Romantic Road
The Romantic Road (German: Romantische Straße) is a "theme route" devised by promotion-minded travel agents in the 1950s. It describes the 350 kilometres (220 mi) of surface roads between Würzburg and Füssen in southern Germany, specifically in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, linking a number of picturesque towns and castles. In medieval times, it was a trade route that connected the center of Germany with the south. Today, this region is thought by many international travellers to possess "quintessentially German" scenery and culture, in towns and cities such as Nördlingen, Dinkelsbühl and Rothenburg ob der Tauber and in castles such as Burg Harburg and the famous Neuschwanstein.
Road sign for the Romantic Road near Fuchstal in German and Japanese
Road sign near Peiting, note the Alps at the background
Along the route
from north to south:
- Würzburg
- Holzkirchen (Unterfranken) (new itinerary since 2016)
- Urphar (new itinerary since 2016)
- Wertheim (new itinerary since 2016)
- Tauberbischofsheim
- Lauda-Königshofen
- Bad Mergentheim
- Weikersheim
- Röttingen
- Creglingen
- Rothenburg ob der Tauber
- Schillingsfürst
- Feuchtwangen
- Dinkelsbühl
- Wallerstein
- Nördlingen
- Harburg
- Donauwörth
- Augsburg
- Friedberg
- Kaufering
- Landsberg am Lech
- Hohenfurch
- Schongau
- Peiting
- Rottenbuch
- Wildsteig
- Steingaden and Wieskirche
- Halblech
- Schwangau, Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau
- Füssen
End of the Romantic Road at Abbey St. Stephan in Füssen
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- Romantic Road, Article
- Article about the Romantic Road
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