Gothic St. Wolfgang’s Bridge

Gothic St. Wolfgang’s bridge with statue of St. Nepomuk, and St. Wolfgang’s Church, Copyright Holger Schmitt

Wolfgangsbrücke

97980 Bad Mergentheim

Highlights along the Romantic Road

‘Wallersteiner Felsen’: approx. 65 m high rock offering a wonderful all-round view over the Ries district. It is the starting…

William Berczy (1744-1813) monument in the ‘Mittelstrasse’.

Town fortifications with towers and gates, including the ‘Bayertor’ gate (1425), the most interesting and biggest late Gothic gate in…

Nature on the ramparts: the Leutnantschanze and the Ziegelschanze are a reminder of Rain’s fortifications that were so important right…

After the birth of her 17th child at Christmas 1891, Franziska Schmid was dying. In this hopeless situation, Johann and…

Completely preserved medieval town wall (14th century) with numerous towers and gates; approx. 2.5 km of walkable battlements