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Künzelsau | ||
federal state | Baden-Wuerttemberg | |
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Residents | 15.391 (2019) | |
height | 218 m | |
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Künzelsau is a small town in northeast of Baden-Wuerttemberg. It lies in the Hohenloher level in the Kochertal and is the district town of the Hohenlohe district.
background
Künzelsau was first mentioned in a document in 1098. In 1598 the city became part of the Principality of Hohenlohe, from 1806 it became part of Württemberg. Before the Second World War, the districts of Garnberg and Nagelsberg belonged to Künzelsau. During the municipal reform in 1973, the formerly independent towns of Amrichshausen, Belsenberg, Gaisbach, Kocherstetten, Laßbach, Nitzenhausen, Morsbach, Steinbach incorporated, in 1977 Sonnhofen was added. 1993 started the area Taläcker to settle, today a mountain railway connects this district with Künzelsau.
getting there
Distances | |
Heilbronn | 48 km |
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Stuttgart | 92 km |
Wurzburg | 71 km |
Heidelberg | 119 km |
Nuremberg | 123 km |
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By plane
Closest airports are the Stuttgart Airport(IATA: STR), the Nuremberg Airport
(IATA: NUE) and the airport Frankfurt
(IATA: FRA).
By train
Künzelsau no longer has a rail connection. The nearest train station is in Waldenburg on the Heilbronn - Crailsheim - Nuremberg route.
By bus
Public transport is served by the Local transport Hohenlohekreis or supraregional through the Heilbronn Hohenloher Hall local transport
In the street
The city is on the federal highway B19that of Schwäbisch Hall to Bad Mergentheim leads. To the highway A6 are there to the junction 42 Kupferzel only 9 km, also the junction
41 at Neuenstein is only around 13 km away. The route on the L 1045 country road in Kochertal is more beautiful in terms of landscape, but more winding.
By bicycle
- The Kocher-Jagst cycle path leads through Künzelsau in Kochertal.
mobility
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The city of Künzelsau itself is not particularly extensive. The at the Kocher at about 220 m above sea level. The sub-towns of Morsbach and Kocherstetten located near the NN can be easily reached by bike; the sub-towns on the left (Gaisbach, 380 m above sea level) and right (Amrichshausen, almost 400 m above sea level) of the river take a bit of effort.
The difference in altitude of 170 m from the 1 Valley station in Künzelsau for 2 Taläcker mountain station overcomes a funicular on a distance of approx. 1000 m in just 5 minutes.
Tourist Attractions
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building
- 1 Old Town Hall in the main street
- 2 new town hall Stuttgarter Strasse
- 3 Nagelsberg Castle, Private houses on the old castle wall
- 4 Bartenau Castle, Schlossplatz
- 5 Watch tower Tower on the Wartberg southeast of the city
- Johannesapotheke, Hauptstrasse
- Komburg building, Schnurgasse
- Mainz House, Keltergasse
- Morsbacher Tor, Schnurgasse
- Würzburg building, Scharfengasse
Museums
- 6 Museum Würth (
), Reinhold-Würth-Strasse 15, Gaisbach. Tel.: 49(0) 7940 15-2200. The Würth company has the luxury of running a museum in the administration building in the Gaisbach district, which shows screws and fastening technology on the one hand, and contemporary art on the other. Public tours: Sundays at 11 a.m. for a fee.Open: daily 11 am-6pm.Price: free entry. Special exhibitions have different regulations.
- 7 Museum Würth 2, At Forumplatz 1 (at the Carmen Würth Forum.). Tel.: 49 (0)7940 156 200. Registration desired.Open: daily 11 am-7pm.Price: free entry.
- 8 Hirschwirtscheuer Museum. The Hirschwirtscheuer is a museum building at Scharfengasse 12, the museum was initially dedicated to the Sommer family of artists and is now also sponsored by the Würth company.Open: Wed-Sun 11 am-5pm.Price: Admission is free.
- 9 Mustang Museum, Austraße 10. Tel.: 49(0) 7940 - 125350. The Mustang Museum shows the history of Mustang jeans in Germany.Open: Tue-Fri 10 a.m.-6 p.m.Price: Admission adults € 4.50.
- 10 City Museum Künzelsau, Schnurgasse 10. The museum is dedicated to the history of Künzelsau.Open: Wed-Sun 11 am-5pm.Price: free entry.
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Churches, mosques, synagogues, temples
- 11 Johanneskirche Protestant town church
- 12 Saint Paul, Catholic Church
- 13 Greek Orthodox Church of St. Joseph
- Parish church of St. Mary's Birth in the Amrichshausen district
- Protestant church in the district of Belsenberg
- Protestant fortified church of St. Alban and St. Wendelin in the Morsbach district
activities
- 1 Castle Festival Schloss Stetten, Stetten Castle.
shop
kitchen
nightlife
- 1 Emma (Café Bistro Bar), Bahnhofstrasse 1, 74653 Künzelsau.
accommodation
- 1 Gasthof Engel, Schnurgasse 5, 74653 Künzelsau. Tel.: (0)7940 8304.
- 2 Hotel-Restaurant "Anne-Sophie", Schlossplatz 9, 74653 Künzelsau. Tel.: (0)7940 93460.
- 3 Landgasthof Adler, Steinbacher Weg 4, 74653 Künzelsau-Garnberg. Tel.: (0)7940 92960.
- 4 Country inn Lell, Leimengrube 5, 74653 Künzelsau-Belsenberg. Tel.: (0)7940 93540.
Learn
The Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences has a branch in Künzelsau: die Reinhold Würth University. It offers engineering courses in the fields of electrical engineering, mechatronics and energy management, among others.
Work
security
health
Practical advice
- Telephone code: 07940
- Postal code: 74653
trips
Places in the area are
literature
Web links
- https://www.kuenzelsau.de/ - Official website of Künzelsau