Marienberg Fortress (early 13th century): 1253 – 1719 residence of the Prince Bishops; large-scale reinforcement and extension of the Fortress in the 17/18th centuries; extensive fortifications with the Church of the Virgin Mary (Marienkirche, built in AD 706, the oldest round church in Germany east of the Rhine), gateway (Scherenbergtor – 1345/1482), Renaissance Brunnentempel (well temple – approx. 1600) and Fürstenbau (Prince Bishop’s Hall) with late Gothic Bibra staircase (1511).
Highlights along the Romantic Road
Hohes Schloss
Hohes Schloss (1291 – 1503): the extensive late-gothic fortified castle was, for centuries, the summer residence of the Prince Bishops…
Parish church of St. Michael in Halblech
Parish Church of St Michael in Bayerniederhofen. The baroque church was built in 1701-03 by Thomas Natter and Joseph Miller;…
Cathedral treasury of St. Johannes
Cathedral treasury of St. Johannes documents over 500 years of liturgical chalices and monstrances, Copyright Holger Schmitt
St. Kilian’s Cathedral
St Kilian’s Cathedral (approx. 1040): the fourth biggest Roman Catholic church in Germany with a cruciform plan; extended, rebuilt and…
Market square with fountain
Half-timbered town hall (15th century) with fountain on the market square in Harburg
Collegiate Church
Collegiate Church (13th / 14th century): replaced the Romanesque monastery church with Gothic choir, Altar to the Virgin Mary (1483)…