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| Forchtenberg | ||
| federal state | Baden-Wuerttemberg | |
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| Residents | 5.057 (2019) | |
| height | 223 m | |
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Forchtenberg is a community in the Hohenloher level.
background
Forchtenberg is located at the mouth of the river Kupfer in the Kocher. It has four other districts, Ernsbach, Muthof, Sindringen and Wohlmutshausen, plus a number of hamlets.
getting there
By plane
The nearest airport is that Stuttgart Airport
(IATA: STR).
By train
By bus
In the street
- Forchtenberg is on the L1045that leads through the Kocher Valley. About the L1046 the copper along and the L1051 you get to the motorway A6
41 Neuenstein. - The public transport is served by the buses of the Heilbronner Verkehrsverbund.
- The Württemberg Wine Route goes through Forchtenberg
By bicycle
- The Kocher-Jagst cycle path leads along the Kocher through Forchtenberg.
- The Limes cycle path goes through the district of Sindringen.
mobility
Map of Forchtenberg
Tourist Attractions
Forchtenberger Ratshaus, birthplace of Sophie Scholl
- In Forchtenberg
- The city wall with battlements is partly still well preserved, e.g. that 1 Wurzburg Gate, the 2 Theft, the 3 Fountain gate with clock tower
- The 4 Michael's Church
Forchtenberg castle ruins
- The 5 Forchtenberg ruins, above the old town.
- The Hans and Sophie Scholl-Path in memory of the siblings of the White rosewho spent some teenage years here.
- In Sindringen
- The 6 Holy Cross Church
- The 7 Town mill
activities
shop
kitchen
- 1 El Greco, Öhringer Strasse 35.
- 2 Ox garden, Öhringer Str. 15.
- 3 Landgasthof-Hotel Krone, Untere Strasse 2, 74670 Forchtenberg-Sindringen. Tel.: 49(0) 7948 91000.
- 4 Berghof restaurant, Wiesenweg 6, Büschelhof. Tel.: 49(0)7947 - 403.
- 5 Winkler's wine tavern, Bahnhofstrasse 25, 74670 Forchtenberg (directly at the bus station). Tel.: (0)7947 366, Fax: (0)7947 2040. Open: Monday and Tuesday from 6 p.m., closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays, Friday and Saturday from 6 p.m., Sunday from 4 p.m.
nightlife
accommodation
- 1 Pension fountain gate, Hauptstrasse 38. Tel.: 49(0)7947-2538. Feature: pension.
- 2 With Grandma Marie, Bahnhofstrasse 25, 74670 Forchtenberg. Tel.: 49(0) 7947 366. Feature: pension.
security
health
Practical advice
trips
The next places are
literature
Web links
- http://www.forchtenberg.de - Official website of Forchtenberg
