Schongau

Polizeidienerturm

Polizeidienerturm Schongau

The medieval narrow entrance to the town was originally a larger entrance for carts. Since the 19th century, the passageway to the Sonnengraben with its magnificent view of the mountains has been called the “Polizeidienerturm”.

Polizeidienerturm
Lindenplatz 1
86956 Schongau

Highlights along the Romantic Road

Rottenbuch

Monastery Rottenbuch

Former Augustinian monastery: founded by Duke Welf I in 1073. The ‘Fohlenhof’, the gate building and brewery wing (now the…
Nördlingen

Old Schranne

Impressive commercial buildings: ‘Hallgebäude’ (1541-43), ‘Alte Schranne’ (1601/02), ‘Klösterle’ (about 1420) with attractive portal (1586); former monastery of unshod monks,…
Augsburg

Fuggerei

Fuggerei (1516-19): the world’s oldest social settlement., Copyright Regio Augsburg Tourismus GmbH, Friedrich Stettmayer