St Kilian’s Cathedral (approx. 1040): the fourth biggest Roman Catholic church in Germany with a cruciform plan; extended, rebuilt and added-to up to the 18th century; destroyed in 1945; reconstruction completed in 1967; bishops’ tombs from the 12th to 19th centuries; cloister (1420-53) built on Romanesque foundations; Schönbornsche Grabkapelle (1718-36; Schönborn Family Mausoleum) by Balthasar Neumann., © Congress-Tourismus-Würzburg, Andreas Bestle
Highlights along the Romantic Road
Ottmar Mergenthaler Memorial
Ottmar Mergenthaler Memorial in Hachtel., Copyright Holger Schmitt
Weikersheim Castle
Weikersheim has one of the most important Renaissance palaces in Germany with an almost completely preserved interior and a magnificent…
Monastery Rottenbuch
Former Augustinian monastery: founded by Duke Welf I in 1073. The ‘Fohlenhof’, the gate building and brewery wing (now the…
Market place Nördlingen
Historical market place with imposing half-timbered and patrician houses: Town Hall (13th century) with bay and tower extensions (about 1500)…
