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| Achern | ||
| federal state | Baden-Wuerttemberg | |
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| Residents | 25.630 (2019) | |
| height | 142 m | |
| Tourist information Tel | (0)7841 29299 | |
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Achern is a city in the Ortenau.
background
The city of Achern is located on the edge of the Black Forest near the Hornisgrinde, at the exit of the Achertal. During the community reform between 1971-75, 8 communities were incorporated, these are the districts of Fautenbach, Gamshurst, Großweier, Mösbach, Oberachern, Önsbach, Sasbachried and Wagshurst. Achern became a major district town and is the fourth largest city in the Ortenau district.
Neighboring places are Lichtenau and Ottersweier from the district of Rastatt as well Sasbach, Run, Sasbachwalden, Kappelrodeck, Renchen and Rheinau from the Ortenau district.
getting there
By plane
The Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden airport
(IATA: FKB) is about 22 km away, to the French Strasbourg airport(IATA: SXB) it's about 45 km.
By train
Achern is on the Rhine Valley Railway between Karlsruhe and Offenburg, regional trains stop here. The light rail line S4 of the Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund has its end point here. From Achern the Achertalbahn of the SWEG goes to Ottenhöfen. The 1 Achern train station is about 1 km northwest of the city center.
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In the street
You can get to Achern from the autobahn A5
53 or from the B3coming from the north direction Buhl comes and heading south Offenburg leads.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- The 1 Illenau
, former Baden sanatorium and nursing home, late classicist building by the architect Hans Voss. - The 2 Brecht's house at Hauptstrasse 66. Stephan Berthold Brecht, the grandfather of the playwright and poet Bert Brecht, lived here.
- The 3 Klauskirchel (St. Nicholas Chapel), built in the 13th century from rubble stones from the Acher.
- The 4 Leopold monument in honor of the Baden Grand Duke Leopold on Adlerplatz, a work by the Alsatian sculptor André Friedrich.
- The Catholic Parish Church 5 Church of Our Lady at the end of Kirchstrasse. The church was planned by district architect Wilhelm Vierordt, a student of Friedrich Weinbrenner, and completed in 1825.
activities
shop
Achern still offers a rich retail trade from hardware to upscale outerwear and is a shopping city for a large catchment area as far as France. Weekly markets take place on Tuesdays and Saturdays 1 Town Hall Square instead of.
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
health
1 Ortenau Clinic-Achern, Josef-Wurzler-Str. 7, 77855 Achern. Tel.: 49 78417000, Fax: 49 78417001090.
Practical advice
2 Tourist info, Rathaus am Markt, Rathausplatz 1, 77855 Achern. Tel.: 49 7841 6421900, Fax: 49 7841 6423900.
At high altitudes that are exposed to the west, the French mobile network often transmits more strongly than the German network. Smartphone users should set their device accordingly or at least keep an eye on them from time to time in order to avoid roaming cost traps.
trips
- to the near Mummelsee about the L87 to the Black Forest High Road B500
- from there to the Hornisgrinde, with 1163 m the highest mountain in the Northern Black Forest
- Hiking and climbing on Karlsruhe ridge at Ottenhöfen
- the Baden Wine Route North to Rebland or south to the Ortenau
literature
Web links
- https://www.achern.de/ - Official website of Achern
- Website of the Achern-Gamshurst district
