Sigmaringen Attractions

There is an attractive trip from Sigmaringen to Tuttlingen through the upper Danube valley. The road follows the north bank of the river, passing the ruined castles of Gebrochen Gutenstein and Falkenstein and some extraordinary rock formations.

Beuron, a pilgrimage center, has a monastery founded in the 11th century, secularised in 1802 and reoccupied by Benedictines in 1863. It has a notable Baroque church.

The road continues via Fridingen (near which is the Kolbingen Cave) to Tuttlingen.

In the Hedingen district of Sigmaringen is the Baroque Hedinger Kirche (1680), with an 18th C. Roccoco chapel that contains the princely burial vault (1844).

The monastery of Heiligkreuztal, to the north of the Heuneburg in Sigmaringen, is notable particularly for its 14th C. stained glass.

Northeast of Mengen, at Hundersingen and above the steep bank of the Danube, can be seen the Heuneburg (sixth-fifth century B.C.), one of the largest fortified settlements of the Early Iron Age (Hallstatt period).

Finds from the site, with dioramas, are displayed in the tithe barn of the Heiligkreuztal monastery. Archaeological trail.

On the Josefsberg in Sigmaringen is St Joseph's Chapel (17th C.), with a fine Baroque interior (1739).

On the south side of the old town of Sigmaringen is the Runder Turm (Round Tower), a relic of the old fortifications and now housing the Heimatmuseum.

To the south of the castle in Sigmaringen is the Roman Catholic parish church of St John (1757-58), with fine stucco decoration and wall paintings. In a chapel on the north side is the cradle of St Fidelis of Sigmaringen, a Capuchin friar who was martyred in 1611 and canonised in 1746.