Baden-Württemberg

Hidden gems in Baden-Württemberg

Hidden Gems of Baden-Württemberg

Explore 15 remarkable hidden gems throughout Baden-Württemberg and nearby regions, including Gothic Revival castles like Lichtenstein, baroque palaces such as Ludwigsburg and the New Palace Stuttgart, and UNESCO-listed sites like Maulbronn Monastery. This collection also features unique museums, historic churches—including Ulm Minster, the tallest church worldwide—and architectural landmarks like the Weissenhof Estate, showcasing a diverse range of cultural and historical treasures off the usual tourist routes.

Hidden Gems of Baden-Württemberg — Map

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Palace Square

Schlossplatz is the largest square in Stuttgart Mitte and home to the Neues Schloss which was built between 1746 and 1807.

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Lichtenstein Castle

Lichtenstein Castle is a privately owned Gothic Revival castle located in the Swabian Jura of southern Germany.

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Ludwigsburg Palace

Ludwigsburg Palace, nicknamed the "Versailles of Swabia", is a 452-room palace complex of 18 buildings located in Ludwigsburg, Baden…

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The Sepulchral Chapel on Württemberg

The Württemberg Mausoleum is a mausoleum located on the Württemberg, in the Rotenberg borough of Untertürkheim, in Stuttgart.

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Maulbronn Monastery

Maulbronn Monastery is a former Cistercian abbey and ecclesiastical state in the Holy Roman Empire located at Maulbronn, Baden-Württemberg.

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Voodoo Museum

The Voodoo Castle is located in the city of Strasbourg in the department of Bas-Rhin, Alsace.

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Collegiate Church Stuttgart

The Stiftskirche is an inner-city church in Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Ulm Minster

Ulm Minster is a Lutheran church located in Ulm, State of Baden-Württemberg. It is currently the tallest church in the world.

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Württemberg State Museum

The Landesmuseum Württemberg is the main historical museum of the Württemberg part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

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Medieval Crime and Justice Museum

Visit this Medieval Crime Museum in the historical old town of Rothenburg and discover 1000 years of legal history.

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Prinzhorn Collection

The Prinzhorn Collection is a German collection of art made by mental health patients, housed at the Heidelberg University Hospital.

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Heidelberger Bergbahn

Come and enjoy a ride on this funicular railway which is one of the longest in Germany.

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Tauber Bridge, Rothenburg ob der Tauber

The Tauber Bridge at Rothenburg ob der Tauber is an historic road bridge that spans the Tauber Valley west of the town centre of the…

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New Palace Stuttgart

The New Palace is an 18th-century Baroque palace in Stuttgart and is one of the last large city palaces built in Southern Germany.

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Weissenhof Estate

The Weissenhof Estate is a housing estate built for the 1927 Deutscher Werkbund exhibition in Stuttgart, Germany.

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