altars by Dominikus Zimmermann., Copyright Tourist…
Schongau town wall
Largely intact town walls (oldest parts date back to the 13th and 15th – 17th centuries), in places with traversable…
Sundial trail
Among other things, Röttingen is known as the “town of sundials”. This nickname is due to the town’s approximately 2-kilometer-long…
Vantage points
Vantage points: Niederbleick (1589 m) and Eckberg (962 m) with a view over the foothills of the Alps. Mühleck (926…