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
Fugger City Palace
Fugger City Palace (1512-15): home and business premises of Jakob Fugger with charming Renaissance-style inside courtyards (Damenhof)., Copyright Regio Augsburg…
Town fortifications
Town fortifications with towers and gates, including the ‘Bayertor’ gate (1425), the most interesting and biggest late Gothic gate in…
Marienberg Fortress
Marienberg Fortress (early 13th century): 1253 – 1719 residence of the Prince Bishops; large-scale reinforcement and extension of the Fortress…
Gothic pilgrimage church
Gothic pilgrimage church (15th/17th century) above Laudenbach with ornate interior, Copyright Stadt Weikersheim/Christel Nowak
‘Mariae Geburt’ monastery church
‘Mariae Geburt’ monastery church (11th/12th/15th centuries): a magnificent Gothic church with a separate bell-tower was erected on the foundations of…
Kalvarienberg
The Calvary in the Wörnitzstein district of Donauwörth stands out particularly strikingly from the landscape. The rock made of Weisjura…










