Lichtenau (Baden) - Lichtenau (Baden)

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Lichtenau
federal stateBaden-Wuerttemberg
Residents
4.975 (2019)
height
127 m
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location
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Lichtenau

Lichtenau (Baden) is a small town in the Ortenau.

Map of Lichtenau (Baden)

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The town of Lichtenau is located on the Upper Rhine. It was founded at the end of the 13th century under the protection of a moated castle and was the royal seat of the city for several years Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg and the northernmost fortress of the Hanauerland. After the fortress was razed, the city became Hessian property before being part of Baden in 1803. Today the former parishes belong to Lichtenau Grauelsbaum, Muckenschopf, Scherzheim and Ulm.

getting there

By plane

The nearest airport is that Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden airportWebsite of this institutionKarlsruhe / Baden-Baden Airport in the Wikipedia encyclopediaKarlsruhe / Baden-Baden Airport in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryKarlsruhe / Baden-Baden Airport (Q707457) in the Wikidata database(IATA: FKB)

in the northern neighboring town Rheinmünster.

By train

The next train station is about 13 km away in Buhl

In the street

Lichtenau is on the B36 between Rastatt and Throat. In the district Scherzheim ends the Baden Asparagus Route

By boat

mobility

Tourist Attractions

  • Forest nature trail "Come to the Au to Lichtenau" on the Rhine floodplains
  • Weinbrenner-style church in the Scherzheim district

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