Town fortifications with towers and gates, including the ‘Bayertor’ gate (1425), the most interesting and biggest late Gothic gate in Southern Germany (with viewing platform, 36 m above ground level). ,Copyright Stadt Landsberg am Lech
Highlights along the Romantic Road
Gothic St. Wolfgang’s Bridge
Gothic St. Wolfgang’s bridge with statue of St. Nepomuk, and St. Wolfgang’s Church, Copyright Holger Schmitt
St. Ulrich and St. Afra
St. Ulrich and St. Afra: originally an Abbey church (1474); late Gothic basilica (15th / 16th centuries) with onion tower…
Old Schongau Castle
The old Schongau Castle was used by Duke Christoph the Strong in the 15th century as a Wittelsbach secondary residence,…
Mariengrotte
Mariengrotte: The sublime, youthful figure of Mary stands as the central figure in a niche of this stalactite cave. The…
Water tower
Water tower (1902) in Wilhelminian style. The wall paintings inside the tower show the historical development of Schillingsfürst’s water supply.
Town Hall and Golden Hall
Town Hall (1615-20): one of the most attractive secular Renaissance buildings north of the Alps, built by Elias Holl; magnificent…