Historic Old Town with half-timbered houses: Old Hospital, ‘Pike’ inn and ‘Badstube’
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.
Upper Gate
Upper Gate (1496) and Powder Tower – remains of the medieval town fortifications
Gotic Church of Our Lord
Gotic Church of Our Lord with altar to the Virgin Mary (1505-10) by Tilman Riemenschneider, late Gothic High Altar (14th…
Market square with fountain
Half-timbered town hall (15th century) with fountain on the market square in Harburg
Gothic Minster
Minster ‘Zu Unserer Lieben Frau’: Gothic brick hall church with three naves (1444-67); late Gothic frescos; tabernacle (1503), ‘Regelsches Epitaph’…
Marketplace
Market Place with magnificent half-timbered and Baroque buildings: ‘Alte Post’, (Old Post House – 1602), ‘Stern-Apotheke’ (Star Pharmacy – 1670),…