Frankenthal (Palatinate) | ||
federal state | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
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Residents | 48.561 (2019,2019) | |
height | 96 m, 99 m | |
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Frankenthal is a city in the Front Palatinate and lies in the Upper Rhine Plain.
background
getting there
By plane
By train
1 The main station is in the city center, Frankenthal is on the railway line between Mainz and Ludwigshafen on the Rhine. The following access offers are available:
- S-Bahn Rhein-Neckar line S6 every half hour to Mannheim and Mainz.
- Regional train from Frankenthal every half hour to Ramsen via Freinsheim and Grünstadt.
Then there are the following regional express trains every 2 hours:
- RE Karlsruhe; Graben-Neudorf; Philippsburg; Germersheim; Speyer Hbf; Schifferstadt; Ludwigshafen; Frankenthal; Worms; Mainz; Frankfurt am Main
- RE Mannheim; Ludwigshafen; Frankenthal; Worms; Mainz; Frankfurt am Main
The two RE run so offset that there is an hourly service between Frankenthal and Frankfurt am Main.
Then there is the Frankenthal-Süd stop. This is only served by the S-Bahn and regional trains. This gives you a better transfer option if you want to e.g. from Mannheim in the direction of Grünstadt or vice versa.
During commuter times there are also workers' trains that go directly to the BASF factory premises in Ludwigshafen. They turn heads at the Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim train station and then continue to BASF.
By bus
In the street
- The
Motorway A 6 runs north of Frankenthal, the driveways are the
22 Frankenthal and
23 Ludwigshafen North. About the
there is also a good connection to the south in the direction of Ludwigshafen.
By boat
mobility
In Frankenthal there is a system of city and regional bus lines that open up the urban area and the places in the surrounding area without a rail connection. On weekends and public holidays there is a night bus to Grünstadt at 12:35 a.m. Outside of the bus lines' travel times, there is also the collective call taxi that opens up the urban area and the surrounding area.
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Tourist Attractions
- 1 town hall
- 2 Trinity
- 3 Erkenbert ruin
- 4 Twelve Apostles Church
- 5 Erkenbert Museum
- 6 Worms Gate
- 7 St. Ludwig
- 8 Park cemetery
- 9 Speyer Gate
- 10 Stephan-Cosacchi-Platz
- 11 House Parseval
- 12 House Forthuber
activities
shop
kitchen
nightlife
- 1 Titus, Nürnberger Str. 2, 67227 Frankenthal (Palatinate). Tel.: 49 6233 6383580. Open: Mon-Fri 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Mon-Sun from 6 p.m.
accommodation
health
Practical advice
trips
literature
Web links
- http://www.frankenthal.de - Official website of Frankenthal (Pfalz)