The square is dominated by the monumental steps leading to the church of St. Michael. Only the characteristic alignment of the half-timbered houses, spared by the fire of 1728, still reminds us of what the town must have looked like in the 17C.

Since 2001, the staggering modern art collection of the industrialist Reinhold Würth has been housed in an exhibition area owned by the company which befits its 10 000 works. The architect Henning Larsen designed a building which was perfect for this..

An elegant building in the Late Baroque style

The church of the old fortified abbey still retains its three Romanesque towers. The rest of the building was reconstructed in 1715 in the form of a Baroque «hall». The Romanesque chandelier in the form of a crown dates from 1130, as does the an..

Some thirty buildings from the mid 16C to the end of the 19C have been reconstructed here and faithfully capture the rural life of north Württemberg. There is also an exhibition of furniture and agricultural implements.

A series of 53 steps leads to the octagonal porch that opens under the Romanesque tower with its Renaissance top. The interior , originally Romanesque also, was transformed into a Gothic hall-church in the 15C. The Flamboyant chancel was added in th..

Dating from 1509, the fountain stands against a decorative wall adorned with statues of Samson, St. Michael and St. George. The rectangular design, unusual in a Gothic fountain, includes the old pillory post.

This museum houses mementoes of Schwäbisch Hall, a centre of the salt industry and an imperial mint in the Middle Ages. Several rooms are devoted to regional Württemberg-Franconian art.

This bridge, but more particularly the junction of the street named Am Spitalbach and the Salienstrasse quay, affords an attractive view of the half-timbered houses of the «lige» quarter and the east end of St. John's church.