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| Niddatal | ||
| federal state | Hesse | |
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| Residents | 9.786 (2019) | |
| height | 189 m | |
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Niddatal is a small town in the Wetterau.
background
The districts of Assenheim (formerly the city), Bönstadt, Ilbenstadt and Kaichen belong to Niddatal. The place is predominantly rural.
getting there
By plane
By train
The 1 Assenheim train station (Oberhess) is, as the name suggests, upper-upper-case. It is used by regional trains on the Friedberg-Hanau route every hour. From the train station you have to take a taxi, because the buses do not go to the train station.
By bus
There is a bus connection from Nieder-Wöllstadt train station (there is a connection to the S6 S-Bahn). The FB-70 line goes to Assenheim and Bönstadt, the FB-71 line to Ilbenstadt and Kaichen. The buses to Ilbenstadt and Kaichen run every half hour, to Assenheim and Bönstadt only every hour, on Saturdays both lines run every hour. On Sundays, both lines are replaced by the FB-72 line, which runs a circuit through Niddatal, but in an incredibly bad three-hour cycle.
Kaichen is considered a district of in many ways Nidderau (Among other things, the place has the telephone code of Nidderau) and therefore the city bus Nidderau goes from Eichen train station to Kaichen, which can be an interesting alternative route. There is a connection to the continuing buses in the village.
In the street
The federal road runs through Niddatal 
. It is 15 km from the exit 
16 Friedberg an der 
and 20 km from the exit 36 Hanau-Nord on the 
.
The place is a well-known one Speed camera trap, therefore keep the speed limits in your own interest!
By boat
mobility
The individual parts of the city are quite far apart. Since there is no central transfer station, the journey between two parts of the city can sometimes require two transfers (via the Nidderau city bus with transfers in Kaichen and Erbstadt) and is very cumbersome. The journey via Nieder-Wöllstadt would be much more practical, but it counts as "two journeys" and therefore requires two single tickets. You definitely need a car on Sundays.
Tourist Attractions
- 1 Assenheim Castle, Hauptstrasse 42.
In the past, there was a medieval castle in the strategically favorable loop of the Nidda in Assenheim. In the years 1574-75 the Counts of Solms-Rödelheim had a representative castle built north of the castle and used it as an official residence. The planned three-wing castle could only be partially built in the 18th century, instead numerous remains of the medieval castle were demolished. The castle is still owned by the Solms-Rödelheim family and cannot be visited. - 2 Ilbenstadt Monastery, In the monastery 7. The monastery in Ilbenstadt goes back to the 12th century. The monastery grounds with the former abbey church are a very interesting ensemble. The extremely magnificent abbey church now serves as the Catholic parish church for Ilbenstadt. The convent building served as a children's home for a long time and is now used by the Catholic Church as a conference room. Parts of the monastery wall and two of the monastery gates, the lower gate and the upper gate, have also been preserved.
- 3 Wickstadt estate, Wickstadt 1. Hof Wickstadt is a little away from Assenheim. Wickstadt had been the property of the Arnsburg Monastery in Lich since the 13th century and thus formed a Catholic exclave in the otherwise Protestant Wetterau. After secularization in 1806, the Counts of Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim received the farm and continue to run it as a domain to this day. Wickstadt was a separate municipality in the Friedberg district until 1957 and was only then incorporated into Assenheim. In addition to the Hofgut, the Catholic parish church of St. Nikolaus, responsible for Assenheim and Bönstadt, is particularly worth seeing.
- 4 Pilgrimage church Maria Sternbach, Wickstadt 20th. The pilgrimage church in the middle of the forest is the last remnant of the lost village of Sternbach. The village, like the neighboring Hof Wickstadt, was owned by the Arnsburg Monastery, but there are no more documented mentions after the 15th century, so that the village probably fell into desolation at this time. The former parish church of St. Gangolf in the village, which partly dates from the Middle Ages, is now used as a pilgrimage church; In the area there are still some ruins of the village.
activities
shop
kitchen
- 1 Monastery tavern, Hanauer Street 26. Tel.: (0)6034 3917. Near the monastery, home-style German cuisine.Open: Tue-Sat 17: 00-23: 00, Sun 11: 00-15: 00, closed on Mondays.
nightlife
accommodation
- 1 To the White Horse, Wirtsgasse 12. Tel.: (0)6034 2144. Small inn in Assenheim, home-style German cuisine. 16 rooms, only one shared toilet for the whole hotel.
