The Swiss franc amount is in the west Francs in Middle Franconia in the counties Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim, Ansbach and smaller part in the district Schwäbisch Hall in Heilbronn-Franconia in Baden-Wuerttemberg
Regions
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places
In Middle Franconia
- 1 Burgbernheim
- State-approved resort with a late medieval fortified church
- 2 Colmberg
- with a castle and a lot of Jewish history
- 3 The stream
- The bottomless hole is a spring funnel with a diameter of 8 meters and is one of Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes
- 4 Dinkelsbühl
- Medieval idyll with an almost completely preserved medieval town center, which is completely surrounded by a city wall.
Burgbernheim
Colmberg
The stream
Nördlinger Tor - southern city gate in Dinkelsbühl
- 5 Dombühl
- Starting point for bike tours and hikes with the nature & pond adventure park
- 6 Wet cheeks
- an art historian referred to the Feuchtwanger market square as Banquet hall in Franconia with old town houses that are well worth seeing
- 7 Marktbergel
- at the foot of the Petersberg at the European main watershed
- 8 Erlbach market
- on the high plateau of the Frankenhöhe with interesting half-timbered houses and churches
Dombühl
Wet cheeks
Marktbergel
Erlbach market
- 9 Obernzenn
- with the 34 hectare Obernzenner See and its beaches
- 10 Rothenburg ob der Tauber
- the symbol of medieval Germany, with a well-seen, completely preserved, historic city center, countless souvenir shops and an immense influx of visitors
- 11 Schillingsfürst
- with many museums and other sights
- 12 Schnelldorf
- with the Erlensee in a forest clearing and many cycling and hiking trails
Obernzenn
Markusturm, view from Rödergasse in Rothenburg
Schillingsfürst
Schnelldorf
- 13 Schopfloch
- here is still Lachoudish spoken, a mixture of Hebrew and Rotwelsch
- 14 Trautskirchen
- in the wild and romantic Zenntal with interesting half-timbered houses, nature trail, hiking trails and cycle path network
- 15 Competition
- with local history museum and carved altar by Tilmann Riemenschneider
- 16 Wörnitz
- with an old linden tree on the village square in front of the village church
Schopfloch
Trautskirchen
Competition
Wörnitz
In Baden-Wurttemberg
- 17 Crailsheim
- on the edge of the Frankenhöhe with its districts east of the Chasing, many churches and a water tower
- 18 Fichtenau
- State-approved resort with a castle and the magic forest
- 19 Kreßberg
- the bee center with many orchards
- 20 Satteldorf
- with the hammer mill Gröningen and the outdoor pool
- 21 Stimpfach
- Rechenberg Castle, swimming lakes, wonderful hiking and cycling trails
Crailsheim
Fichtenau
Kreßberg
Satteldorf
Stimpfach
Other goals
- 1 Aischquelle - south of Schwebheim. The Aisch flows from the Frankenhöhe over the Aischgrund at Trailsdorf in the Regnitz.
Aischquelle
mountains
- Hornberg 554 m, near Schnelldorf
- Birkenberg 547 m, about 2 km north-northwest of Schnelldorf
- Grüber tendrils 546, near Wettringen-Grüb
- Wölfleinsberg 545 m, near Wettringen-Obergailnau
- Gailnauer Berg 543 m, near Wettringen-Obergailnau
background
The Frankenhöhe is a ridge and part of the European watershed between Danube and Rhine.
The greater part of the Frankenhöhe is in Bavaria, the smaller part in the southwest in Baden-Württemberg.
language
The specialty in the community Schopfloch is Lachoudish. The old language is a mixture of Hebrew and Rotwelsch with their own word creations. The language arose from the trading activities of the Jews, who used the language, which was incomprehensible to outsiders, to be able to converse without unfamiliar ears. Lachoudish can still be heard among the older people today.
getting there
By plane
The closest international airport is the Nuremberg Airport (IATA: NUE)
In the street
The motorways meet at the Feuchtwangen / Crailsheim motorway junction on the Frankenhöhe between Nuremberg and Heilbronn and
between Wurzburg and Ulm.
mobility
The romantic street runs through the region, also called Bike route. The Altmühltal cycle path begins in Rothenburg ob der Tauber and leads via Colmberg to Altmühl.
Tourist Attractions
activities
- The European watershed path leads from the rococo town of Ansbach to Schnelldorf. The 97 km route along the European watershed also crosses Schillingsfürst and Colmberg. The path is designed for 5 daily stages so that there is time for sightseeing.
kitchen
- The specialty is that Frankenhöhenlamm. The lamb is on many menus and can also be bought directly from the shepherds.
- The Dinkelsbühler area is one of the large pond areas in Bavaria, fish farming has a centuries-old tradition. The Dinkelsbühler carp is our own breed with less pronounced humps. After three summers, it is prepared in a variety of ways, from blue to baked. In the season from September to April it is offered by regional inns.
- In many bakeries and pastry shops from Rothenburg to Dinkelsbühl you can get a pastry specialty in numerous flavors, the so-called snowball, a spherical lard biscuit made from intertwined strips of dough.
- In the fields in Feuchtwangen and the surrounding area, the age-old cultivated grain is being used again Emmer cultivated. Emmer can be used in many ways, e.g. B. for beer, bread, schnapps, hot spots, cakes and much more.
snowball
Carp blue
Emmer
- A Burgbernheim specialty is that Bernemer plum which helps to maintain the orchards. The plum schnapps is produced as red, green or white by small distilleries with local fruit.
nightlife
security
climate
literature
Web links
- naturpark-frankenhoehe.de - Interesting facts about the Frankenhöhe Nature Park
- frankenhoehe.de - Information from the Frankenhöhe tourism association
- Frankenhöhe Nature Park