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
Reichsstrasse
Reichsstrasse: Principal item of the town with city hall (in 1236, since 1853 in the today’s form), town duty (1418),…
Historic old town of Bad Mergentheim
Historic old town with attractive half-timbered houses and Baroque palaces, as well as a Renaissance Town Hall, ‘Milchling’ fountain and…
Medieval town fortifications in Tauberbischofsheim
Remains of the medieval town fortifications, numerous parks and fountains, shrines to the Virgin Mary, statues of saints and memorials,…
Old town fortifications
Remains of the old town fortifications with towers (water tower, wooden battlements).
Historic market square Röttingen
Historic market place with Baroque Town Hall and half-timbered houses, Copyright Stadt Röttingen
St. Kilian
Romanesque Protestant church of St. Kilian with Gothic windows in Faulenberg