May to September: Tue–Sun, 11 am–6 pm October to April: Thu–Sun, 2 pm–5 pm 25 December to 6 January: every day 2 pm–5 pm closed on 24 December and Good Friday. Heimatmuseum on the island of Ried: Museumsplatz 2,
Haus der Stadtgeschichte in the Rieder Tor: Spitalstraße 11, The tourist information office offers many guided tours. Your walk ends at the Käthe Kruse Doll Museum, which is dedicated to the history of the famous dolls from Donauwörth. Back on the Reichsstraße, walk past the Liebfrauenmünster church and the Fuggerhaus. Another local heritage museum (the Heimatmuseum) is located here. This is where the town first began to develop. Head through the Rieder Tor gate, which houses the local history museum (Haus der Stadtgeschichte), and visit the old town on the island of Ried. Do not miss the impressive town hall on the same street. The Tanzhaus on the Reichsstraße houses the archaeological museum, a fitting start to a journey along the historical road. It offers one of Germany’s most beautiful streets, the Reichsstraße. Today, most of the old town is located to the north of the river. The town began as a fishermen’s settlement on the island of Ried in the Wörnitz river. Instead, the area was frequently flooded by five rivers whose confluence lies in the Donauwörth region: the Danube, Wörnitz, Zusam, Schmutter and Lech. Donauwörth, the town where the Roman road ends, did not exist during Roman times. The name ‘Ries’ is said to be derived from the Roman province of Rhaetia. It has a diameter of 25 kilometers and was created by a meteorite 14.5 million years ago. Apart from the Danube, the area is characterized by the Ries crater. The northernmost part of the Roman road runs through the modern district of Donau-Ries, which nearly reaches the Limes in the north. This has two reasons: the Danube, which allowed the Romans to transport heavy goods, and the northern border of the Roman Empire, which was located here before and after the first retreat of the Roman Empire from the Germanic tribes.
The Via Claudia Augusta starts in the town of Donauwörth.