Among other things, Röttingen is known as the “town of sundials”. This nickname is due to the town’s approximately 2-kilometer-long circular trail with 22 different sundials.
Highlights along the Romantic Road
Brattenstein Castle
Brattenstein Castle (13th century) – the modern setting for the ‘Röttingen Festival’, Copyright Frankenfestspiele Röttingen
Hohes Schloss
Hohes Schloss (1291 – 1503): the extensive late-gothic fortified castle was, for centuries, the summer residence of the Prince Bishops…
Parish Church of St. Jacob
Parish Church of St. Jacob, ‘Maria Alber’, Plague Church of St. Stephan and Church of St. Afra in the Field…
Chapel of St. Ursula
Late Gothic chapel of St. Ursula: The chapel is located on a green hill south of Hohenfurch (east of the…
Lourdes cave
Below the parish church on the east side of the Kirchberg is the most important grotto complex in southern Germany,…
St Michael’s Basilica
St Michael’s Basilica (about 1220) in Altenstadt; one of the most important Romanesque buildings in Old Bavaria.