Parish Church of St. Jakob (St. James) with its onion tower, it sits majestically on the ‘Kirchberg’ and can be seen from far and wide. It was remodelled in its present form in 1785, with its baroque decoration in fine Wessobrunner stucco work and brightly coloured ceiling frescos by the Bavarian-school façade painter (‘Lüftlmaler’) from Oberammergau, Franz Zwink. Important Virgin of Mercy.
Highlights along the Romantic Road
Market Place and Town Hall
Large, historical Market Place with magnificent Town Hall, consisting of Gothic western part (1250-1400), with ‘Kaisersaal’ hall and tower (60…
Hospital buildings
Hospital buildings, including the Church of the Holy Spirit (given a baroque redesign in 1760), rare Communion Altar, ceiling fresco…
Hohenschwangau Castle
From 1832 to 1836, Crown Prince Maximilian had the medieval Schwanstein Castle converted into Hohenschwangau Palace in the neo-Gothic style.…
St. Paul’s Church
St. Paul’s Church (1840-43) in style of German Historicism in place of the Carmelite monastery church.
Minster of St George
One of the finest late-gothic hall churches of South Germany, with a Romanesque tower gate (1220-30), built 1448 to 1499…
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…