What a bear is to a Berliner, a hedgehog (“Stupfl”) is to a Schillingsfürst resident. It is the unofficial heraldic animal of the Middle Franconian town, a mascot, a figurehead.
Highlights along the Romantic Road
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…
Wallersteiner Rock
‘Wallersteiner Felsen’: approx. 65 m high rock offering a wonderful all-round view over the Ries district. It is the starting…
Harburg coat of arms
Half-timbered Town Hall (15th century) and vicarage; former synagogue (1754) and Protestant parish church of St. Barbara (1612) with round…
Fürst Wallerstein Brewery
1598. In Russland steigt Boris Godunow auf den Zarenthron und mit dem Edikt von Nantes erhalten die Hugenotten die volle…
Wallerstein Palace
Royal Wallerstein: Palace (1805), Chapel of St. Anna (1489), Royal Riding School (1741-51) and palace garden, Moritz Castle (1803-04) and…
Spital
‘Spital’ (hospital – founded about 1280) with Parish Church of the Holy Ghost (14th century); reconstruction of the present three-storey…