Former Premonstratensian monastery: founded in 1147 by Duke Welf VI; monastery life ended with secularization in 1803, Copyright Gemeinde Steingaden/Werner Böglmüller
Monastery church St. Johannes Baptist (1176), called Welfenmünster: one of the most important Romanesque church buildings in Upper Bavaria; 3-aisled pillar basilica with 2 towers; church interior baroqueized (1660-70); Wessobrunn stucco and ceiling paintings; rococo pulpit and cross group; preserved west wing of the former Romanesque cloister (13th century Gothic vault), monastery garden. Copyright municipality of Steingaden/Werner Böglmüller
Highlights along the Romantic Road
Historic marketplace
Historic marketplace In the historic marketplace, with its beautifully preserved half-timbered houses, some of which date back to the 16th…
Parish church of St. John the Baptist
The town parish has its origins in the late 13th century, meaning it was founded soon after the first documentary…
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…
Gothic Minster
Minster ‘Zu Unserer Lieben Frau’: Gothic brick hall church with three naves (1444-67); late Gothic frescos; tabernacle (1503), ‘Regelsches Epitaph’…
Historic old town of Bad Mergentheim
Historic old town with attractive half-timbered houses and Baroque palaces, as well as a Renaissance Town Hall, ‘Milchling’ fountain and…