Finnentrop - Finnentrop

Finnentrop is a community in Sauerland.

background

Finnentrop is in Sauerland-Rothaargebirge Nature Park on the Lenne in a circle Olpe. In addition to the main town of Finnentrop, the community consists of around 30 villages and hamlets.

Neighboring locations are (clockwise from north) Sundern, Eslohe, Lennestadt, Attendorn and Plettenberg.

getting there

By plane

The nearest international airport is the Cologne / Bonn Airport, but also the airports Dusseldorf and Frankfurt am Main are within easy reach.

The special airfield Attendorn-Finnentrop for aircraft up to 2,000 kg (ICAO code: EDKU) is located directly on the municipality boundary in the area of ​​the district of Heggen.

By train

• RE 16(Ruhr-Sieg-Express) Victories - Kreuztal - Finnentrop - Hagen
• RB 91(Ruhr-Sieg Railway) Siegen - Kreuztal - Kirchhundem - Linnestadt - Finnentrop
• RB 92(Biggesee Express) Olpe - Sondern - Attendorn - Listerscheid - Attendorn - Finnentrop

The lines RE16 and RB91 are through the Abellio Rail NRW operated, the line RB92 and individual journeys of the RB91 are operated by the Hessische Landesbahn, operating area Dreiländerbahn operated. Finnentrop is in Network area the Verkehrsgemeinschaft Westfalen Süd.

By bus

In the street

Finnentrop can be reached ...

• ... from the north over the A45 ("Sauerlandlinie") to Meinerzhagen, from there approx. 25 km on the L 539 road.
• ... from the south over the A45 to Olpe (No. 18), from there approx. 20 km via the B55, after approx. 1 km continue on the L 512.
• ... from the west over the A4 to the motorway junction Olpe-Süd, there in the direction of Dortmund on the A45 to the Olpe exit (No. 18). Then continue as from the south.

By bicycle

Lead through the municipality ...

• …the Lenneroute,
• …the Sauerland bike ring,
• …the Ruhr-Sieg cycle path

and other bike paths.

mobility

Tourist Attractions

• Museum Heimatstube, Schönholthausen. last change: Sep. 2016 (information may be out of date)
• the castles of Ahausen, Bamenohl, Lenhausen
• the churches of St. Georg in Schliprüthen, Assumption of Mary in Schönholthausen and St. Antonius Einsiedler in Heggen
• the hydropower plants in Ahausen, Bamenohl and Frielentrop from the 20s and 30s
• Ruhrmann's mill (Bone mill) in Fretter with a wooden water wheel and cast iron ramming mechanism for the production of bone meal as field fertilizer
• Old mill with café in Frettermühle (Jagemann's mill), also used to generate electricity
• Hohe-Ley-Felsen near Heggen with a summit cross on a 100-meter-deep rock face
• the Achtermann-Pieta in the Marienkapelle Lenhausen
• the studio of the sculptor F. Freiburg in Rönkhausen
• the witch stone at Schöndelt
• the pumped storage plant in Glinge near Rönkhausen with upper and lower basins, wonderful circular route around the upper basin with a great view over the Sauerland.

activities

The main activities are mainly in the great outdoors:

• Cycling (Bike Arena, Lenneroute, Sauerland-Radring, Ruhr-Sieg-Radweg, Stopp-O-Mat Rönkhausen)
• Hiking, e.g. on the Sauerland soaring
• 51.172747.972921  Finto adventure pool, Am Markt 2, 57413 Finnentrop. last change: Feb. 2017 (information may be out of date)

shop

The main shopping center is in Bamenohl (with branches from Rewe, Aldi, Lidl and Rossmann).

kitchen

accommodation

• Hotel-restaurant in the quiet corner, Rönkhausen. last change: Sep. 2016 (information may be out of date)
• Hotel & Gastronomy Steinhoff, Schönholthausen. last change: Sep. 2016 (information may be out of date)
• Landgasthof Rademacher, Rotten butter. last change: Sep. 2016 (information may be out of date)
• Farm Pension Schneider, Ostentrop. Feature: pension.last change: Sep. 2016 (information may be out of date)
• Finnentrop-Bamenohl Youth Hostellast change: Sep. 2016 (information may be out of date)
• Heggen Youth Hostellast change: Sep. 2016 (information may be out of date)
• Motorhome pitches (Lennepark). last change: Sep. 2016 (information may be out of date)

health

There are doctors' surgeries near the train station, and there are also several pharmacies in Finnentrop.

Practical advice

trips

literature

Web links

• Accommodation directory Finnentrop
• https://www.finnentrop.de/ - Official website of Finnentrop