Romantische Straße Rothenburg

‘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).

Plönlein
Untere Schmiedgasse
91541 Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Romantische Straße Rothenburg

Highlights along the Romantic Road

Weikersheim

Weikersheim Castle

Weikersheim has one of the most important Renaissance palaces in Germany with an almost completely preserved interior and a magnificent…
Wertheim

Kittsteintor

Kittstein Gate The view from the Kittstein Gate towards the Collegiate Church and the castle is one of the best-known…
Schongau

Schongau town wall

Largely intact town walls (oldest parts date back to the 13th and 15th – 17th centuries), in places with traversable…