Birnau · Lake Constance · Germany

Zisterzienser-Priorat Kloster Birnau

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easy

9/10

best: morning, spring

spiritual, baroque, scenic

A local would say...

A rococo church where the ceiling fresco has a tiny hidden mirror — Birnau's Honey Licker angel has been charming visitors for 275 years.

An exuberantly rococo pilgrimage church sitting majestically on a bluff overlooking Lake Constance, surrounded by lush vineyards, built by the rococo master Peter Thumb of Vorarlberg. The interior is so intricately decorated you don't know where to look first; whimsical details include a tiny mirror in the cupola fresco. A favourite for weddings and one of the architectural highlights of the Lake Constance region.