Bad Hersfeld - Bad Hersfeld

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Bad Hersfeld
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Bad Hersfeld

Bad Hersfeld located in Hesse on the Fulda. The city is known nationwide for the Bad Hersfeld Festival.

background

City ensemble with town hall in the Weser Renaissance style

The clergyman Lull, a companion of Boniface, built a Benedictine monastery here in 796, from which the missionary work of the Saxons was to take place. In 775, the Frankish king Karl elevated the monastery to an imperial abbey. It existed for 837 years. The mighty ruins of the early Romanesque basilica still bear witness to the time of the monastery’s prosperity. The basilica was 102.80 m in length and 56.50 m in the transept. At times the abbey was the foster home of medieval culture. The monk Lambert, one of the most important historians of the Middle Ages, lived here. A market settlement developed around the monastery early on, which was first mentioned as a town in 1170. During the Reformation, the Hersfeld region became Protestant and the abbey's chances of survival decreased. During the Peasants' War, a peasant army occupied the city and plundered the monastery. In 1606, the Landgrave of Hesse took over the grounds and buildings of the imperial abbey after the last abbot had died. During the Seven Years' War (1756 - 1763) a major fire destroyed the entire monastery complex. For two hundred years there was an economic standstill in Bad Hersfeld. It was not until the 19th century that a considerable cloth industry and other branches of industry developed. Before the First World War, the city had over 10,000 inhabitants. Konrad Duden was the head of the royal Prussian grammar school at the turn of the century. In 1904 the Hersfeld spa was created by drilling a healing spring. Since 1949 the city has been called "Bad Hersfeld". It became the Hessisches Staatsbad in 1963, after having been in the center of the German Empire for centuries. Due to the division of Germany after World War II, the city came to the eastern edge of the Federal Republic. Transport and economic connections to the east dwindled or no longer existed. The important cloth industry got into trouble. New industries were established. Konrad Zuse, who built the first programmable computer, ran the main factory of Zuse KG in Wehneberger Straße in Bad Hersfeld from 1957. Zuse had started production in Neukirchen (Hünfeld) in 1949. Siemens later took over Zuse KG. Zuse was also a well-known painter. Since the reunification of Germany in 1989, Bad Hersfeld has been located in the middle of Germany again. The favorable location has persuaded the online booksellers Amazon and Libri to set up logistics centers here.

In addition to the city center, Bad Hersfeld consists of the districts 1 AllmershausenAllmershausen in the encyclopedia WikipediaAllmershausen (Q1284137) in the Wikidata database, 2 AsbachAsbach in the encyclopedia WikipediaAsbach (Q721255) in the Wikidata database, 3 BeiershausenBeiershausen in the encyclopedia WikipediaBeiershausen (Q814679) in the Wikidata database, 4 EichhofEichhof in the encyclopedia WikipediaEichhof (Q1301921) in the Wikidata database, 5 HeenesHeenes in the Wikipedia encyclopediaHeenes (Q1593487) in the Wikidata database, 6 High airHigh air in the Wikipedia encyclopediaHohe Luft (Q1623484) in the Wikidata database, 7 JohannesbergJohannesberg in the encyclopedia WikipediaJohannesberg (Q1698798) in the Wikidata database, 8 CathusKathus in the encyclopedia WikipediaKathus (Q1736550) in the Wikidata database, 9 KohlhausenKohlhausen in the encyclopedia WikipediaKohlhausen (Q1778651) in the Wikidata database, 10 PetersbergPetersberg in the encyclopedia WikipediaPetersberg (Q2079541) in the Wikidata database, 11 SorgaSorga in the Wikipedia encyclopediaSorga (Q2303259) in the Wikidata database.

getting there

Tourist information sign to Bad Hersfeld on the A 7

In the street

Bad Hersfeld is on the motorway A4, only 10 km away from the Kirchheimer Dreieck. But also the busy federal highways B27 and B62 lead through the place.

The German half-timbered street leads through the place.

By train

The 1 Bad Hersfeld train station is served by ICE trains on the Frankfurt – Berlin / Dresden line as well as by IC trains on the Frankfurt – Leipzig / Halle route. In local traffic, the trains on the Kassel – Fulda and Göttingen – Fulda lines stop.

By bus

The 2 Long-distance bus stop Bad Hersfeld is located on Bismarckstrasse not far from the train station.

By bicycle

mobility

Map of Bad Hersfeld

Most of Bad Hersfeld can be visited on foot.

Tourist Attractions

Tour through Bad Hersfeld
Tower of the monastery ruins
  • 1 City ensemble with town hall on the "Treppchen" - nice place with town hall, Lullusbrunnen and the "Treppchen", a staircase to the right of the town hall. The town hall was built from 1371. After 1607 the reconstruction took place in the style of the Weser Renaissance.
  • 2 Old town with market square and half-timbered buildings - The market place is partly used as a parking lot. The oldest specialist building in the city is the pretty one 3 Sexton's house at the churchyard. The building was built in 1452.
  • 4 Abbey ruins - The former basilica of the monastery burned down completely in the Seven Years' War. Only the outer walls remained. The ruin has been the venue for the Bad Hersfeld Festival since 1951. For this purpose, the longship was furnished and covered with a tent to protect the audience from the rain. The chancel and apse are used as a stage space. They are not covered. The actors are exposed to the rigors of the weather. Plays are performed in July and operas in August (Hersfeld Festival).
  • 5 Spa gardens - beautiful park with a foyer and a pond
  • 6 Robert Healing Tower - Nice city view that extends over the Fulda valley. The observation tower is on the Tageberg (about 1.5 km on foot from the market square). The Royal Prussian master baker Robert Heil donated the building to his hometown Bad Hersfeld in 1930.
  • 7 Eichhof Castle - the remarkable building is located south of the city

Museums

Konrad Duden monument at the monastery ruins
  • 8  City museum at the monastery ruins, In pen 6 a. Tel.: 49 (0)6621 75774. Open: Tue to Sun 10 am–12pm, 3pm – 5pm.
  • 9 Knowledge and experience world "rich in words" - Interactive and interactive exhibition on the topics of language and communication (www.wortreich-badhersfeld.de).
  • 10  Konrad Duden Museum, Neumarkt 31. Tel.: 49 6621 918160, Fax: 49 66 21 918162. The Konrad Duden Museum is a reminder of Duden's life and work.Open: Sun 3 pm-5pm.
  • 11  House Mährisch-Schönberg, Neumarkt 38. Tel.: 49 6621 78844. Archive and exhibition about those expelled from the Sudetenland in 1946 in the form of photos, traditional costumes, everyday objects and a mineral collectionw: Sudetenland.Open: Tuesdays and Fridays 9 am–12pm.

activities

Regular events

  • Bad Hersfeld Festival every summer
  • The Lullus Festival describes itself as the oldest folk festival, it is said to go back to the year 852 AD. It always takes place on and around October 16.

shop

  • 1  good, Heinrich-von-Stephan-Strasse 4, 36251 Bad Hersfeld. Tel.: 49 (0)6621 1723180. Discounter with around 20,000 products.Open: Mon-Sat 7 am-10pm.last change: Sep. 2018
  • 2  good, Benno-Schilde-Strasse 8, 36251 Bad Hersfeld. Tel.: 49 (0)6621 794170. Discounter with sufficient supply.Open: Mon-Sat 8 a.m.-8 p.m.last change: Sep. 2018
  • 3  ALDI Bad Hersfeld, Heinrich-von-Stephan-Straße 2B, 36251 Bad Hersfeld. Tel. Toll-free: 49 (0)800 7234870. Retail chain for groceries such as fruit, vegetables, meat and dairy products.Open: Mon-Sat 8 a.m.-9 p.m.last change: Sep. 2018
  • 4  REWE, Carl-Benz-Strasse 5, 36251 Bad Hersfeld. Tel.: 49 (0)6621 79980. Discounter with a wide range of products.Open: Mon-Sat 6 a.m.-10 p.m.last change: Sep. 2018
  • 5  Mix market, Hainchenweg 3, 36251 Bad Hersfeld. Tel.: 49 (0)6621 6406385, Fax: 49 (0)6621 7990610, Email: . One of 137 Mix markets in Germany.Open: Mon-Fri 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sat 9 a.m. to 6 a.m.last change: Sep. 2018
  • 6  E new purchase, Schlosserstraße 26, 36251 Bad Hersfeld. Tel.: 49 (0)6621 65455. Discounter with a wide range.Open: Mon-Sat 8 a.m.-8 p.m.last change: Sep. 2018
  • 7  Lidl, Homberger Str.140e, 36251 Bad Hersfeld. Tel. Toll-free: 49 (0)800 4353361. Discounter with great deals.Open: Mon-Sat 7 a.m.-9 p.m.last change: Sep. 2018
  • 8  Lidl, Friedloser Str. 19, 36251 Bad Hersfeld. Tel. Toll-free: 49 (0)800 4353361. Discounter with sufficient supply.Open: Mon-Sat 7 a.m.-9 p.m.last change: Sep. 2018
  • 9  World market, Löhrgasse 3, 36251 Bad Hersfeld. Mobile: 49 (0)173 6989403. The range of goods includes food, electronics, shoes, toys, jewelry, beverages, etc.Open: Mon-Thu, Sat 9 am-8pm, Fri 9 am-2.30pm and 3.30pm-8pm.last change: Sep. 2018

kitchen

Specialties

  • Rags and fleas (dialect: Lumbe un Fleh) is a dish with potatoes, white cabbage (rags) and bacon. And the fleas? Don't worry, it's just the caraway.

Dining establishments

  • News Cafe - Restaurant and Cafe, Linggplatz 17, 49 (0) 6621 914747, low prices.
  • Stern's restaurant and L'Étable gourmet restaurant in the Romantic Hotel "Zum Stern", Linggplatz 11, phone 49 (0) 6621 1890, specialties: Hessian dishes.
  • restaurant in the Göbel's palace hotel "Prince of Hesse", Schlossplatz 1, 36289 Friedewald, Telephone 49 (0) 6674 92240. No day of rest, opening times Mon-Tue 5.30pm-9pm, Wed-Sun 5.30pm-10pm. German specialties (home-style), international specialties, coffee and cake.
  • Park restaurant and Tyrolean parlor in the Hotel at the spa park, Am Kurpark 19-21, Telephone 49 (0) 6621 1640. Specialties: Open show kitchen, themed buffets, South Tyrolean and Austrian cuisine. No rest day, opening times from 7:00 a.m., German specialties (home-style or rustic), good cuisine!
  • Ristorante Italiano Garda, Am Neumarkt 2 (corner am Brink), Telephone 49 (0) 6621 73322/792929 Closed on Mon (except for the festival season), opening times Tue-Sun 12: 00-14: 30/18: 00-23: 00.

nightlife

accommodation

trips

  • To Eisenach to Wartburg through the Thuringian Forest. You drive on the B 62 to Friedewald (moated castle, museum) in the direction of Philippsthal and through the Herfagrund to Heringen (Werra potash mining museum). It continues over the Werra and through Leimbach to Dippach (old border fortifications). Now one is already in Thuringia and continues on the road through Berka to Marksuhl and on the B 84 through Förtha into the Thuringian Forest. If you want to move, you can park just before Eisenach and walk up to the Wartburg for about 45 minutes. It is easier to follow the signs "Wartburg", park below the Wartburg and take the "Bimmelbahn" to the castle. From the stop it is about 10 minutes up to the Wartburg. Great fun for the children is the donkey ride from the donkey station up to the Wartburg, where there is a hotel and restaurant Eisenach there are the following sights: Bachhaus, Lutherhaus, Karthausgarten, Nikolaikirche and Nikolaitor, Georgenkirche, town hall, Thuringian Museum, Reuter-Wagner-Villa, fraternity monument, Drachenschlucht. The return journey via the Herleshausen-Bad Hersfeld motorway is faster, but there are often traffic jams.
  • To the Merkers mine. The Merkers mine K S (Kali und Salz) Gruppe gives visitors the opportunity to see for themselves how miners work, hundreds of meters below the surface of the day. You get an insight into a modern mining company and learn interesting facts about the history, development and tradition of potash mining. The journey leads to a depth of 800 meters. Stations are the large hall-like bunker with the largest underground bucket wheel excavator in the world, the crystal grotto with salt crystals up to one meter in length, which was only discovered in 1981, and the "hands-on museum". You can also see the "gold room" in which at the end of the war the entire gold and foreign exchange holdings of the Reichsbank and works of art of inestimable value were stored. Guided tours take place from Tuesday to Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Special tours can be arranged. It is advisable to reserve an appointment for your trip to the mine in advance by telephone, as there are often only a limited number of tickets available. All year round, pleasant temperatures of around 22-24 ° C prevail underground. Protective clothing is provided. One should wear sturdy shoes. Unfortunately, children under ten years of age are not allowed to take part in the mine tour and drunk people can be excluded for safety reasons. Further information is available on the Internet.
  • bad Salzungen - Big island mountain (approx. 60 km). From Bad Hersfeld you drive on the B 62 to the east and over Sorga, Friedewald with the castle ruins and the historically significant local history museum to the border between Hesse and Thuringia at the Vacha bridge. Vacha has a nice market place. We continue on the B 62 through Dorndorf, whose peasant baroque church is well worth seeing, to Bad Salzungen with the graduation tower and the legendary Burgsee. It is another 20 km to the 916 m high Inselsberg, which has a ski lift in winter and a summer toboggan run in summer. A detour to the Trusetal waterfall is worthwhile. The best way to return is via Waltershausen and the Eisenach-Bad Hersfeld autobahn.
Rhön landscape at Fir (in June) - The land of the open distance
  • Rhön - Wasserkuppe - Rother Kuppe - Kreuzberg (approx. 70 km). Drive south on the B 27 to Hünfeld. At the southern exit of the village, turn towards Morles, Tann, Hilders and follow the road to Eckweisbach. From there you drive to Dietges and the Wasserkuppe. You can stop for a break or go for a walk on the summit plateau. The aviator memorial and a summer toboggan run are located on the Wasserkuppe. Continue in the direction of Ehrenberg-Wüstensachsen. Below the parking lot of the Wasserkuppe is on the right of the road between a group of trees of the Fulda spring. In the Wüstensachsen district you now turn to Hochrhönstrasse. On the journey you have delightful views of the Hohe Rhön. When you arrive on Hochrhönstrasse, first turn left until you reach the junction to Roth (Rhönparkhotel) to the Rother Kuppe. Here is a lookout tower and a restaurant. Below the summit is the "Rhönparkhotel" with a leisure center and restaurant. Return to Hochrhönstrasse and then left to Bischofsheim. From there you can drive to Kreuzberg with a monastery, animal enclosure and view from the summit. The return journey to Bad Hersfeld takes place on the B 279 via Gersfeld to Fulda and then via the B 27.
  • To the medieval Romanesque-Gothic church of Ronshausen with the wonderful baroque painting from 1719. The church is a gem. It is one of the 100 most beautiful churches in Germany. From Bad Hersfeld you drive on the B 27 to Breitenbach and then turn right to Ronshausen. The Protestant church is open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. From the outside it looks like many other churches in the surrounding area. Inside, it reveals its splendor: colorful paintings, double galleries, a magnificent organ and pulpit. The interior including the barrel ceiling is beautifully painted. In 2000 the church was closed due to dilapidation and reopened in November 2002. Stories told in pictures in the galleries, tendrils from floor to ceiling and above a deep blue, star-studded sky. The golden sun sends its rays from the center of the blue sky into thick gray-white clouds. One can tour the church with a visit to the cities Bebra and Rotenburg on the Fulda connect.
  • Stoppelsberg with Hauneck castle ruins (approx. 15 km). From Bad Hersfeld you drive south on the B 27 to Sieglos. There you turn to Buchenau, the place with several castles. After the village, turn right to Giesenhain and Dittlofrod. At the entrance to Dittlofrod there is a junction to Oberstoppel. The Hauneck restaurant takes you to the foot of the stubble, where you can park. You can walk up to the Hauneck castle ruins on a footpath (approx. 15 minutes). When the weather is good, you have a beautiful view of the Rhön Mountains and their foothills. The return journey takes place via Oberstoppel, Neukirchen and from there on the B 27 or via Holzheim, Hilpershausen, Asbach to Bad Hersfeld.
Northwest view from Eisenberg, the Knüllköpfchen can be seen on the horizon to the left (distance as the crow flies about 7 km)
  • Eisenberg and Knüllköpfchen (approx. 20 km). You should visit these two striking viewpoints in the Knüll Mountains. On the summit of the Eisenberg there is a lookout tower of the Knüllgebirgsverein, a rest house and a hotel. The radio tower of the Bundespost can be seen from afar. In good weather you have a beautiful panoramic view of Knüll, Meißner, Stölziner and Richelsdorf mountains, Seulingswald, Rhön, Vogelsberg, Taunus, Kellerwald and Habichtswald with Hercules near Kassel. In winter there are ski slopes with lifts. There are three approach options:
    • 1) via the B 324 to Aua (motorway exit towards Kassel). Cross under the autobahn and follow the road to Schwarzenborn. Behind the town of Salzberg, drive towards Oberaula. At the top, at the junction to the Eisenberg (left), follow the road to the summit. Access is also possible from Raboldshausen.
    • 2) via the autobahn to the Kirchheim triangle. Exit there and continue through the village on the B 454 to behind the district of Gersdorf. There the road branches off to Willingshain and Eisenberg.
    • 3) You can get to Knüllköpfchen from Eisenberg by driving back a little the approach described under 1) and then continuing in the direction left to Schwarzenborn. Above Schwarzenborn a road branches off to Ziegenhain and from this road a road to Knüllköpfchen. There are walks and an inn there. The return journey to Bad Hersfeld can either take place via Oberaula and the B 454 to Kirchheim or via Neukirchen (Schwalm-Eder-Kreis) or via the approach routes.
  • Alheimer at Rotenburg on the Fulda (approx. 15 km). This is the most beautiful panoramic mountain in the middle Fulda valley with a 28 m high tower in the middle of the memorial for the fallen of the former district of Rotenburg a.d.F. You drive on the B 27 in the direction of Bebra as far as the Friedlos district of the Ludwigsau community. There a road branches off to the left to the districts of Rohrbach, Tann, Gerterode. In Niederthalhausen, turn right and drive in serpentines with delightful views through the forest and over the so-called Stock to Gut Wüstefeld and Rotenburg a.d.F. Rotenburg has a well-preserved medieval townscape, a former landgrave castle, castle park, museum. In the Brotgasse there are medieval half-timbered houses with rich decorations. The oldest residential building in the city from 1478 can be found at Breitenstraße 39. The town hall and the Jakobikirche are located on the market square. The youth farm on the Emanuelsberg is today a heart and circulatory center. From Rotenburg continue on the B 83 in the direction of Kassel. After a few km of turning you can turn right to Hof Guttels, an excursion restaurant. From there the path leads to the Alheim car park. You have to walk a steep stretch to the summit. From the tower you have a view of the Wartburg near Eisenach and the Wasserkuppe in the Rhön when the weather is good. The return journey takes place on an asphalt path via Seifertshausen, Erkshausen, Schwarzenhasel, Lispenhausen, Bebra.
  • Richelsdorf Mountains (approx. 16 km). You drive on the B 27 to Bebra and on over the Cornberger Höhe to Sontra, ST Hornel. There the Kupferstrasse branches off to Weißenhasel, Nentershausen (Tannenberg Castle), Bauhaus, Bauhaus, Süss and Richelsdorf, named after the earlier copper mines. From here you drive to Obersuhl and on to Raßdorf and Hönebach. It continues in the direction of Bebra. After a few kilometers you will find the "Immensee" excursion restaurant at a pond with a cafe, restaurant, bowling alley and opportunities for walks. The return journey can be made either via the autobahn or via Bebra and the B 27 to Bad Hersfeld.
  • Ground rest (approx. 16 km). From Bad Hersfeld you drive on the B 62 to the east (junction on the left behind the Fuldabrücke) and to Friedewald with the castle ruins and a history museum or on the motorway in the direction of Eisenach to the Friedewald exit. We continue on the road to Hönebach. On the way you can see the "eye of the needle" at the beginning of the forest on the left, a hewn stone with an opening. It used to have a meaning for travelers who had to pay their obulus there for the orphans in Hersfeld. The legend says that one year is healthy Whoever crawls through the "Nadelöhr" stays. It continues on the road to Hönebach. In the center of the village, the road to Heringen branches off to the right. It leads in serpentines to the height of the Seulingswald Turn left to an excursion restaurant. There is a memorial (tower) nearby. When the weather is good, you have a view of the Großer Inselsberg (916 m). The return journey can either be via Widdershausen, Heringen with the option of visiting the Werra- Potash Mining Museum, Wölfershausen, Herfa, Friedewald or through the Bengendorfer Grund via Wölfershausen, Lengers, Heimboldshausen, Ransbach, Schenklengsfeld to Bad Hersfeld.
  • Herzberg Castle / Seepark Kirchheim (approx. 20 km). Herzberg Castle is a still partially inhabited castle belonging to the Lords of Dörnberg. From Bad Hersfeld you drive via Meisebacher Straße, past Hof Meisebach, the former domain with a Renaissance manor house and the leisure facility of the "Roter Neon" aquarium club over the Lange Heide to Kirchheim. On the way you will find marked circular hiking trails at the forest car park. In the village Kirchheim, at the confluence with the B 454, turn left and use the driveway (underpassing the motorway) to the Kirchheim motorway swimming pool. Behind the swimming pool there is a Kirchheim game reserve and a boat pond. A walk is possible. Back on the B 454, you turn around the Sparkasse to Gershausen, Reimboldshausen with the small dam and the Seepark Kirchheim with water ski facility. From there, continue in the direction of Breitenbach am Herzberg. Before crossing the Kassel-Frankfurt autobahn, a detour to the right onto the Rimberg is possible. Parking is possible at the motorway service station, from the summit of the Rimberg with the television tower and in winter dre i ski slopes have a beautiful view. Behind the forest on the left is the leisure area of ​​the municipality of Breitenbach / H. with pond and campsite. From there you drive on the B 62 in the direction of Alsfeld to Hof Huhnstadt. There an avenue branches off to the left to Herzberg Castle. You can park in front of the castle. Viewing is possible. There is a nice view. Restaurant. The return trip takes you to Hof Huhnstadt and then on the B 62 to Bad Hersfeld.
Schlitz: Half-timbered buildings on the market
  • slot (approx. 25 km). Schlitz is an ancient town with a well-preserved castle complex and half-timbered houses. An elevator leads to the castle tower. Approach from Bad Hersfeld via the B 62 in the direction of Alsfeld to Niederjossa. There the road branches off to Schlitz. The return journey can take place via Hutzdorf, Fraurombach, Michelsrombach to Hünfeld and from there on the B 27. From Schlitz you can also make a detour to Bad Salzschlirf.
  • Soisberg - Hohenroda (approx. 20 km). Lookout mountain (630 m) on the eastern border of the district. Holiday center in Hohenroda-Oberbreitzbach. From Bad Hersfeld you first drive on the B 62 towards the Hohe Luft district. There the road branches off to Wipperhain. It mostly leads through spruce forest up to the Wippershain sports field. There you have a beautiful view of the mountains of the Vorder- and Kuppenrhön (Hessian skittles) when the weather is good. You drive through the district of Wipperhain and continue to the district of Wüstfeld. From here you turn right to Erdmannrode and there to Eiterfeld with a church well worth seeing. The road continues to Ufhausen, at the foot of the Soisberg, and to Mansbach. Between Ufhausen and Mansbach you should turn left onto a dirt road, leave the car and take a few steps uphill. From the southern slope of the Soisberg there is a delightful view of the mountains of the Hessian and Thuringian Rhön. The Soisberg can be hiked around, even over the summit. Nice view from the north slope near Soislieden. You can go there by car (restaurant). The journey continues to Mansbach with a stud and game reserve and Oberbreitzbach. From here a path branches off to the Hohenroda holiday center (cafe, restaurant, terrace, hotel, horse riding, tennis, indoor swimming pool, sauna). The return journey takes place via the district of Ransbach and the community of Schenklengsfeld to Bad Hersfeld.

health

  • 1  Bad Hersfeld Clinic, Seilerweg 29, 36251 Bad Hersfeld. Tel.: 49 (0)6621 88-0, Fax: 49 (0)6621 88-1088, Email: . The clinic is a hospital with the catchment area East and Central Hesse. It is the academic teaching hospital of the Justus Liebig University in Giessen and the Fulda University of Applied Sciences.last change: Nov. 2018

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