Churches and abbeys

The Meißner Wildlife Park and Germerode Abbey are located in the beautiful Frau Holle Land Geo-Nature Park. In the large park you will encounter free-roaming stags, deer and mouflon sheep.

The imposing Cistercian monastery of Schöntal is well worth discovering thanks to its Baroque beauty and charming location in the Jagst Valley.

Kirchberg Monastery is a conference and retreat house of the Berneuchen communities and sees itself as a place of silence and encounter.

The monastery Rot an der Rot in Rot an der Rot - no, there is no red (rot) too much - was the first Premonstratensian monastery in Swabia and today belongs to the Upper Swabian Baroque Street.

More splendid castle than monastic modesty: the former Benedictine monastery of Ochsenhausen is one of the large complexes of the Upper Swabian Baroque Road.

Freiburg is the city of miniature streams & cobble-stone streets, a future-focused environmental capital, a historic jewel in the middle of the Black Forest and the sunniest city in Germany!

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King Frederick I, Barbarossa, founded the town of Gelnhausen in 1170. The imperial palace was also built at this time. Today it is considered as the best-preserved palace of the Staufer dynasty in Germany. Visitors can expect romantic ruins in the medieval town.

In the accessible baroque crib of Bonlanden Monastery, the biblical story of the Incarnation of Jesus is recounted with over 370 crib figures.

Built in the middle of the 11th century, the St. Martin's Church has a rich history. Today it is the central Protestant church in Sindelfingen.

The idyllic, sublime location of the St. Remigius Chapel in Wurmlingen - Wurmlinger Kapelle for short - makes it a landmark of the region and a popular excursion destination.

High above the rooftops of the town of Petersberg is the Church of St Lioba. In the 8th century she was a close confidant of the renowned missionary Bonifatius.

The silhouette of the former Benedictine monastery in Schlüchtern is dominated by its pointed towers. Its 8th century crypt means it is one of the oldest religious buildings in the region.

The Bad Hersfeld community love their abbey ruins, known locally as the Stiftsruine, particularly when it forms the spectacular backdrop to their annual festival.

The Field Chapel can be found in a somewhat hidden location, surrounded by fruit trees on the edge of the woods, close to Wiesbaden.