Butzbach - Butzbach

Butzbach is a city in Hesse, at the edge of Wetterau and des Taunus located.

background

getting there

By train

Butzbach is on the Main-Weser Railway. The Mittelhessen-Express (RE) from Frankfurt stops here Marburg to Treysawho is in to water is winged and the rear part after Dillenburg and partly after Wins moves. In addition, individual regional trains stop.

Butzbach is in the area of ​​the local transport network Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV). Bicycles can be taken along free of charge in the RMV area and all day long on trains operated by Deutsche Bahn AG. With other means of transport, taking bicycles may be limited to times outside of rush hour traffic (e.g. city buses in Butzbach)

In the street

Giessener Südkreuz, Butzbach and

The German half-timbered street leads through the place.

By bicycle

• Limes cycle path

Note for navigation systems and city maps

In 2010 the street names in Butzbach, which have often existed several times since the regional reform and the incorporation of the surrounding villages, were renamed. Now there is only one street name in the city. Therefore, pay attention to the status of your card documents and software. As a rule, the new street names are also implemented in map material and software from 2012.

mobility

Bus transport

The bus service in Butzbach has a good offer until around 9 p.m. However, the name of the line is sometimes misleading. For example, there are two lines 500 with very different routes.

Cycle path network

All parts of the city are connected to a well-signposted network of cycle paths.

Tourist Attractions

Core city

• Marketplace With Market fountain
• Half-timbered houses from the 16th to the 18th century
• Gothic St. Mark's Church from the 15th century
• Remains of the city wall with the Schwibbogen house
• Solms Castle - The late Gothic stone building was built around 1481, including the city wall. Magnificent Renaissance staircase from 1588. From 1879 - 2004 the seat of the Butzbach District Court.
• Landgrave Castle
• Remains of the Limes with a watchtower

Districts

Many of the surrounding old farming villages are districts of Butzbach. Many of them still have old structures and are really worth seeing.

Griedel

50.448.7051 Griedel

• There are still many old ones in the village Farmhouses
• Museum railway. Tel.: 49 6032 9292 29. She drives through Griedel thanks to the Eisenbahnfreunde Wetterau e.V.]. These run every 1st and 3rd Sunday from April to October on steam or diesel-hauled museum trains. The return ticket Bad Nauheim-Nord - Münzenberg costs (2015 season): adults € 12.00, children € 7.00. A single journey costs € 7.00 (adults) or € 4.00 (children from 3 years of age). Bicycles can be taken along free of charge. A steam surcharge of € 3.00 is charged for journeys under steam. The current timetable can be found at the link above.last change: not specified
• This takes place once a year in summer Griedel duck race instead of. In 2013 it starts on August 25th. At this folk festival, hundreds of little yellow rubber ducks, cheered on by their "owners", try to be the first to overcome the racetrack on the Wetter. The first ducks win prizes.

Hochweisel

• Town center with old half-timbered farms partly from the 16th century and Protestant parish church
• Roman fort at the foot of the local mountain in the forest. The fort is partially overgrown. For children it is a disappointment when they see something similar to that the Saalburg castle to introduce. Information boards are set up. Accessible only on foot.
• That is even less preserved celtic refuge below the Hausberg summit. The remains of the ramparts are only accessible for good hikers, as the path only goes uphill.

Nieder-Weisel

• Town center with old half-timbered houses
• Commander Church from the 12./13. Century the Johanniterkommende. Visits only possible by appointment with the ev. Parish office Nieder-Weisel.
• Possibly Parish church, laid out as a fortified church
• Jewish Cemetery at the end of Weingartenstrasse

activities

shop

Drugstore supplies

• dm-drogeriemarkt, Am Hetgesborn 2, 35510 Butzbach
• Drugstore Müller, Weiseler Strasse 20, 35510 Butzbach

Hobby, leisure activities

• Books: Bookstore Bindernagel GmbH, Wetzlarer Straße 25, 35510 Butzbach and the Butzbacher Zeitung bookshop, Gratzfeld publishing house, Langgasse 20, 35510 Butzbach
• Films, photo needs: Foto-Koch, Marktplatz 9, 35510 Butzbach
• Sewing and haberdashery: Hans Hermann Becker, Wetzlarer Straße 9, 35510 Butzbach and Woll-Lust, Regina Brauneis, Wetzlarer Straße 21, 35510 Butzbach

clothes and shoes

• hessnatur Butzbach, Marie-Curie-Strasse 7, 35510 Butzbach and hessnatur Butzbach Restpostenmarkt, Griedeler Strasse 42, 35510 Butzbach
• Lots of small boutiques in the pedestrian zone
• Quick-Schuh Inh. Bach GmbH, Weiseler Strasse 18, 35510 Butzbach

Food

• REWE XXL, NORMA discounter in the east industrial area, Philipp-Reis-Straße, 35510 Butzbach
• ALDI-Süd, Am Keltenhof 1, 35510 Butzbach
• PENNY market, Jakob-Rumpf-Straße 2, 35510 Butzbach
• Tea and herbs: Krüthus, Marktplatz 16, 35510 Butzbach

kitchen

nightlife

• Havanna Bar, right on the market square, Best Cocktail: Zombie, Best Food: Finger Food Plate, Despite the presence of fast food chains in Butzbach: The Havanna Bar has by far the best burger.
• Legendary "Back To" night at the "Busters" every 2nd Saturday of the month.

accommodation

health

The nearest hospitals are in Bad Nauheim and the district town of Friedberg.

Practical advice

ATMs of the banks, the Postbank, the savings banks and the Volks- und Raiffeisenverband are available in the city center. In Nieder-Weisel and Hochweisel ATMs of the Volksbank, in Hochweisel also the Sparkasse.

trips

• Visit the lookout tower on the Local mountain (about 5 km southwest of Butzbach).
• Munzenberg castle ruins · Bus lines 200 and 210 from Butzbach train station
• Bad Nauheim

literature

Web links

• http://www.stadt-butzbach.de - Official website of Butzbach