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Lahr / Black Forest | ||
federal state | Baden-Wuerttemberg | |
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Residents | 46.797 (2019) | |
height | 170 m | |
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Lahr is a city in the Ortenau.
background
Lahr resp. Lahr / Black Forest lies on the edge of the Baden Rhine Plain to the Middle Black Forest. The city is run by the Schutter flowed through. The city emerged in the 13th century as a settlement around a deep castle Gentlemen von Geroldseck. After changing affiliations, the city came to Baden in 1803. After the Second World War, French troops and later a Canadian air force were stationed here. Already in 1899 Burgheim incorporated, followed in 1933 Dinglingen, In 1973 the communities of Hugsweier, Kippenheimweiler, Kuhbach, Langenwinkel, Mietersheim, Reichenbach and Sulz became districts of Lahr.
getting there
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By plane
The local, a few kilometers northwest of the city, Black Forest Airport Lahr with the IATA code LHA or the ICAO code EDTL offers private charter and cargo air travel only.
The nearest commercial airports are the Strasbourg airport(IATA: SXB), the Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden airport
(IATA: FKB), the EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg
(IATA: BSL, MLH, EAP) and, a little further away, but with good connections to the airport Frankfurt
(IATA: FRA).
By train
The 1 Lahr train station is on the Rheintalbahn, regional trains and a pair of IC trains stop here. The closest train station with an ICE stop is there Offenburg.
By bus
Lahr has a well-developed local transport network. At the train station there is a central bus station with connections to the city and the surrounding communities and cities.
In the street
The highway runs a few kilometers west of the city. From the departure
56 Lahr is about 5 km.
The crosses the city in a north-south direction from direction Offenburg and continues to follow Ettenheim and Emmendingen. The
starts at the
56 Lahr and goes to the city center. It continues to the outskirts and crosses the two districts of Kuhbach and Reichenbach. It ends in Kinzigtal in Biberach.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- The 1 Stork tower is a landmark of the city, it is part of the former Tiefburg. The Geroldsecker Museum is located here.
- The Catholic Church St. Peter and Paul
- The 2 Collegiate Church in Lahr is an early Gothic basilica that was rebuilt in a neo-Gothic style. It is one of the earliest Gothic buildings on the Upper Rhine.
- The Burgheimer Church
- The New Town Hall, formerly the home of the snuff manufacturer Lotzbeck.
- The Stoesser-Fischer house, built by a snuff manufacturer
- The Lahr City Museum in the former Villa Jamm.
- The fire brigade museum in the town hall
- The 3 city Park and the Werderpark
activities
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
- 1 City-Hotel Lahr, Alte Bahnhofstrasse 6, 77933 Lahr / Black Forest. Tel.: 49 (0)7821 91 50, Fax: 49 (0)7821 226 74, Email: [email protected].
- 2 Hotel Adler, Reichenbacher Hauptstrasse 18, 77933 Lahr / Black Forest. Tel.: 49 (0)7821 90 63 90, Fax: 49 (0)7821 906 39 33, Email: [email protected].
- 3 Hotel at the west end, Schwarzwaldstrasse 9, 777933 Lahr / Black Forest. Tel.: 49 (0)7821 950 40, Fax: 49 (0)7821 95 04 95, Email: [email protected].
- 4 Hotel Dammenmühle, Dammenmühle 1, 77933 Lahr / Black Forest. Tel.: 49 (0)7821 939 30, Fax: 49 (0)7821 93 93 93, Email: [email protected].
- 5 Hotel Lowen, Obertorstrasse 5, 77933 Lahr / Black Forest. Tel.: 49 (0)7821 981 56 36, Email: [email protected].
- 6 Hotel Schwanen, Gärtnerstrasse 1, 777933 Lahr / Black Forest. Tel.: 49 (0)7821 91 20, Email: [email protected].
- 7 Hotel Wacker, Waldhornstrasse 1, 77933 Lahr / Black Forest. Tel.: 49 (0)7821 260 31, Fax: 49 (0)7821 260 33, Email: [email protected].
Learn
Practical advice
trips
literature
Web links
- https://www.lahr.de/ - Official website of Lahr / Black Forest
- Baden Wine Route