Historic old town centre Late gothic streets and squares (Schrannenplatz, – where corn was stored and sold and Brotmarkt – the bread market), Kornhaus (corn exchange), remains of the medieval town walls with defensive towers and battlements near the St. Sebastian Cemetery (Sebastiansfriedhof), the Hospital Church of the Holy Ghost (Heilig-Geist-Spitalkirche) with its rococo frescos, St. Nicholas ‘Krippkirche’ (Church of Cribs) with its high altar by Dominikus Zimmermann – and several other baroque churches.
Highlights along the Romantic Road
Parish Church of St. Mary of the Ascension
Parish Church of St. Mary of the Ascension (1458-88): colonnaded basilica with high middle nave, long choir and onion tower;…
St. John’s Church Landsberg am Lech
St. John’s Church (1750-52): built by Dominikus Zimmermann with artistic Rococo ornamentation and beautiful stucco altar.
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…
Historic market square Röttingen
Historic market place with Baroque Town Hall and half-timbered houses, Copyright Stadt Röttingen
Spitzer Turm
The ‘Spitzer Turm’ (36.5 metres high) was built in the 13th century as a watchtower and keep. It also served…
Spital
‘Spital’ (hospital – founded about 1280) with Parish Church of the Holy Ghost (14th century); reconstruction of the present three-storey…