Late Gothic Hall Church of St. George with ‘Daniel’, a 90 m high bell tower with viewing platform: Baroque-style High Altar (1683) with late Gothic carved figures (about 1462) and panel paintings by Herlin (now in the Town Museum); late Gothic font (1492), pulpit (1499, abat-voix 1681) and tabernacle (1511-25); valuable late Renaissance organ; numerous tombstones and memorial shields.
Highlights along the Romantic Road
Welfenmünster
Former Premonstratensian monastery: founded in 1147 by Duke Welf VI; monastery life ended with secularization in 1803, Copyright Gemeinde Steingaden/Werner…
Old town fortifications
Remains of the old town fortifications with towers (water tower, wooden battlements).
Wallerstein Palace
Royal Wallerstein: Palace (1805), Chapel of St. Anna (1489), Royal Riding School (1741-51) and palace garden, Moritz Castle (1803-04) and…
Premonstratensian monastery
Former Premonstratensian monastery with the Baroque Church of the ‘Holy Cross’ (1723-30), three-aisle colonnaded basilica, choir and dome room in…
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…
Kittsteintor
Kittstein Gate The view from the Kittstein Gate towards the Collegiate Church and the castle is one of the best-known…