Residenz: residence of the Prince Bishops (1720-1744): major work of South German Baroque built according to plans by Balthasar Neumann; staircase with self-supporting arched ceiling and splendid ceiling fresco by Giovanni Tiepolo; late Baroque and Rococo staterooms, including the White Room, Imperial Room, Mirror Room; elaborately decorated church (Hofkirche) and Baroque Court Garden; UNESCO World Heritage Monument since 1982.
Highlights along the Romantic Road
Pilgrimage Church of ‘Maria unter der Egg’
Pilgrimage Church of ‘Maria unter der Egg’ (1660) with Rococo stuccowork and pilgrimage board., Copyright Tourist Information Peiting
Fürst Wallerstein Brewery
1598. In Russland steigt Boris Godunow auf den Zarenthron und mit dem Edikt von Nantes erhalten die Hugenotten die volle…
Market Place with Baroque fountain
Market Place (‘Franconia’s Festival Hall’) with Baroque fountain (1726), spacious patrician houses and historical half-timbered houses.
Little castle
Elaborately renovated little castle (1583) in the town centre., Copyright Stadt Lauda-Königshofen/Peter Frischmuth
Historic old town of Bad Mergentheim
Historic old town with attractive half-timbered houses and Baroque palaces, as well as a Renaissance Town Hall, ‘Milchling’ fountain and…
St. Kilian’s Cathedral
St Kilian’s Cathedral (approx. 1040): the fourth biggest Roman Catholic church in Germany with a cruciform plan; extended, rebuilt and…