Pilgrimage Church ‘Mariae Heimsuchung’

‘Mariae Heimsuchung’ Pilgrimage Church in Ilgen (1670-76); designed by J. Schmuzer with early Wessobrunn stucco decoration (1670); ‘Gnadenbild’ (picture of a saint, reputed to be able to work miracles – about 1430)., Copyright Gemeinde Steingaden/Werner Böglmüller

Ilgen

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Schongau

St Michael’s Basilica

St Michael’s Basilica (about 1220) in Altenstadt; one of the most important Romanesque buildings in Old Bavaria.

Weikersheim

Weikersheim town wall

Town walls, many parts of which are still in good condition (14th century), with ‘Blaue Kappe’ and ‘Gänsturm’ towers, Copyright…

Röttingen

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

Schillingsfürst

Schillingsfürster hedgehog

What a bear is to a Berliner, a hedgehog (“Stupfl”) is to a Schillingsfürst resident. It is the unofficial heraldic…

Augsburg

Perlachturm

Perlachturm (11th / 12th centuries): 70 m high tower with lantern belfry and ‘Welscher Haube’ roof by Elias Holl (1614-16).

Romantische Straße - Schloss Neuschwanstein

Schwangau

Neuschwanstein Castle

In place of the two castle ruins, Vorderhohenschwangau and Hinterhohenschwangau, King Ludwig II had Neuschwanstein Castle built between 1869 and…