Odenwald sightseeing: the best places in Odenwald and around it, with maps and links.
More detailed information:
Odenwald sightseeing: https://europe-for-travel.com/odenwald-sightseeing/
Spessart. Mespelbrunn castle: https://europe-for-travel.com/spessart-mespelbrunn-castle/
Romantic Franconia: https://europe-for-travel.com/romantic-franconia-map/
Attractions around Frankfurt am Main, along the Rhine to Koblenz: https://europe-for-travel.com/attractions-around-frankfurt-am-main/
Castle Road (Burgenstrasse). 1. Neckar cycle route Mannheim – Eberbach: https://europe-for-travel.com/neckar-cycle-route-map-mannheim-eberbach/
#odenwald
today we’ll see what you can visit in Oden wild Oden wild a forested and mountainous region on the border between hessen and benen wenberg to the north are wburg and Frankfurt with spart between them in the west is Manheim Beyond which the palatinate begins to the east is the large region of Franconia Oden wal itself is a rather remote place but along its edges there are top attractions let’s start with the city of bad merheim it is on two routes the romantic road and the Beloved tatal Valley bad merheim is known primarily as the last residence of the chonic order you can visit the castle the thermal baths and the very nice wild park Oden wal is on the UNESCO list because it has a special geology cast rocks create cavities under the surface a careless traveler may fall underground in some places as they say in the eastart stalactite cave this is point 2 on our route in the neighboring town of uren there is also a historical Park Advent dedicated to the Middle Ages point three the town of Walder of greatest interest is the pilgrimage Basilica of St George the pilgrimage began after a miracle in 1330 when an image of the crucified Christ appeared on the fabric instead of spilled wine above Walder on a short route to the main is the open air museum in gotes dorf amorbach is a small town in a valley where roads and gorgeous converge there is a large Barack Monastery and a park attached to it in the princely church there is the largest Barack organ in Europe in Bach there is a palace with an interesting collection antique sculpture Ivory figurines armor a kns hall porcelain melat has a nice old half- timbered old town with a partially preserved City wall across the river is an old 13th century Castle which can only be viewed from the outside and a 9th century Basilica in Oden wal the Gorges run from north to south so it is not easy to cross from east to west when we find ourselves on the western slopes of the mountains the wide Rin Valley awaits us there the chain of cities south of darhar to hi highleg united into a touristic route called bergst This is a car and bicycle route the best time to visit is the second half of April and the beginning of May and October we will divide the route along Berg Str set into three parts the first part to the city of benheim there are several castle ruins on the slopes zwingenberg and benheim are old towns but the most interesting attraction which brings us back to the unusual geology of the region is the Roxy Felson Meir to get to it you need to drive along the road from benheim deep into the mountains the ancient rocks that found themselves on the surface were used by the Romans there are now Trails for short and long walks around in the second part of the route we first turn towards the Rind to make a short detour to the city of L here we will find the ruins of the former Imperial Monastery of shalaman founded in 764 it is included in the UNESCO list there is an open air museum nearby wayhe is a picturesque old town with two castles on the Hills a very beautiful garden and a thermal swimming pool it is best to visit the garden in the second half of April early May when it’s famous with steria blooms let’s turn off Berg Str for a while and into the Oden wal a couple of things to do around F Oden wal model Railway and a zoo of mountain animals in wal Mi hbar there is an amusement park a coaster a rope course a wooden bowling alley and a playground we return to bergas again the triangle lenberg hlebec shim is a beautiful cycling route full of flowers in Spring but there is also something to see here shim offers an Old Town a medieval silver mine and the ruins of a castle on a hill Stone was mined in dossenheim the abandoned Quarry can be viewed from the outside ladenburg has a beautiful Old Town a picturesque Riverside of NE car and a very interesting museum at the first Ben’s Factory two of the three surviving cars in the world produced at this Factory are stored here this museum is definitely worth a visit please note that the museum has reduced opening hours the next three points are top attractions each of these cities has its own page on the website where they are described in detail in shaaya there is an imperial Cathedral a Historical Museum a very large technical museum schwetzingen is famous for its Summer Palace and large Park the best time of this park is March when cherry blossoms blooms hi highle Beck one of the most beautiful cities in Germany a finic railway observation decks castle ruins a zoo and an old University await you finally sites along the southern edge of Odin wal from hi highle Beck to halron we travel along the necar this is one of the best cycling walking driving and rail route in Germany part of the route from hyleck can be covered by ship the best time is Autumn there are two topics on the website dedicated to the route along the necar with detailed maps the necar route is the first part of the long International tourist route to The Castle Road the name is not accidental you will see a whole procession of castles fortresses and old cities the continuation of the Castle Road is indicated in blue particularly interesting along this segment are the old town of bad winin and sinsheim where there is a second site of the technical Museum and a large thermal pool with a dome and palm trees finally 16 for lovers of cycling routs the yakel route especially the section Shantel bad Frederick’s how the route is almost everywhere separated from the roadway along the way you will be accompanied by high hills small villages and old cities there is a large Barack Monastery in Shanta here are just some of the photos of the region route along the necar sim a equals Jag Style yel more information about the cities and Roots presented can be found on the website