Minster ‘Zu Unserer Lieben Frau’: Gothic brick hall church with three naves (1444-67); late Gothic frescos; tabernacle (1503), ‘Regelsches Epitaph’ (1515), bell-tower with ‘Pummerin’ (1512), the biggest tower bell in Swabia weighing approx. 6.5 tonnes.
Highlights along the Romantic Road
Schaezler Palace
Schaezler Palace (1765-70); impressive secular Baroque building with wonderful staircase and Rococo banqueting hall.
Upper Gate
Upper Gate (1496) and Powder Tower – remains of the medieval town fortifications
Plönlein
‘Plönlein’: picturesque medieval townscape where the road forks down to the ‘Kobolzeller Tor’ gate (about 1360, with outer courtyard, ‘Kohlturm’…
St. Peter’s Chapel Tauberbischofsheim
St. Peter’s Chapel (1180), oldest building in the town, copyright town of Tauberbischofsheim
Wallersteiner Rock
‘Wallersteiner Felsen’: approx. 65 m high rock offering a wonderful all-round view over the Ries district. It is the starting…
Monastery St. Mang
Former Benedictine Monastery of St. Mang (1701 – 1717): the present baroque buildings were constructed on medieval foundations. In the…