St. Mary’s Cathedral: first documentary mention in AD 823; crypt (10th century) and glass paintings of figures, thought to be the oldest in Germany (about 1140); ceiling and wall frescos from the Romanesque and Gothic periods, panel paintings by Hans Holbein the Elder.
Highlights along the Romantic Road
St. Anna Augsburg
St. Anna (1321, extended in the 15th century): former Carmelite monastery church with Gothic wall decorations and valuable paintings (Lucas…
Fairy-tale forest with game preserve
Between Schongau and Peiting, you will find fairy tale depictions and fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm. The park is…
Minster of St George
One of the finest late-gothic hall churches of South Germany, with a Romanesque tower gate (1220-30), built 1448 to 1499…
Weikersheim Castle
Weikersheim has one of the most important Renaissance palaces in Germany with an almost completely preserved interior and a magnificent…
‘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…
Park at the Donauspitz
At the so-called “Umkehr”, the confluence of the Danube and Wörnitz rivers, there is a small park. Gebhardtplatz is laid…