Castles, Churches, and Moorland - Traveling along the Upper Swabian Baroque Road

Our journey along the Upper Swabian Baroque Road first took us to Ochsenhausen. Yesterday we didn't manage to take the Öchslebahn here, so today we stopped at the former Benedictine abbey.

We admired the splendidly decorated monastery church and then strolled a bit around the grounds.

Today, the Academy of the Musical Youth of the state of Baden-Württemberg is hosted here, but the garden is freely accessible.

On Monday, the museum was closed, so we had to make do with the outside view.

Our journey continued to Rot an der Rot - a name we found quite amusing given its creativity.

The small town hosts some beautiful buildings.

The former monastery church from 1782, designed in the style of late Baroque and Classicism, was also worth seeing.

After the first two stops, it was still noon when we arrived in Bad Wurzach.

We first took a walk around the town, during which it unfortunately rained repeatedly.

First, we visited the Parish Church of St. Verena, next to which the tourist information about the town and the nearby moor is located.

We walked through the little town and saw some old buildings - unfortunately in the rain.

At the castle, we encountered the highlight of the place on the Baroque road: the Baroque staircase with a large ceiling fresco.

It is freely accessible and is also used for events or weddings.

To conclude, we also visited the “most beautiful chapel in the world” according to Guy de Maupassant, in the former monastery Maria Rosengarten.

After a coffee break, waiting out the rain that had started again, we made our way into the Wurzacher Ried.

It is the largest still intact raised bog area in Central Europe.

In the past, peat was extracted here, today it is a nature reserve crisscrossed with some hiking trails.

However, the mechanical peat extraction has left its marks: the Ried Lake was created by the deep digging machines.

A path with information boards tells the story of peat extraction.

Our route took us 13 kilometers through the moor and its outskirts with heath and peat forest.