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 market square Röttingen
Historic market place with Baroque Town Hall and half-timbered houses, Copyright Stadt Röttingen
St. Anna Augsburg
St. Anna (1321, extended in the 15th century): former Carmelite monastery church with Gothic wall decorations and valuable paintings (Lucas…
St Michael’s Basilica
St Michael’s Basilica (about 1220) in Altenstadt; one of the most important Romanesque buildings in Old Bavaria.
‘Mariae Geburt’ monastery church
‘Mariae Geburt’ monastery church (11th/12th/15th centuries): a magnificent Gothic church with a separate bell-tower was erected on the foundations of…
Harburg Castle
Harburg Castle (12th – 19th centuries): large castle complex; walls with battlements and six towers, bailey and gates; main castle…
Reichsstrasse
Reichsstrasse: Principal item of the town with city hall (in 1236, since 1853 in the today’s form), town duty (1418),…