Germany The Romantic Road

Würzburg is a city in Northern Bavaria, Germany. Located on the Main River. Some of the city's "100 churches" survived intact. In style they range from Romanesque (Würzburg Cathedral), Gothic (Marienkapelle), Renaissance (Neubaukirche), Baroque (Stift Haug Kirche) to modern (St Andreas). Museums of note are the Mainfranken Museum, which houses artifacts from prehistoric to modern times, as well as the Cathedral Museum, and the "Kulturspeicher", dedicated to modern classics and contemporary art, which opened in 2002.

Augsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It was a Free Imperial City for over 500 years. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is the third-largest city in Bavaria. Augsburg is Germany's third oldest city, being founded by the Romans as Augusta Vindelicorum. Augsburg is the only German city with its own legal holiday, the Augsburger Hohes Friedensfest, celebrated on August 8 of every year. This gives Augsburg more legal holidays than any other region or city in Germany.

Rothenburg is well known for its well-preserved medieval old town. It is part of the popular Romantic Road through southern Germany. In 1170 the city of Rothenburg was founded at the time of the building of Staufer Castle. In October 1631, during the Thirty Years' War, the Count of Tilly, wanted to quarter his 40,000 troops in Rothenburg. Rather than allow entrance, the town defended itself. However, Tilly's troops quickly defeated Rothenburg. and in 1634 the Black Death killed many more townsfolk. Without any money or power, Rothenburg stopped growing, thus preserving its 17th-century state. sites include The Criminal Museum, Imperial City Museum and the Rathaus (town hall).

ULM was an imperial city in the Middle Ages and a center of power. It is situated on the Danube River on the border with Bavaria in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Ulm’s location on the Danube River and on the overland route from Munich to the Rhine gave it great economic control. Within the circle of walls, which were about 5 kilometers long (some are still standing to this day), is a vibrant city that combines the old and the new. 

Füssen is a town in Bavaria, Germany. The town is known for its violinmaking industry. Attractions in Fussen: The High Castle houses a branch gallery of the Bavarian State Collections of Paintings, which focuses on late Gothic and Renaissance works of art. The oldest fresco in Germany can be found in the crypt of St Mang's Basilica, It dates back to about the year 980. St Mang's Feast Day (6 September) is commemorated with a Holy Mass followed by a procession by torchlight through the old part of the city. During the week of the Saint's Feast a special 'Magnus Wine' is sold, with only 500 bottles produced.

Bad Mergentheim is a town in the Main-Tauber-Kreis district in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The most interesting sight in Bad Mergentheim is the Deutschordenschloss, the medieval castle where the Teutonic Knights once had their home base. It is a complex of buildings built over a period of eight hundred years. The castle complex is dominated by the Castle Church, built in 1730 in Baroque style. Its Rococo interior features elaborate ceiling frescos depicting The Defense of Faith, the Glorification of the Cross in Heaven and on Earth and the Emperor Constantine's Vision of the Cross.

Dinkelsbühl is an historic city in Bavaria, Germany. Dinkelsbühl is still surrounded by the old medieval walls and towers. The image of this town is very typical for a German town of the 15th to early 17th century. St. George's Minster is a beautiful masterpiece of the gothic style in the late 15th century. St. Paul's, now a Protestant church, was rebuilt in the 19th century in the style of the far late Roman architectural style. It was originally part of a monastery. The Castle of the Teutonic Order, it has a rococo chapel. The so-called Deutsches Haus, is the ancestral home of the counts of Drechsel-Deufstetten. It is a fine specimen of the German renaissance style of wooden architecture.

Nördlingen is a town in the Donau-Ries district, in Bavaria, Germany. Today it is one of only three towns in Germany that still has a completely established city wall. Another attraction is Saint Georg's Church's 90 m steeple, called "Daniel", which is made of a suevite impact breccia that contains shocked quartz. Other notable buildings are the town hall (which dates to the 13th century), St. Salvator church and the Spital, a former medieval hospital. The Ries crater museum is located in the well-preserved medieval tanner's quarter. The city is home to several other museums, such as the Bavarian Railway Museum, the Nördlingen city museum, the city wall museum and Augenblick museum.

Creglingen is a town in the Main-Tauber district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The town was founded by the Celts between 200 and 100 B.C. It received its town charter from the German Kaiser Karl IV.