Hirsau Monastery, founded in the 12th century, was an important Benedictine abbey, one of the most important monasteries in Germany. Hirsau was already in the 7th century a Christian sanctuary in the northern Black Forest thanks to its chapel dedicated since 765 to St. Nazaire. During the War of the Nine Years' War (1688-1697), the complex burned down in 1692 and then fell into ruin.
St. Martin's Cathedral in Rottenburg am Neckar was built from a 13th-century chapel whose Romanesque tower still projects into the church's choir today. The town fire in 1644 necessitated a fundamental reconstruction, which was completed with the consecration of the church in 1655. In 1821, a diocese was founded for the kingdom of Württemberg, and Rottenburg, as the city with the highest Catholic population, was designated as the episcopal see.
The Stiftskirche is a church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church and a well-known building in the city because of its irregular towers. Built from the 10th century, it is the only surviving architectural testimony of the Hohenstaufen period in Stuttgart.
The cathedral church of St. Eberhard has been a cathedral only since 1978. Although the parish dates back to the 10th century, the present building was completed in 1955, the previous one having been destroyed during the Second World War.
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