The romantic street leads to almost 460 kilometers from Main in Lower Franconia with a short detour to Tauberfranken in Baden-Wuerttemberg over the Bavarian administrative districts Middle Franconia, Swabia and Upper Bavaria in the Allgäu.
Emergence
The romantic street along romantic places and landscapes is the oldest holiday route in Germany. It originated at the beginning of the 19th century in the "German travel route number 1", it led from the Main to the Bavarian Alps. In 1950, at the beginning of the economic boom, the travel route was then named "Romantic street" re-established and today connects 29 officially guided locations along the route.
Places and their sights
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- 1 Wurzburg
. Marienberg Fortress, Prince-Bishop's Residence.
- 2 Wertheim
. Wertheimer Burg, historical market place.
- 3 Tauberbischofsheim
. Market square, neo-Gothic town hall, Kurmainzisches Schloss.
- 4 Lauda-Koenigshofen
. Historic old town, Franconian baroque churches.
- 5 Bad Mergentheim
. Historic old town, Teutonic Order Castle with baroque church, wildlife park.
- 6 Weikersheim
. Renaissance castle with baroque garden, market square with rococo fountain.
- 7 Röttingen. Medieval townscape, baroque town hall, Brattenstein Castle, wine museum.
- 8 Creglingen
. Hergottskirche with St. Mary's altar, Celtic castle complex.
- 9 Rothenburg o. D. Deaf
. Town hall, battlements with gates, Christmas museum.
- 10 Schillingsfürst
. Baroque style castle, Princely Falconry.
- 11 Wet cheeks
. Cloister with cloister games, market place with hostor town houses.
- 12 Dinkelsbühl
. Historic market square with St. Georg Minster, wall ring with towers and city gates.
- 13 Wallerstein
. Residenzschloss, Wallersteiner Felsen, plague column.
- 14 Nordlingen
. Fully preserved and all-round accessible city wall, tanner district, old town.
- 15 Harburg
. The Harburg, old town with stone bridge.
- 16 Donauwörth
. Reichsstrasse with town hall, Münster.
- 17 Rain. Rococo town hall, Rainer green belt.
- 18 augsburg
, Town Hall Square. Cathedral, town hall, Fuggerei, Maximilianstrasse, zoo.
- 19 Friedberg (Bavaria)
. Wittelsbach Castle, Rococo pilgrimage church.
- 20 Landsberg am Lech
. Historic old town, old town hall, Bayertor.
- 21 Hohenfurch. Parish Church of the Assumption.
- 22 Schongau
. Bergstadt am Lech, Altenstadt basilica.
- 23 Peiting, Hauptplatz 2, 86971 Peiting. Pilgrimage church Maria unter der Egg, forest adventure trail.
- 24 Rottenbuch
. Echelsbacher Bridge, Pfaffenwinkler Milchweg.
- 25 Wildsteig. Ammer Gorge, Lourdes Grotto.
- 26 Steingaden
. Wieskirche, Welfenmünster with cloister.
- 27 Halbch
. Wankerfleck chapel, mountain scenery around the Forggensee, Bannwaldsee.
- 28 Schwangau
. Royal castles of Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau, Roman villa.
- 29 Feet
. Historic old town, Hohes Schloss, Lechfall.
Natural parks along the route
- 1 Frankenhöhe Nature Park. please refer Swiss franc amount.
- 2 Altmuehltal Nature Park
- 3 Augsburg-Western Forests Nature Park
- 4 Ries Geopark
- 5 Nagelfluhkette Nature Park
cycle path
- Romantic Road cycle route. It connects all important sights over a length of almost 500 km. The tour, which is signposted according to ADFC guidelines, can be divided into 10 different stages. The condition of the road is mainly asphalt, there is little traffic on secondary roads.
Long-distance hiking trail
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Since 2006, the Romantic Road can also be experienced on foot. The 500 km long route, which is also known as the "Genießerweg", mostly runs on narrower paths. The hiking trail is completely signposted in both directions.
The various tourist associations have signposted shorter day tours along the long-distance hiking trail.
Surname | length | place | Signage | Worth seeing |
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Wide view of the Main | 9.9 km | Sonnenberg Hut Kembach | with name | baroque village church Lindelbach, view of the Mainschleife |
Augustine Way | 9.5 km | Messelhausen | with name | Marstadter See, works of art along the way |
To the Rothenburg mills | 11.1 km | Rothenburg o.d.T. | white 2 on red background | Topplerschlösschen, crime museum |
Through the Dentleiner forest | 16.4 km | Wet cheeks | blue 3 on white background | Carp ponds, Franconian museum, singers' museum |
Viewpoints | 13 km | Dinkelsbühl | No. 5 | Ulrich's Chapel, St. Vinzenz Segringen |
Schäferweg | 18 km | Nordlingen | with name | Riegelberg, Ofnethöhlen, Geotop Lindle, Adlersberg, Hexenfelsen |
Romans and Guelphs on the Lech | 13.7 km | Schongau | with name | Herbal garden based on the Roman model, forest adventure trail, Calvary hill |
Three locks round | 14.6 km | Füssen, Hohenschwangau | Royal castles of Neschwanstein and Hohenschwangau, Hohes Schloss, Kalvarienberg |
trips
In the vicinity of Wallerstein in Nördlinger Ries there is the possibility of an excursion to Baldern Castle.
A detour to Lake Forggensee can be made between hallch and füssen. It is particularly advisable to go around by bike.
Long-distance bus Romantic Road Coach
Several times a week you can travel along the Romantic Road from Frankfurt and Munich with the Romantic Road Coach. The southern locations from Donauwörth are not served by long-distance buses, but can be visited by train. The price for the train ticket is already included in that of the long-distance bus.
Romantic road abroad
The Romantic Road is also a German export: Romantic travel routes based on the German model have existed in Japan since 1982, according to a survey, 93 percent know the name of the German route, a Romantic Road has existed in Brazil since 1998 and in South Korea since 2009. A Romantic Road has also existed in Taiwan since 2018.
literature
- Romantic road from the Main to the Alps, picture guide with route map. ISBN 9783929228274 . :
- Romantic Road long-distance hiking trail. Nuremberg: Carl, 2006, ISBN 3-418-00114-9 ; 175 pages. :
- Gourmet Tour Romantic Road: Culinary forays on Germany's most beautiful holiday route. Zabert Sandmann, 2007, ISBN 9783898831680 ; 144 pages. :
- Cycle tour map - Leporello Romantic Road, Publicpress-Verlag, cycle tour map scale 1: 50,000, ISBN 978-3-89920-326-4
Web links
- Romantic Road Touristik Arbeitsgemeinschaft GbR: www.romantischestrasse.de
- Tourism Association Upper Bavaria: www.oberbayern-tourismus.de
- Bavarian Swabia Tourist Association: www.bayerisch-schwaben.de
- Tourism Association Franconia: www.frankentourismus.de