Overview: Churches, Monasteries, World Culture

The most important sights at a glance
Cathusian Monastery close to Lake Constance

Carthusian Monastery Ittingen

Kartause Ittingen is not only an atmospheric location; it is also one of the region’s cultural highlights. The former monastery houses two museums featuring regional...
Abbey library in St.Gallen close to Lake Constance

Abbey Cathedral of St Gall, UNESCO World Heritage Site

The Abbey Cathedral of St.Gall, the abbey library and the surrounding monastery buildings - in short the St.Gallen Abbey District - was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site...

Museum Appenzell

The museum is dedicated to the rural and Catholic cultural history of the canton of Appenzell-Inner Rhodes. Focusing primarily on folklore and popular everyday culture, our...

Birnau abbey church

Nestling among the picturesque vineyards high above the lake rises the slender pinky-white tower of the magnificent baroque church of Birnau. Walking through the gates of...
Rosgartenmuseum

Rosgartenmuseum

The Middle Ages lives in the heart of Constance. The former butchers’ guild house of 1454 contains unique and faithfully preserved halls, rooms and works of art from the...
Birnau abbey church at Lake Constance

Upper Swabian Baroque Road

For almost fifty years, the Upper Swabian Baroque Road has paved the way to the lovingly renovated vestiges of the past. Four roads wind their way through the region,...
Jüdisches Museum Hohenems

Jewish Museum, Hohenems

Housed in the Heimann-Rosenthal villa built in 1864, the museum covers the period from the 17th century to the present, exploring themes ranging from the precarious existence...
Seehas Weihnachtsmarkt in Konstanz | © SBB GmbH

Bodensee-Ticket train|bus|ferry

With the Lake Constance Ticket Rail|Bus|Ferry, you can enjoy unlimited excursions during the magical Christmas season to fantastic winter destinations in Germany, Austria and...
Neues Schloss Meersburg

Meersburg New Palace

The New Palace crowns the city silhouette of Meersburg high above Lake Constance. The representative residence of the Prince-Bishops began to be built in 1710 and since then...