‘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
‘Kleine Galerie’ exhibition
‘Kleine Galerie’ – exhibition of south German amateur artists., Copyright Tourist Information Feuchtwangen/Christoph Bender
Schillingsfürster hedgehog
What a bear is to a Berliner, a hedgehog (“Stupfl”) is to a Schillingsfürst resident. It is the unofficial heraldic…
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.
Leopold Mozart House
Mozart House: reopened on 27 January 2006, the renovated house contains an impressive presentation on Leopold Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus and…
Pilgrimage Church ‘Mariae Heimsuchung’
‘Mariae Heimsuchung’ Pilgrimage Church in Ilgen (1670-76); designed by J. Schmuzer with early Wessobrunn stucco decoration (1670); ‘Gnadenbild’ (picture of…