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| federal state | Hesse | |
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| Residents | 2.298 (2019) | |
| height | 307 m | |
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Flörsbachtal is a community in East Hesse.
background
Flörsbachtal consists of four villages that were merged in the 1970s to form the large municipality of Flörsbachtal:
- Flörsbach was at the crossroads of two historic trade routes, Birkenhainer Strasse and Eselsweg, and thereby acquired a certain importance. Today Flörsbach is quietly surrounded by fields.
- Kempfenbrunn grew as a street village along the thoroughfare, today's Würzburger Straße. The "landmark" of the place is the linden tree in the center, now 900 years old and thus one of the oldest trees of its kind.
- Lohrhaupten is the seat of the municipal administration, all important supply facilities are also located here. The oldest parish of the Spessart is located here (first documented in 1057). Today the place is characterized by a village with many old half-timbered houses in a well-preserved historical center.
- Mosborn was established in 1768 as a colony on a cleared area on the Spessart Heights for eight settlers from the region. Today Mosborn, with 60 inhabitants one of the smallest villages in Hesse, is the coldest place in the entire region due to its location at a good 460 meters above sea level and is a magnet for winter sports fans in winter, otherwise agriculture dominates.
Geographically, Flörsbachtal is to a certain extent a piece of Bavaria in Hesse, namely the place is in the Lohr valley and thus on the other side of the Spessart main ridge; From Hesse you can only get here over steep mountain passes, while the connection to Bavaria through the Lohr valley is very easy. In contrast to some neighboring communities, today's Flörsbachtal was politically and culturally part of Hesse; the community forms a Protestant exclave in the otherwise entirely Catholic environment.
Some of the highest mountains in the Spessart are located in the municipality. Between the places in the valley and the Spessart heights there are around 200 meters in altitude, so that the ascent can be very difficult, especially for inexperienced hikers.
getting there
By plane
By train
The next train station is in Gelnhausen, from there by bus and taxi.
By bus
The municipality of Flörsbachtal can just can be reached by taxi. No other buses go to this place.
The call taxi leaves from the last stop that is served by regular buses (Bieber Röhrig). You can get there by regular bus (MKK-64) from Gelnhausen bus station. The taxi will pick you up there and drive you to any of the four villages in Flörsbachtal, if you wish. The call taxi always runs every two hours (even on weekends).
In the street
In principle there are two ways to get to Flörsbachtal:
- About the
by the exits 
45 Bad Orb / Wächtersbach or 44 Gelnhausen-Ost der 
can be reached (is also signposted). However, there is a lot of hustle and bustle on this route with a lot of truck traffic. - Through Bad Orb, further in the direction of Lettgenbrunn and then over the Spessart-Höhenstraße or through Lettgenbrunn and Pfaffenhausen and further over the mountain pass. There is less traffic here because of the truck driving ban in Bad Orb, but the route is quite demanding, but on the other hand it is also scenic.
Whichever way you take, it is 20 km to Flörsbachtal. The two paths take nothing.
Travelers from the south (especially Bavaria) should take the 
at the exit 
61 Follow Hösbach Spessart-Höhenstraße in the direction of Bad Orb (is signposted from Sailauf). This route is also very demanding.
mobility
In view of the largely lacking public transport, travelers without their own car are dependent on hitchhiking. It is possible to order a call taxi for urban traffic, but it usually makes little sense.
There are no separate parking spaces for visitors, but you can park on the roadside in all places without any problems. Exception Mosborn: the place is so small that in good winter weather the only street is completely blocked. Then you should switch to the hiking parking lots in the area.
The road to Mosborn from the direction of Bieber is very dangerous because of its poor condition (only 3 meters of lane width). The road from the direction of Kempfenbrunn is better developed, but it requires mountain experience as the road drops very steeply into the village.
One 1 Motorhome parking space can be found very well hidden in Lohrhaupten at a junction from Lohrer Straße.
Tourist Attractions
Churches
- 1 Evangelical Church Flörsbach
- 2 Evangelical Church of St. Mary. The core of the Protestant Church of St. Marien in Kempfenbrunn goes back to the 13th century; the current church building dates from 1728. Inside there are numerous paintings and frescoes that are well worth seeing. The church is an open church and therefore also open outside of the times of worship.Open: daily 8: 00-21: 00.
- 3 Matthew Church. The Matthäuskirche is the Protestant church in the village of Lohrhaupten. This church is also an open church and accessible outside of worship times.Open: daily 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
miscellaneous
- 4 Lohrhaupten lookout point. A lookout point with a bench is located above the village of Lohrhaupten. The hill is not particularly high, but as it climbs quite steeply, you can look down on the village from here. Due to the view from up here, there are quite a few holiday apartments and holiday homes on this slope.
- 5 Hermannskoppe.
At 567 m, the Hermannskoppe is the highest mountain in the Hessian Spessart. The ascent from Lohrhaupten is relatively unproblematic. Most of the time you can follow the lightly traveled district road. The summit itself is not very spectacular apart from a pile of stones, which is supposed to fall under the category of "modern art".
activities
- hike: The Spessart is of course ideal for hiking.
- The municipality of Flörsbachtal has signposted nine circular routes of various lengths, which are distributed in all four districts. One receives a hiking map free in the city Hall.
- Anyone interested in history should definitely visit the Cultural routes of the Archaeological Spessart Project commit. The paths are easily accessible as a day tour and a lot is told about the background and the history of the individual places. There are three cultural trails for Flörsbach (starting point at the fountain), Kempfenbrunn with Mosborn (starting point in front of the church) and Lohrhaupten (starting point at the village square).
- Hiking parking spaces in and around Flörsbachtal: 1 Hosewieschen hiking car park, 2 Wanderparkplatz Drei Buchen, 3 Summer forest hiking car park, 4 Pfingstweiher hiking car park
- 1 Lohrhaupten open-air swimming pool, Gartenstrasse 44. Tel.: (0)6057 766. Open: in the season (mid-May to mid-September) daily 8:00 am-7:00pm.Price: adults € 2.50, children € 1.80.
- Winter sports: If the snow conditions allow, a trail will be groomed near Mosborn. The operator is TuS Frammersbach.
shop
- 1 Weigand butcher's shop, Lohrer Strasse 3. Tel.: (0)6057 91194. Meat and sausage from our own slaughtering from farms in the region, now in the fifth generation.Open: Mo-Fr 7: 30-12: 30 and 14: 30-18: 00, Sa 7: 00-12: 00, closed Wednesday afternoons.
- 2 Mosborn organic farm, Waldstrasse 15. Tel.: (0)6057 1358. Agricultural products from ecological cultivation according to Bioland guidelines. The products are also available at the market in Aschaffenburg on Saturdays if Mosborn is too far.Open: Fri 10: 00-19: 00.
kitchen
Please check the hotels.
- 1 Vesperstube doghouse, On drive 1. Tel.: (0)6057 6989565. Very original refreshment stops in Mosborn. The name was not chosen by chance, the owners are dog breeders and also run a holiday home here as their main business dog friendly.Open: Fri and Sat from 3 p.m., Sun from 11 a.m.
- 2 Keiler room, Gartenstrasse 46. Tel.: (0)6057 1592. On the outskirts of Lohrhaupten with an outside terrace and a view of the Spessart, home-style German cuisine.Open: Thu-Sat from 3 p.m., Sun from 11 a.m.
- 3 Gasthaus Adler, Hauptstrasse 12. Tel.: (0)6057 6986755. Croatian cuisine.Open: weekdays 17: 00-23: 00, Sun 10: 00-23: 00, closed on Tuesdays.
nightlife
accommodation
Vacation rentals are relatively easy to find in the whole municipality.
- 2 Gasthaus zum Stern, At the dick 1. Tel.: (0)6057 741. An inn in Flörsbach with a long tradition, which is still run by an innkeeper in the subsidiary business to this day.Open: on request.
- 3 Holiday park Ziegelhütte, Lohrer Strasse 30. Tel.: (0)6057 918944. Several holiday homes in a holiday park, especially interesting for families.
- 4 Country hotel Waldeck, Upper Friedrichsberg 3. Tel.: (0)6057 553. Open: Restaurant Tue-Fri 17: 00-22: 00, Sat and Sun 12: 00-22: 00.Price: single / double 55 € / 84 €.
- 5 Flörsbacher Hof, Vockeweg 1. Tel.: (0)6057 790. Open: Restaurant Tue-Sat 12: 00-23: 00, Sun and public holidays 11: 30-21: 00.Price: single / double 64 € / 94 €.
health
Practical advice
- 1 Municipal administration Flörsbachtal, Hauptstrasse 14. Tel.: (0)6057 90010. Open: Mon, Wed, Thu and Fri 08: 00-12: 00, Tue 15: 00-18: 30.
After Deutsche Post has closed its last branch in Flörsbachtal, there are postal services - very pragmatically - in the town hall itself.
trips
literature
Web links
http://www.floersbachtal.de - Official website of Flörsbachtal
