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The open air museum Hessenpark near Neu-Anspach in the Taunus houses around 100 old buildings Hessethat were dismantled at their old location and rebuilt in Hessenpark.
background
The Hessenpark is the central Hessian open-air museum founded in 1974, which preserves buildings from the past that are worth preserving. In more than 100 buildings, from a North Hessian manor house, a Central Hessian day laborer's house to a South Hessian inn, you can see and follow the rural development of Hesse over the last 400 years in several assemblies. It is worth going on a journey of discovery and learning about the Hessian ancestors lived and under what, not always easy, conditions they worked. One can explore the village life of earlier times.
- The opening hours are:
- 01.03. - 31.10.14: daily from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., admission until 5:00 p.m.
- 01.11. - 02/28/15: weekends and public holidays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., admission until 4 p.m.
- The Marketplace is open all year round with many of its exhibitions; the shops have different opening times. Although it is located within the Hessenpark, it can be entered free of charge to go shopping in the shops.
- Entrance fees: Adults: € 8 (from 7 people: € 7.50, · children from 6 years, schoolchildren and students: € 2.50, · disabled people: € 4, · family card: (parents or parents with up to 4 children) 16, - €; · Guided tours for up to 30 people: (prior registration required) 45, - € or 67.50 €; · Dogs (incl. · (As of 2014)
getting there
In the street
- Of Frankfurt / Main Central Station drive past the exhibition center on the A-66 and at Westkreuz change to the A-5 heading north to Bad Homburger Kreuz. There you drive on the A-661 to the exit to Usingen. The federal highway 456 leads up to the Saalburgund Castle down again. There you have to turn to Neu-Anspach and after a few kilometers you come to Hessenpark.
- An alternative to Frankfurt / Main would be to drive from the center via Friedberger Landstrasse to the A-661 and continue as described above.
- Coming from the north Cologne or Koblenz take the A-3 to Bad Camberg and continue through the Hochtaunus in the direction of Usingen. Behind the Usinger OT Merzhausen a road turns to Neu-Anspach, which leads to the Hessenpark.
- Coming from the north kassel (Exit Friedberg of the A-5) or from east you get to Hessenpark via Friedberg and through the Köpperner Tal.
By train
With the S-Bahn or Taunusbahn Frankfurt am Main to bad Homburg. From there continue with the Taunusbahn to Wehrheim and then continue with bus 514 to or from the open-air museum Neu-Anspach Take the 63 bus to the Neu-Anspach-Anspach stop, Hessenpark junction. · Fare from Frankfurt: 7.60 €, group day ticket for up to 5 people: 26.60 €, Hessenticket: 32.00 € · (Stand 2013)
The Culture bus route (City bus line 5) runs on weekends and public holidays from April to the beginning of December from the “Bad Homburg / Gonzenheim” underground station and the “Bad Homburg / Bahnhof” S-Bahn station directly to the Saalburg Roman fort and on to the Hessenpark.
By bicycle
The open-air museum can be reached in 5.5 km from the Neu-Anspach train station (Taunusbahn).
mobility
The museum area is reserved exclusively for pedestrians.
Tourist Attractions
In the Hessenpark, over 100 old houses that were demolished throughout Hessen have been rebuilt and give an impression of the way of life of the Hessen many years ago.
accommodation
- Landhotel Zum Hessenpark is right next to the park on the market square. The house has 34 rooms, 54 beds. A double room costs between € 149 and € 179 including breakfast.
- Maritime hotel in Bad Homburg, [1]] Maritim Hotel Bad Homburg
- Steigenberger Hotel in Bad Homburg, [2]] Steigenberger Hotel Bad Homburg
trips
- Saalburg Castle. The Roman fort, reconstructed at the time of Kaiser Wilhelm II, is worth seeing.
- Taunus and its highest elevation Great Feldberg for hiking
- bad Homburg, the bathing city on the edge of the Taunus advertises with its champagne air and a spa park that is well worth seeing.
literature
- K. Baeumerth, H.G. Daniel, A. Hieronymus, P. Janisch, M. Spies: "Museum Guide - Hessenpark Open Air Museum, German, 156 pages, EUR 5.10. (Also available in English and French)
