Historic old town centre Late gothic streets and squares (Schrannenplatz, – where corn was stored and sold and Brotmarkt – the bread market), Kornhaus (corn exchange), remains of the medieval town walls with defensive towers and battlements near the St. Sebastian Cemetery (Sebastiansfriedhof), the Hospital Church of the Holy Ghost (Heilig-Geist-Spitalkirche) with its rococo frescos, St. Nicholas ‘Krippkirche’ (Church of Cribs) with its high altar by Dominikus Zimmermann – and several other baroque churches.
Highlights along the Romantic Road
Plague or Holy Trinity monument
Plague or Holy Trinity monument (1722-25), based on the plague monument in Vienna by Joh. G. Bschorer, and Parish Church…
‘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…
Old Schongau Castle
The old Schongau Castle was used by Duke Christoph the Strong in the 15th century as a Wittelsbach secondary residence,…
St. John’s Minster
St. John’s Minster with an important sepulchre, Copyright Stadt Bad Mergentheim
Parish church of St. Michael in Halblech
Parish Church of St Michael in Bayerniederhofen. The baroque church was built in 1701-03 by Thomas Natter and Joseph Miller;…
Holy Cross Church
Holy Cross Church (1752-54) with Jesuit monastery; on a high point over the town; rich Baroque and Rococo decorations with…










