Bad Mergentheim is a town in the Main-Tauber-Kreis district in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It has a population of around 23,000. An officially recognized spa town since 1926, Bad Mergenthei
Aerial Photo of Bad Mergentheim
The towers of Bad Mergentheim
The old town hall and market place in Bad Mergentheim
The Wolfgang chapel and stone bridge over the Tauber
Mergentheim Palace is a historic building located in Bad Mergentheim, Germany. The palace was first a castle, built in the early Middle Ages as the seat of the Taubergau, but then became a Teutonic po
Bad Mergentheim
…order in Germany, now styling themselves Hoch- und Deutschmeister, then made Mergentheim the order's new headquarters and expanded the castle into a palatial residence. Over the next centuries, the town served as the centre of the order's southern German territories much like the residence town of any ruling prince…
Western facade of the palace
Aerial view of the Mergentheim Palace
Model of Rehden Castle, a Teutonic castle in present-day Poland, in the palace museum
Model of Bad Mergentheim and the palace as it appeared in 1750