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| Vacha | ||
| federal state | Thuringia | |
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| Residents | 5.173 (2019) | |
| height | 223 m | |
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Vacha is a small town on the Werra in Southwest Thuringia. It lies directly on the border with Hesse and on the northern edge of the Rhön, namely at the foot of the 627 meter high Öchsenberg.
getting there
By train and bus
The connection to the Werra Valley Railway bad Salzungen is shut down. Therefore, when arriving by public transport, you have to rely on the bus: every hour with line 100 from Bad Salzungen (travel time 25–30 minutes), every two hours from Bad Hersfeld (45 minutes).
In the street
They meet in Vacha 
Eisenach–Hünfeld and the 
bad Salzungen–Bad Hersfeld on each other. The next motorway junction is 
33 Friedewald at the 
, from which you can use the can get into town.
The German half-timbered street leads through the place.
By bicycle
Vacha is on Iron Curtain Europe Cycle Route, also known as EuroVelo 13 or the “Green Belt” cycle path. The Rhön cycle path and the Werratal cycle path run on the other side of the Werra bridge. On them you can come from the directions Bad Salzungen (31 km) and Meiningen (70 km), Bad Kissingen (100 km) and Bad Neustadt an der Saale (75 km), or Hann. Münden (98 km) and Eschwege (56 km) get here. The Hessian long-distance cycle route R7 starts / ends here and connects Vacha et al. With Bad Hersfeld (31 km), to water (130 km), Wetzlar and Limburg on the Lahn.
On foot
Vacha is the start or end point of the Ecumenical pilgrimage Central Germany along the medieval trade route Via regia (Gorlitz–Bautzen–Leipzig–Naumburg–Erfurt–Eisenach–Vacha), which is also called a branch of the Way of St. James can be used. The Camino de Santiago Vacha joins it -Fulda–Wurzburg or. -Mainz–trier at. It is a 38 km walk from Eisenach and 63 km from Fulda.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
In Vacha, Wendelstein Castle with a tower from the 12th century is particularly interesting. It includes a museum:
- Wendelstein Castle Museum. Tel.: 49 (0)36962 22839, Email: [email protected]. Open: Opening times: Tuesday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.Price: Admission: adults € 2, children € 0.75, € 2.50 museum visit with city tour.
There is also a lot to see in the city itself. That would be mentioned there City fortifications, of which much has been preserved and in which Wendelstein Castle is integrated as well as the Werra Bridge with fourteen arches (after 1342). Some half-timbered houses have been preserved, including the town hall in the Hessian Renaissance style from 1613/14. The City Church has a classical nave (1821-1824) and a Romanesque tower with a Gothic elevation (12th / 13th century); the tower portal is from around 1200.
This can be found on the northern side of the Werra (opposite the city) House Hoßfeld. It has a special feature because the western part of the building belongs to Hesse, while the eastern part belongs to Thuringia. Accordingly, the former western border of the GDR ran right through the house. After 1952 the connecting door was walled up; It was not until January 1, 1976 that an agreement was reached to move the border behind the house so that the eastern half was again accessible to the owner.
activities
Events:
- Christmas heart market
- carnival
- Fair
- Castle Festival
- City festival
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
trips
- Stadtlengsfeld (13 km southeast, Feldatal cycle path, or 20–35 minutes by bus), high medieval castle, converted into a residential palace in the 19th century.
- Herrings (13 km north, B 62 to Heimboldshausen, turn right there, or Werratal-Radweg / D-Route 4 / Green Belt) - the town of potash mining.
- bad Salzungen (17 km to the east, B 62, Rhön and Werratal cycle path, or 25–30 minutes by bus) - one of the oldest saltwater spas in Germany.
- Bad Hersfeld (28 km to the west, B 62, Hessischer Radfernweg R7 / D-Route 4, or 45 minutes by bus)
- Eisenach (33 km northeast, B 84, or D-Route 4) with the Wartburg (UNESCO World Heritage Site) and the old town that is well worth seeing.
literature
Web links
- http://www.vacha.de - Official website of Vacha
