Romantic Highway through Rothenburg, Augsburg, Bavaria & Baden Wurttemberg Attractions Romantische Strasse
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The Romantische Strasse is the oldest German tourist route. Extending from Würzburg in the north to Füssen in the south, a distance of some 350km/220mi, it provides a link between Eastern Franconia and the Bavarian Alps.
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Tauberbischofsheim, Germany
16km/10mi north of Bad Mergentheim, in the vine-clad middle Tauber valley, is the little town of Tauberbischofsheim, with handsome 18th C. half-timbered buildings. In the old Schloss of the Electors of Mainz is the Tauber-Franconian Museum.
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Creglingen, Germany
The Romantische Strasse continues to Creglingen. The town has a Fire Service Museum (in the Schloss) and a Thimble Museum.
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Feuchtwangen, Germany
11km/7mi north of Dinkelsbühl is the little town of Feuchtwangen, once an imperial city, with an attractive Marktplatz; Romanesque church, formerly collegiate, with old craftsmen's workshops in the cloister (dramatic performances in summer); Museum of Folk Art (faience).
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Harburg, Germany
10km/6mi up the Wörnitz valley from Donauwörth is the charmingly situated little free imperial city of Harburg, over which looms Schloss Harburg (13th-18th C), with the art collection of the Princes Oettingen-Wallerstein.
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Schongau, Germany
30km/20mi south of Landsberg, in the Lech valley, lies the picturesque little town of Schongau (pop. 11,000), still partly surrounded by its old walls. On the long Marienplatz in the upper town is the Ballenhaus, an old warehouse of 1515. The parish church (17th-18th C.) has stucco decoration of the Wessobrunn school and ceiling paintings by Matthäus Günther.
Steingaden, Germany
Steingaden, 20km/12.5mi northeast of Füssen, has a twin-towered Romanesque church which belonged to a Premonstratensian monastery founded in 1147 and secularized in 1802. The exterior is still Romanesque, but the choir was remodeled in Baroque style in 1740-45 and decorated with stucco work by craftsmen from Wessobrunn. There are Renaissance choir-stalls (1534) and the remains of a Late Romanesque cloister (early 13th century). In the churchyard is the little Romanesque St John's Chapel.
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