Below the parish church on the east side of the Kirchberg is the most important grotto complex in southern Germany, a replica of the Lourdes cave with cave-like passages. It was built in 1908 from limestone tuff from the Ammer gorge.
Highlights along the Romantic Road
Marienkapelle and Falkenhaus
Marienkapelle and Falkenhaus on the market place: late Gothic hall church (1347-1481) erected by the citizens of Würzburg; remarkable tomb…
Nature reserve Ammer Mountains
Nature reserve Ammer Mountains / Ammer Gorge with the ‘Schleierfälle’ (‘Veil Falls’).
Collegiate Church
Collegiate Church (13th / 14th century): replaced the Romanesque monastery church with Gothic choir, Altar to the Virgin Mary (1483)…
Monastery St. Mang
Former Benedictine Monastery of St. Mang (1701 – 1717): the present baroque buildings were constructed on medieval foundations. In the…
Old town fortifications
Remains of the old town fortifications with towers (water tower, wooden battlements).
Schillingsfürster hedgehog
What a bear is to a Berliner, a hedgehog (“Stupfl”) is to a Schillingsfürst resident. It is the unofficial heraldic…