‘Plönlein’: picturesque medieval townscape where the road forks down to the ‘Kobolzeller Tor’ gate (about 1360, with outer courtyard, ‘Kohlturm’ tower and the ‘Devil’s Pulpit’); the scene is dominated by the ‘Siebersturm’ tower (about 1385).
Highlights along the Romantic Road
Church of St. George
Late Gothic Hall Church of St. George with ‘Daniel’, a 90 m high bell tower with viewing platform: Baroque-style High…
St. Coloman Pilgrimage church
Baroque church built in 1673 in honor of Saint Coloman. The Irish pilgrim is said to have stopped here on…
‘Mariae Geburt’ monastery church
‘Mariae Geburt’ monastery church (11th/12th/15th centuries): a magnificent Gothic church with a separate bell-tower was erected on the foundations of…
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…
Historic old town of Lauda-Königshofen
Historic Old Town with half-timbered houses: Old Hospital, ‘Pike’ inn and ‘Badstube’
St. Mary’s Cathedral
St. Mary’s Cathedral: first documentary mention in AD 823; crypt (10th century) and glass paintings of figures, thought to be…