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| Vellberg | ||
| federal state | Baden-Wuerttemberg | |
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| Residents | 4.446 (2019) | |
| height | 375 m | |
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Vellberg is a small town in Baden-Wuerttemberg, it lies on the edge of the Swabian-Franconian Forest at the transition to Hohenloher level.
background
The old town of Vellberg lies on a rock spur above the Bühler valley. The place was first mentioned in a document in 1102. Vellberg has had city rights since 1506. In 1972 the formerly independent community Großaltdorf was incorporated into Vellberg. Other districts of Vellberg are the villages or hamlets of Talheim, Lorenzenzimmern, Kleinaltdorf, Eschenau, Schneckenweiler, Merkelbach and Stöckenburg.
Neighboring places are Ilshofen, Crailsheim, Frankenhardt, Obersontheim and Schwäbisch Hall
getting there
By plane
The Stuttgart Airport
(IATA: STR) is 125 km away, for Nuremberg Airport(IATA: NUE) it is 140 km.
Schwäbisch Hall airfield (Reinhold-Würth-Airport) is operated privately, there are no scheduled flights.
By train
The next train stations are in Schwäbisch Hall (12 km) and in Crailsheim (20 km)
By bus
In the street
The nearest motorway entrance is 5 km away 
45 to 
mobility
Tourist Attractions
There are a number of buildings worth seeing in the historic old town
- 1 Gate tower, Access to the old town
- 2 Sixic Tower , Part of the city fortifications from the 15th century, privately owned
- 1 Ochsen museum restaurant
- 3 Lower lock
- 4 Cannon tower Cannon tower
- 5 Upper lock
- 6 Power tower
- 7 Powder tower, it is connected to the power tower and the gate tower by an underground battlement
- 8 Martin's Church in Stöckenburg
activities
- Weinbrunnenfest annually on the first weekend in July
- Christmas market every second weekend in December.
- City tours, bookable through the city administration. Different variants: Heinatmuseum and parapet walk, night watchman tour or with Bag of lies test. The cultural area Vellberg has finally from 1968-1992 annually on April 1st, the Day of the Reduced Truth, the order Knight to the crooked beam awarded.
shop
kitchen
- Ochsen museum inn, In the Städtle 3. Tel.: (0)7907 942625. Open: closed on Mondays.
- 2 Bioland-Restaurant Rose, Ortsstrasse 13, D 74541 Vellberg-Eschenau. Tel.: 49(0) 79 07 - 22 94.
- 3 Café in the small town, Im Städtle 23, 74541 Vellberg. Open: open Thursday-Sunday 2-6pm.
nightlife
accommodation
health
Practical advice
- 1 City of Vellberg, In the Städtle 28. Tel.: 49 (0) 7907 877-0.
trips
literature
Web links
- http://www.vellberg.de - Official website of Vellberg
