Füssen

Historic old town of Füssen

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.

Historic old town of Füssen
Reichenstraße 2-4
87629 Füssen

Highlights along the Romantic Road

Wildsteig

Lourdes cave

Below the parish church on the east side of the Kirchberg is the most important grotto complex in southern Germany,…
Schongau

Ballenhaus

Gothic ‘Ballenhaus’ (1419/1515): former Town Hall (up to 1902) with steep, stepped gable; council chamber with carved beamed ceiling.
Harburg

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…
Wertheim

Bronnbach Monastery

Bronnbach Monastery is a former Cistercian monastery founded in 1151 in the lower Tauber Valley, the 326th of the order.…