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
Parish Church of St Kilian
Romanesque/early Gothic Parish Church of St Kilian with 13th century tombstones and Hospital Church (17th century), Copyright Stadt Röttingen
Juliusspital
Juliusspital (Hospital – endowed in 1576): Baroque, castle-like complex with an original Rococo pharmacy, the ‘Alte Anatomie’ (1705-14), and renowned…
Neo-Gothic Town Hall
Neo-Gothic Town Hall (1865) and St. Martin’s Parish Church (1910), Copyright Stadt Tauberbischofsheim
UNESCO World Heritage site Wieskirche
Pilgrimage church “Zum gegeißelten Heiland” in the district of Wies (1746-57): a jewel of Bavarian Rococo and an old work…
Gothic St. Wolfgang’s Bridge
Gothic St. Wolfgang’s bridge with statue of St. Nepomuk, and St. Wolfgang’s Church, Copyright Holger Schmitt