The Kraichgau is a hill country in the northwest of Baden-Wuerttemberg.
region
The Kraichgau hill country is one of the historical regions Swimming, Württemberg and Electoral Palatinate. He is part of the Southwest German layer level country. It is limited in the west by the Baden Rhine Plain, to the north by the Electoral Palatinate and the Little Odenwald, to the east through the lower reaches of the Neckars and the Heilbronner Land, in the southeast by Stromberg and Hypocritical mountain as well as in the south by the Northern Black Forest, Its highest point is the Steinsberg bei Sinsheim at 333 m above sea level NN, a former volcanic cone in the middle of the loess area of the Kraichgau. It is traversed by the Pfinz, of the Kraich (or Kraichbach) and from the Elsenz.
places
At the transition from Bruhrain to the western Kraichgau are the places
- 1 Wiesloch
- 2 Rauenberg
- 3 Dielheim
- 4 Muhlhausen (Baden)
- 5 Bad Schönborn with Kislau Castle (correctional facility) in the district Mingolsheim
- 6 Ubstadt pond
- 7 Weingarten (Baden)
- 8 Gondola home
- 9 Pfinztal
- 10 Walzbach valley
In the western Kraichgau (on the Elsenz and west of it) are the places
- 11 Meckesheim
- 12 Zuzenhausen
- 13 Sinsheim with technology museum
- 14 Angelbachtal
- 15 Oestringen
- 16 Sulzfeld with the Ravensburg
- 17 Kürnbach
- 18 Kraichtal With Graf Eberstein Castle in the district Gochsheim
- 19 Oberderdingen, Wine growing
- 20 Knittlingen
- 21 Boards - Melanchthonstadt
The eastern Kraichgau is mainly to the right of the Elsenz. Here are the places
- 22 Waibstadt and the surrounding places of the Well region
- 23 Eschelbronn
- 24 Neckarbischofsheim
- 25 Bad Rappenau, Health resort in eastern Kraichgau
- 26 Kirchardt
- 27 Siegelbach
- 28 Hüffenhardt
- 29 Ittlingen
- 30 Gemmingen
- 31 Eppingen on Fachwerkstrasse
Other goals
- Bruchsal
- Heidelberg in the Electoral Palatinate
- Heilbronn at the Neckar
- Maulbronn in the Stromberg
- Karlsruhe
- Bertha Benz Memorial Route - on the trail of the world's first long-distance journey in an automobile
background
The delimitation of the Kraichgau from the Kleiner Odenwald or the Stromberg is sometimes a bit controversial. The same is true of the statement Baden Kraichgau and Württemberg Stromberg so not durable.
The Kraichgau is often also called Baden Tuscany designated. Its location between the Black Forest and the Odenwald, between the Rhine and the Neckar, results in a mild climate; together with the fertile loess soil, the area can also be used for agricultural purposes for special crops. In addition to viticulture, there is also tobacco cultivation, which was widespread until a few decades ago. The sugar beet cultivation cultivated here is carried out in the nearby sugar refineries in Offenau Bad Wimpfen and until 1995 in Waghausel processed.
language
German in the dialects Swabian, Baden and Electoral Palatinate.
getting there
By car
- The Kraichgau is crossed by the motorway A6
Exits: 32-36
Federal highways:
- B39: of Wiesloch via Sinsheim Heilbronn.
- B45: of Neckargemünd to Sinsheim
- B292: of Bad Schönborn via Sinsheim Mosbach
- B293 of Karlsruhe above Boards to Eppingen and on to Heilbronn
By train
- the Kraichgau Railway runs from Karlsruhe via Bretten and Eppingen to Heilbronn as a line S4 of KVV or des HNV
- the Elsenz Valley Railway from Heidelberg over Neckargemünd, Meckesheim, Sinsheim, Bad Rappenau to Heilbronn. The line is currently operated as a line S5 of VRN, she goes from Sinsheim to Eppingen. The line S42 of H3NV runs from Heilbronn via Bad Rappenau to Sinsheim.
- the Schwarzbachtalbahn goes as S51 of the VRN of Meckesheim after Aglasterhausen in the small Odenwald.
- the Krebsbachtalbahn of Neckarbischofsheim-North up Hüffenhardt is only operated as a museum railway in the summer months.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- Sinsheim: Auto technology museum
- Eppingen: half-timbered houses in the old town
activities
- hike: The Kraichgau is a popular hiking region, as an example
- Cycling - for example on the Elsenz cycle path along the Elsenz over Sinsheim until after Neckargemünd. There is probably no official route page.
kitchen
nightlife
security
climate
literature
- Kompass hiking and biking map 768 "Kraichgau", Scale 1: 50,000, 7.50 euros, ISBN 978-3-85491-599-7 , see also www.kompass.at
Web links
- Kraichgau-Stromberg Tourism - official regional website
- Life in the Kraichgau - Excursion destinations and sights in Kraichgau
