Premonstratensian monastery

Former Premonstratensian monastery with the Baroque Church of the ‘Holy Cross’ (1723-30), three-aisle colonnaded basilica, choir and dome room in light stuccowork, magnificent altar vessels and decorations, and pulpit., Copyright Stadt Lauda-Königshofen/Peter Frischmuth

Würzburger Str. 83

97922 Lauda-Königshofen

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All highlights

Highlights along the Romantic Road

Dinkelsbühl

Complete medieval town

Complete medieval town wall with 16 towers, bastions and four gates, surrounded by old trees, ponds and orchards.

Wildsteig

Parish Church of St. Jakob

Parish Church of St. Jakob (St. James) with its onion tower, it sits majestically on the ‘Kirchberg’ and can be…

Lauda-Königshofen

Upper Gate

Upper Gate (1496) and Powder Tower – remains of the medieval town fortifications

Landsberg am Lech

The Bavarian’s gate

The Bavarian’s gate, one of the most important and most striking buildings, Copyright Stadt Landsberg am Lech

Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Plönlein

‘Plönlein’: picturesque medieval townscape where the road forks down to the ‘Kobolzeller Tor’ gate (about 1360, with outer courtyard, ‘Kohlturm’…

Weikersheim

Weikersheim town wall

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