Tauberfranken lies in the region Heilbronn-Franconia.
Regions
Under Tauberfranken In this article, the area of the Main-Tauber district is understood, which is part of Wertheim am Main to the federal state Bavaria borders and still the foothills of the Spessarts touched. The district is shaped by the Tauber, whose valley is also called Taubergrund referred to as. That is neighboring in the west Building land, lies in the east Main Franconia. The lowest point in the district is Freudenberg am Main at 125 m, the highest is at 482 m near Bad Mergentheim.
The region is marketed for tourism under the name Lovely Taubertal and is then a little broader,
places
The following 18 cities and other municipalities are located in the Main-Tauber district:
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- 1 Maple (bathing)
- 2 Assamstadt
- 3 Bad Mergentheim
, the former residence of the Teutonic Order, is now an important health resort with 22,500 inhabitants
- 4 Boxberg (Baden)
, numerous historical buildings and wayside shrines
- 5 Creglingen
, the Riemenschneider altar in the Herrgottskirche is just one of the many sights
- 6 Freudenberg am Main
with its picturesque old town
- 7 Large cattle field
- 8 Grünsfeld
with historic half-timbered town hall
- 9 Igersheim
- 10 Koenigheim
- 11 Külsheim
is also as Brunnenstadt known
- 12 Lauda-Koenigshofen
, has a lovely old town in Lauda and is a railway junction between the Frankenbahn and the Tauberbahn
- 13 Niederstetten
, worth seeing the half-timbered houses and Castle Haltbergstetten
- 14 Tauberbischofsheim
, at the Romantic road located, is a district town with over 13,000 inhabitants,
- 15 Weikersheim
, former residence of the princes of Hohenlohe
- 16 Werbach
, Liebfrauenbrunnkapelle and Gamburg Castle
- 17 Wertheim
, historic old town, the Wertheim Village is a popular destination for bargain hunters, also worth seeing Bronnbach Monastery
- 18 Wittighausen
Other goals
To the tourism community Lovely Taubertal count the Franconian cities Rothenburg ob der Tauber and Röttingen as Kreuzwertheim on the right side of the Main as well as those actually assigned to the building land maple and Assamstadt.
background
Today's Main-Tauber District was created by the district reform of 1973 from the (Baden) district of Tauberbischofsheim and the (Württemberg) district of Mergentheim. In addition, there were parts of the former district of Buchen.
language
The dialect of the region is East Franconian. It occurs in Main Franconian (Lower East Franconian) and Hohenlohe (South East Franconian) variations.
getting there
The highway crosses the district. Departures are:
3 Tauberbischofsheim,
4 Maple and
5 Boxberg.
There are train connections from Würzburg via Lauda to Heilbronn, to Aschaffenburg am Main or to Crailsheim
mobility
Tourist Attractions
activities
The Tauberfranken region is a popular destination for hikers and cyclists. The panorama hiking trail from Rothenburg to Freudenberg goes right through the entire region. For cyclists, the counterpart is the cycle path Lovely Taubertal. The classic with its 100 km is suitable for (almost) everyone, parallel to this there is the 160 km long variant the sporty one, which also includes the panoramic heights of the area. Also the Grünkern cycle path is one of the well-known tours, there are also numerous mountain bike trails.
Motorcycle fans will find a tour through Tauberfranken at HOT biker tour. The HOT By the way, stands for Hohenlohe, Odenwald and Taubertal.
Kitchen and cellar
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The Taubertal is a region in which viticulture has a long tradition. The wines belong to the (Baden) region of Tauber Franconia and, like the Bavarian Franconian wines, are allowed in so-called. Bocksbucheln be bottled.
- The red wine grape variety is a specialty Dove black, which is grown as an old native variety only in the Tauber and Vorbachtal (and in the neighboring Lower Franconia) The grape produces light, fruity red wines. As a typical regional grape variety, it has been included in the Ark of Taste by Slow Food.
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Web links
- Touristikgemeinschaft Liebliches Taubertal, official website