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The Federal motorway 73 (BAB 73 or A 73) runs in a south-north direction, it connects the Federal highway 71 with the Federal motorway 9. It begins at the Suhl motorway junction in Thuringia and continues in Bavaria via Coburg, Lichtenfels, Bamberg and Forchheim in Upper Franconia and further in Middle Franconia to Erlangen, Fürth and Nuremberg. It is also used in the Lichtenfels - Bamberg - Nuremberg section Frankenschnellweg called.
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The highway leads from Thuringian Forest by the Coburg country and Upper Mainland to the Hassbergen over and on between the Franconian Switzerland and the Steigerwald through on Aischgrund over in the Greater Nuremberg.
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Route description
The route is described from north to south (direction of travel south = ), the kilometer values (only approximate information) are based on the official information from south to north, the regions are not precisely located.
km 0
1 Autobahn triangle
Suhl
Departures on the in the directions Erfurt and Schweinfurt
km 3
2 Suhl-Center
km 8
3 Suhl-Friedberg
- 1 Hotel to the golden deer, Main street 33, 98553 Hirschbach, Germany. Tel.: 49(0)3681 452180. 6 single rooms and 24 double rooms with shower or bath, toilet, TV, telephone, radio and desk. 3 km from the exit.Price: single from € 45.00, double from € 65.00 with breakfast.
- Restaurant with products from the Thuringian region, open Monday 5 p.m. - 9 p.m., Tuesday to Sunday 11 a.m. - 9 p.m., main courses from € 9.50.
km 10 Adlersberg
km 16
4 Schleusingen
km 28
5 Ice field-North
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km 30 Werra Valley
km 34
6 Ice field-South
- 2 Waldhotel Hubertus, Coburger Strasse 501, 98673 Eisfeld. Tel.: 49(0)3686 618880. At the former border crossing between the GDR and Bavaria. 16 double rooms, restaurant, terrace and a Thuringian bratwurst grill station.Price: single room from € 53.00, double room from € 73.00 with breakfast.
km 34 national border Thuringia / Bavaria
- 1 Gasthaus Zum Auerhahn, Rottenbacher Strasse 8, 96486 Lautertal / OT Rottenbach. Tel.: 49(0)9566 790. Open: from January to March Friday and Saturday, from April to December Thursday to Saturday from 5.30 p.m., on Sundays and public holidays 11.30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and from 5 p.m.Price: Mixed sausage bread € 4.10, Wiener Schnitzel € 9.40.
km 47
7 Coburg
km 48
8 Neustadt near Coburg
km 50
9 Rödental
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km 54 Coburg Forest
km 58
10 Ebersdorf
- Aral gas station, Gruber Strasse 22, 96271 Grub. Tel.: 49(0)9560 9816715, Fax: 49 9560-9816716, Email: [email protected]. with shop.Open: 24 hours.
km 65
11 Untersiemau
km 68
12 Lichtenfels-North
- 1 Banz Monastery. a former Benedictine monastery, only 3.5 km from the exit. There is a museum, a climbing park and a restaurant.
km 70
13 Lichtenfels
km 14
14 Bad Staffelstein- short center
km 74
15 Bad Staffelstein
- 1 Hop mill, Horsdorfer Strasse 52, 96231 Bad Staffelstein. Tel.: 49(0)9573 5142. Fresh and smoked fish, homemade flours, muesli, pasta, baking ingredients and more. A few 100 meters from the exit.Open: Tuesday to Friday 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. - 1 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., closed on Mondays.
km 79
16 Ebensfeld
km 84 Zapfendorf
km 91
18 Breitengüßbach-North
km 92
19 Breitengüßbach-Center
km 93
20 Breitengüßbach-South
Departure to Breitengüßbach and Kemmern
- 3 Hotel Rosenhof, Hauptstrasse 68, 96164 Kemmern. Tel.: 49(0)9544 9240. 36 double rooms with sitting area, balcony, shower / toilet, flat screen TV and direct dial telephone, free parking spaces, free WiFi. Less than a kilometer from the exit.Price: single from € 49.00, double from € 69.00 with breakfast.
km 95 Zückshuter Forest
km 97
21 Autobahn triangle
Bamberg
Departures on the in the directions Schweinfurt and Kulmbach
km 99
22 Memmelsdorf
- 2 Seehof Castle and Park. Tel.: 49 951 4095-70. Worth seeing castle with the possibility of a walk.Open: April-October: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Closed on Mondays; Nov-March: closed.Price: 5 €.
km 101
23 Bamberg-East
The downtown Bamberg It is also worth taking a longer break in the journey; the entire old town belongs to the UNESCO world cultural heritage and the cathedral is particularly worth seeing.
- 2 Kunigunden's Rest, Kunigundenruh 1, 96123 Litzendorf. Tel.: 49(0)951 9170686. 1 km from the exit.Open: Monday to Friday 3 p.m. - 10 p.m., Saturday and Sunday open from 11 a.m., closed on Tuesdays.
km 105
24 Bamberg-South
km 112
25 Hirschaid
- 3 Hirschaid cellar, Maximilianstrasse, 96114 Hirschaid (Opposite the motorway maintenance depot). Tel.: 49 9543 3758.Beer garden directly at the motorway exit. Homemade snacks, bratwursts with cabbage, bring your own snacks.Open: 01.04-31.10 daily 3 p.m. - 11 p.m., closed in bad weather.
km 115
26 Buttenheim
- 4 Löwenbräu Keller Buttenheim, Hermitage 3, 96155 Buttenheim. Tel.: 49(0)9545 509346. Inn with a large beer garden and Franconian cuisine.Open: Monday to Saturday from 11 a.m., Sunday from 10 a.m., hot meals Monday to Saturday from 11.30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m., Monday to Sunday from 4.30 p.m. to 9 p.m., days off are Tuesday (May - August) or Tuesday and Wednesday (September - April), closed from Christmas to the beginning of March.
- 5 St. GeorgenBräu cellar, Kellerstrasse, 96155 Buttenheim. Tel.: 49(0)9545 44670. Large beer garden with children's playground, on Fridays there is mackerel and herrings from the beech wood grill.Open: in good weather from April to September, daily from 2 p.m., on Sundays and public holidays from 11 a.m.
km 120 Regnitz Valley
km 122
27 Forchheim-North
km 127
28 Forchheim-South
Next after Hausen and Effeltrich
- 6 Bread House Cafe, Forchheimer Str. 38, 91353 Hausen. Tel.: 49(0)9191 9757711. Open: Monday to Saturday 6 a.m. - 7 p.m., Sunday 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.
km 129
29 Baiersdorf-North
- 2 Koch's horseradish factory outlet, Judengasse 6-8, 91083 Baiersdorf. Tel.: 49(0)9133 7749-3. Open: Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
km 135
30 Möhrendorf
- 3 The specialty in Möhrendorf are Water paddles on the Regnitz, which are among the last in Central Europe. They are only a few meters from the motorway exit and invite you to take a walk. They can only be viewed from May to mid-September as they are dismantled over the winter.
- 7 Fish kitchen horizontal bar, Oberndorf 7, 91096 Möhrendorf. Tel.: 49(0)9131 47176. As the name suggests, fish dishes are a focal point of the menu. In the season there is e.g. carp soup and pickled fried carp fillet with fried potatoes.Open: Wednesday to Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., on Sundays and public holidays it is open continuously from 11 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday are days off.
- 4 Hotel Landgasthof Schuh, Dorfstrasse 6, 91096 Möhrendorf. Tel.: 49(0)9133 3517. All rooms with shower and toilet.
km 136 Möhrendorf
km 138
31 gain-North
km 140
32 gain-Center
km 141
33 gain-Bruck
km 143
34 Motorway junction
Fürth / Erlangen
Departures on the in the directions Wurzburg and Nuremberg
km 146
35 gain-Eltersdorf
km 147 Fuchswald / Gründlach
km 148
36 Fuerth-Steinach
km 151
37 Fuerth-Ronhof
km 152
38 Fuerth-Poppenreuth
km 154
39 Nuremberg-Fürth
Toll-free, district road N4
Nuremberg-Westring - end of the motorway
Truck stop
Nuremberg-Westring
Nuremberg-Gostenhof
Nuremberg-Center
Nuremberg-Southring
cross Nuremberg-Port - start of the motorway
43 Nuremberg-Hafen-Ost
44 Nuremberg-Royal court
- 8 White Häusla, Marthweg 202, 90455 Nuremberg. Tel.: 49 911 4805842. Snack right at the old one Ludwig Canal.Open: Wed to Sun 11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
- 9 At the royal court, Marthweg 200, 90455 Nuremberg. Tel.: 49 911 487922. Franconian Mediterranean cuisine, beer garden.Open: Thursday to Monday 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m., closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.Price: main courses from € 13.
45 Nuremberg-Customs House
- 10 Quarries, Am Steinbrüchlein 20, 90455 Nuremberg. Tel.: 49 911 48094000. Traditional inn and beer garden.Open: 1.3. until October 31 Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00; June-July-August daily from 10:00 a.m.
46 Motorway junction
Nuremberg-South
Departures on the in the directions Heilbronn and Nuremberg
47 Röthenbach near Sankt Wolfgang
48 Wet
49 Autobahn triangle
Nuremberg / Feucht
This is where the federal motorway 73 ends (Frankenschnellweg) and goes into the - Berlin — Leipzig — Munich above.