‘Mariae Geburt’ monastery church (11th/12th/15th centuries): a magnificent Gothic church with a separate bell-tower was erected on the foundations of a Romanesque three nave cross basilica in the 15th century; Rococo decorations by the Wessobrunn artists J. Schmuzer and son, Matthäus Günther and F.X. Schmädl with valuable stuccowork, colourful frescos, artistic altars and wooden sculptures (1737 – 46), Copyright Steingaden
Highlights along the Romantic Road
Schongau town wall
Largely intact town walls (oldest parts date back to the 13th and 15th – 17th centuries), in places with traversable…
Weikersheim town wall
Town walls, many parts of which are still in good condition (14th century), with ‘Blaue Kappe’ and ‘Gänsturm’ towers, Copyright…
St. Coloman Pilgrimage church
Baroque church built in 1673 in honor of Saint Coloman. The Irish pilgrim is said to have stopped here on…
Pilgrimage Church of ‘Maria unter der Egg’
Pilgrimage Church of ‘Maria unter der Egg’ (1660) with Rococo stuccowork and pilgrimage board., Copyright Tourist Information Peiting
Sebastian Chapel
Two-storey, Gothic Sebastian Chapel (1474), Copyright Stadt Tauberbischofsheim
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…