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Otterberg | ||
federal state | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
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Residents | 5.389 (2019) | |
height | 247 m | |
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Otterberg is a city in the Palatinate.
background
- Otterberg is located at the transition from Palatinate Forest and Palatinate highlands, in the north of Kaiserslautern.
- Neighboring communities are Otterbach, Katzweiler, Mehlbach, Schneckenhausen, Holy moschel, Höringen, Winnweiler, Wage field, Wartenberg-Rohrbach, Sembach, Mehlingen, Kaiserslautern.
getting there
By plane
Airports are located in Hahn, Frankfurt, Saarbrücken and Strasbourg, among others.
By bus and train
- From Kaiserslautern The main train station has regular bus connections, lines 130, 131, 133. Kaiserslautern can be reached with the S-Bahn, among other things Mannheim and accessible by ICE. There are also night buses on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
- From Otterbach takes bus 130. Otterbach is on the train line Kaiserslautern - Lauterecken.
By bicycle
other accessible train stations
- Winnweiler with a direct connection Bingen am Rhein: 7 km
mobility
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Map of Otterberg
- Otterberg can be explored on foot. Local public transport is essentially based on Kaiserslautern aligned; the other neighboring communities are less well connected with Otterberg.
Tourist Attractions
- The ex 1 Cistercian abbey church in the city center, in Romanesque and early Gothic style, is now the parish church for the Catholic and Protestant churches. You can also visit the former chapter house (assembly room) of the abbey, below the current Catholic rectory.
- city Museum
- historical cityscape with many half-timbered houses, some from the 16th century e.g. the 2 Old pharmacy
activities
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
- 1 Otterberger Hof, Hauptstrasse 25, 67697 Otterberg. Tel.: 49 (0)6301 798080, Fax: 49 (0)6301 79808111, Email: [email protected]. Price: Room prices: single from € 52, double from € 89, breakfast buffet costs € 4.50 / person extra.
health
Practical advice
trips
On foot
- Katzweiler, Open-air theater 5 km
- Mehlinger Heath 3 km
- Kaiserslautern: Waschmühle outdoor swimming pool 3 km,Horticultural show in Kaiserslautern 5 km, Downtown 6 km
- Reichswald 5 km
By bicycle
- Enkenbach-Alsenborn, including Fritz-Walter-Haus and cinema, is 10 km away
- Eiswoog 17 km
- Landstuhl 19 km
- Rockenhausen 18 km
By train
combined with bike:
literature
Web links
- http://www.otterberg.de - Official website of Otterberg