Page 203 - (DK Eyewitness) Back Roads Travel Guide - Germany

Germany Drive 19
DRIVE 19

Hamburg
Bremen
Berlin
Hannover
Dortmund
Leipzig
Köln GERMANY
Frankfurt
Saarbrücken
Nürnberg
Stuttgart
München

The Southern

Romantic

Road

Augsburg to

Füssen

Highlights

• Wealthy Augsburg
Admire the art and architecture
paid for by Augsburg’s bankers, from
exquisite gold- and silver-work to the
world’s first social housing com plex

• Baroque and Rococo grandeur
Wonder at the architec tural opulence,
from Landsberg am Lech to Wieskirche,
a UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Hiking landscape
Enjoy a wealth of activities, from
walk ing in Pfaffenwinkel to moun tain
hikes around Hohenschwangau
• Romantic fantasy
Explore “Mad” King Ludwig’s medieval
castle of Neuschwanstein

Opulent façade of the Historisches Rathaus in
Landsberg am Lech

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