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
Schaezler Palace
Schaezler Palace (1765-70); impressive secular Baroque building with wonderful staircase and Rococo banqueting hall.
Stuppacher Madonna
‘Stuppacher Madonna’ by Matthias Grünewald in the parish church in Stuppach, Copyright Holger Schmitt
Ottmar Mergenthaler Memorial
Ottmar Mergenthaler Memorial in Hachtel., Copyright Holger Schmitt
Pilgrimage Church ‘Herrgottsruh’
Rococo Pilgrimage Church ‘Herrgottsruh’ (The Peace of God) with outstanding choir (C.D. Asam) and dome frescos (Matthäus Günther), as well…
Parish Church of St. Jakob
Parish Church of St. Jakob (St. James) with its onion tower, it sits majestically on the ‘Kirchberg’ and can be…
‘Kinderzeche’ Armoury
‘Kinderzeche’ Armoury in a former silo is home to an accessible collection of equipment, costume and weapons from the historical…