Day 64 Tuesday 7 July 2026
It was a busy today travelling along the Romantic Road in Germany, visiting 6 villages - Creglingen, Rottingen, Weikersheim, Bad Mergentheim, Lauda Konigshofen and Tauberbischofsheim…so here we go!
Creglingen is a small and attractive town set in the Tauber valley. It has a fine ensemble of buildings along with remains of town fortifications, a former castle and numerous halftimbered houses.
As we walked in from our parking spot we first came across The "Schlosserturm" (tower). For a long time it served as the town messenger tower and has a half-timbered structure on top.
The half-timbered building in Romgasse forms a castle-like complex from the 15th century. The building was closed until 1850. After the Second World War, the imposing building served as a home for many refugees. It was later renovated in the 1990’s and is now a public building.
This tower was also part of the city fortifications for a long time. In 1795, a small residential building was added. The last resident, Margarete Böttiger lived from 1897 to 1995 and spent over 60 years as a single woman in this tower. Her home is now a museum.
This building was built in 1575 and has been a Pharmacy since 1712.
The house was built in 1352 and with this year of construction is one of the oldest secular houses in North Württemberg.
This impressively large and transverse building with the hipped roof was built in 1439. It became an in between the late 1600’s to mid 1800’s before becoming privately owned.
This tower was part of the town wall and served as a prison for a long time. For the inmates at the time, imprisonment meant malnutrition and illness.
We could resist some yummy danishes for breakfast before we left.
Rottingen is framed by a historical town wall with seven wellpreserved fortified towers, there were half-timbered houses and a baroque town hall.
We walk through The Jacob’s Tower, which serves as the northern city gate and is one of the oldest defensive structures. The city’s fortification originally included 14 towers, of which seven are still standing today—some even inhabited.
The Baroque town hall is an impressive example of 18th-century architecture.
A special feature of the building is the central bell tower with a clock in the middle of the roof. Also worth mentioning are the two artistically crafted gargoyles on the roof corners facing the market square. They were made in 1933 by a local tinsmith and give the building its striking silhouette.
The Catholic parish church of St. Kilian is another landmark of the town.
Especially striking is its tall church tower with Gothic elements, majestically rising above the rooftops of Röttingen.
Weikersheim is distinguished by its magnificent renaissance palace and gardens. The historic marketplace is surrounded by the town‘s parish church, the Kornbau museum of rural life, the baroque town hall and the palace entrance. The world‘s largest youth music organisation, the ‘Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland‘ has its headquarters here. There were also some very life like statues scattered around the town.
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As we were leaving we popped into Mark’s favourite place to finally buy his favourite German beer… augustiner @ a grand price of €1.15ea. He is very happy.
We stopped for a quick look at Lauda Konigshofen because it was in the map. The guide says that it is a Wine town with magnificent churches dating back to the heyday of Franconian Baroque. Historical bridges, imposing half-timbered houses, a museum of local history and wayside shrines from six centuries.
Feeling pretty washed out by now we venture off towards a parking close to Wurzburg. We find a lovely spot in the forest just above the town and call it a day…
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