‘Ammer Mountains’ Nature Conservation Area
Highlights along the Romantic Road
St Michael’s Basilica
St Michael’s Basilica (about 1220) in Altenstadt; one of the most important Romanesque buildings in Old Bavaria.
Minster of St George
One of the finest late-gothic hall churches of South Germany, with a Romanesque tower gate (1220-30), built 1448 to 1499…
Gothic St. Wolfgang’s Bridge
Gothic St. Wolfgang’s bridge with statue of St. Nepomuk, and St. Wolfgang’s Church, Copyright Holger Schmitt
Harburg Castle
Harburg Castle (12th – 19th centuries): large castle complex; walls with battlements and six towers, bailey and gates; main castle…
Marketplace
Market Place with magnificent half-timbered and Baroque buildings: ‘Alte Post’, (Old Post House – 1602), ‘Stern-Apotheke’ (Star Pharmacy – 1670),…
Welfenmünster
Former Premonstratensian monastery: founded in 1147 by Duke Welf VI; monastery life ended with secularization in 1803, Copyright Gemeinde Steingaden/Werner…