Harburg Castle (12th – 19th centuries): large castle complex; walls with battlements and six towers, bailey and gates; main castle with keep (12th – 13th centuries), ‘Kastenhaus’ (1594) with stables and armoury, ‘Saalbau’ with banqueting hall (stuccowork in 1719), ‘Fürstenbau’ and St. Michael’s Chapel (stuccowork in 1719).
Highlights along the Romantic Road
Harburg coat of arms
Half-timbered Town Hall (15th century) and vicarage; former synagogue (1754) and Protestant parish church of St. Barbara (1612) with round…
Brattenstein Castle
Brattenstein Castle (13th century) – the modern setting for the ‘Röttingen Festival’, Copyright Frankenfestspiele Röttingen
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…
Parish Church of St. Jacob
Parish Church of St. Jacob, ‘Maria Alber’, Plague Church of St. Stephan and Church of St. Afra in the Field…
Town fortifications
Town fortifications with towers and gates, including the ‘Bayertor’ gate (1425), the most interesting and biggest late Gothic gate in…
Pilgrimage Church ‘Herrgottsruh’
Rococo Pilgrimage Church ‘Herrgottsruh’ (The Peace of God) with outstanding choir (C.D. Asam) and dome frescos (Matthäus Günther), as well…