Perlachturm (11th / 12th centuries): 70 m high tower with lantern belfry and ‘Welscher Haube’ roof by Elias Holl (1614-16).
Highlights along the Romantic Road
‘Kinderzeche’ Armoury
‘Kinderzeche’ Armoury in a former silo is home to an accessible collection of equipment, costume and weapons from the historical…
Gothic Minster
Minster ‘Zu Unserer Lieben Frau’: Gothic brick hall church with three naves (1444-67); late Gothic frescos; tabernacle (1503), ‘Regelsches Epitaph’…
Premonstratensian monastery
Former Premonstratensian monastery with the Baroque Church of the ‘Holy Cross’ (1723-30), three-aisle colonnaded basilica, choir and dome room in…
Original town wall of Nördlingen
Originally preserved city wall/walkway with 5 gates, 11 towers and 1 bastion, which can be walked around for 2.6 km
Craftsman’s house
Craftsman’s house (1270) with rooms showing how a craftsman’s family lived in the past.
Brattenstein Castle
Brattenstein Castle (13th century) – the modern setting for the ‘Röttingen Festival’, Copyright Frankenfestspiele Röttingen