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Southern Germany at a Glance Vierzehnheiligen Church,
built in 1743–72 to a design
The southern regions of Germany, with their wealth of natural by Balthasar Neumann, is one
beauty, historic sights and folk culture, are particularly of the most famous examples
attractive to tourists. This part of the country includes two of South German Rococo.
The monumental “Altar of
Länder: Bavaria, famous for its Alps, beer and the fairytale Mercy” (Gnadenaltar)
castle of Ludwig II at Neuschwanstein, and Baden- includes statues of the
Württemberg, whose highlights include the Bodensee lake, Fourteen Saints of the
Heidelberg and taking a trip on the scenic Schwarzwaldbahn Intercession, to whom the
church is dedicated.
railway line between Offenburg and Villingen.
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HofHof
CoburgCoburg
Nördlingen Town Hall was built
AschaffenburgAschaffenburg in the 14th century, but its present
BayreuthBayreuth form dates from the early 17th
BambergBamberg century. Prisoners used to be held
WürzburgWürzburg in a space beneath the external
WeidenWeiden stone stairway. By the wooden
ErlangenErlangen entrance is a wall carving of a
MannheimMannheim medieval fool bearing a German
NurembergNuremberg inscription that translates as “Now
HeidelbergHeidelberg there are two of us.”
SchwandorfSchwandorf
AnsbachAnsbach ChamCham
KarlsruheKarlsruhe HeilbronnHeilbronn RegensburgRegensburg
0 kilometres 50
Baden-Baden- AalenAalen 0 miles 50
BadenBaden PforzheimPforzheim StuttgartStuttgart StraubingStraubing DeggendorfDeggendorf
BAVARIABAVARIA IngolstadtIngolstadt
(See pp242–91)(See pp242–91)
Würzburg Residenz PassauPassau
Set in a magnificent park on the LandshutLandshut
eastern outskirts of the town, this OffenburgOffenburg ReutlingenReutlingen
imposing bishop’s palace was built BADEN-BADEN- UlmUlm AugsburgAugsburg
between 1720 and 1744, to a design WÜRTTEMBERGWÜRTTEMBERG
by Balthasar Neumann. The palace is (See pp292–331)(See pp292–331) AltöttingAltötting
constructed in a U-shape, with a MunichMunich
central pavilion flanked by four BiberachBiberach
two-storey courts. FreiburgFreiburg LandsbergLandsberg
in Breisgauin Breisgau TuttlingenTuttlingen am Lecham Lech
RosenheimRosenheim
KaufbeurenKaufbeuren
SchaffhausenSchaffhausen KemptenKempten
KonstanzKonstanz

Maulbronn Abbey,
founded in the heart of Neuschwanstein Castle
the Stromberg region in is one of the three castles
1147, is one of the best- built for the Bavarian
preserved abbeys in King Ludwig II (1845–86),
Europe. It was involving enormous
Heidelberg Castle is one of Germany’s established by Cistercian effort and expenditure.
finest examples of a Gothic-Renaissance monks with the bequest Standing on a high rock,
fortress. Its origins go back to the 13th of a knight named overlooking a lake, the The Frauenkirche in Munich was
century, but new buildings sprang up Walter von Lomersheim castle was the fulfilment completed in 1488 and features two
around the inner courtyard during the and provides a graphic of the King’s vision, which 99-m (325-ft) high towers crowned with
16th century as the castle gained account of the austere was greatly inspired by copper domes. The church is one of the
importance as a royal residence. life led by the monks. the operas of Wagner. largest in southern Germany.
Neuschwanstein Castle, near Füssen

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