 Half-timbered houses on Miltenberger Torplatz | ||
| Walldürn | ||
| federal state | Baden-Wuerttemberg | |
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| Residents | 11.518 (2019) | |
| height | 398 m | |
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Walldürn is a worth seeing town in the back Odenwald on the border with Building land. The city is known as a place of pilgrimage.
background
Walldürn is one of the most important German pilgrimage sites, the tradition of pilgrimage goes back to that Blood miracle in the year 1330. The history of the place begins, however, already in the time of the Romans, first documented mention of Thin can be found in the year 794. In Staufer times the place belonged to the Lords of Dürn, after the extinction of this noble family it came to Kurmainz. From 1423 the place name changed to Waltdürn, in the end it became Walldürn. In 1806 Walldürn came to the Grand Duchy of Baden.
Since the municipal reform around 1975, the formerly independent municipalities Altheim, Gerolzahn, Glashofen, Gottersdorf, Hornbach, Kaltenbrunn, Reinhardsachsen, Rippberg and Wettersdorf belong to Walldürn. Neighboring places are Book, Hardheim, Höpfingen and Rosenberg in the Neckar-Odenwald district as well as the places Amorbach, Eichenbühl and Schneeberg in the Bavarian Lower Franconia.
getting there
By plane
The nearest commercial airport is the airport Frankfurt
(IATA: FRA).
By train
The 1 Walldorn station and the 2 Rippberg station lie on the route of the Madonnenlandbahn, it comes from Miltenberg and go to Seckach, from there you have a connection to the railway line from Osterburken to Mosbach and Heidelberg.
In the street
The best connections to the motorway network are the junction points that are more than 20 km away 
4 Maple resp. 5 Boxberg maple at the 
. However, Walldürn has good connections to federal highways: the B27 comes from Mosbach and Book and then continues to follow Tauberbischofsheim and Wurzburg, the B47 branches off the B27 near Walldürn and initially follows it Amorbach, from here you can either use the B469 to Miltenberg into the Main Valley, or continue on the B47 Erbach and Michelstadt in the Odenwald.
The German half-timbered street leads through the place.
By bicycle
- Limes cycle path from direction Amorbach or. Osterburken. The section between Walldürn and Amorbach in particular has well-paved roads. On the section between Amorbach and Walldürn, however, approx. 240 meters in altitude have to be overcome.
- The leads through Walldürn Three-Country Cycle Path (Odenwald)
mobility
The sights of the city of Walldürn are concentrated in the old town; it is easy to explore on foot, and numerous information boards make it easier to find your way around.
Tourist Attractions
Walldürn (old town)
- 1 Pilgrimage basilica "St. Georg".
Built around 1700 in the Baroque style with a splendid interior, the main entrance to the basilica is the place of pilgrimage with a free altar. - 2 historical town hall, Built in 1448 in half-timbered style and has been the official seat of the mayor without interruption, making it the oldest town hall in Germany.
- Remains of the former city fortifications
- Numerous half-timbered houses, such. B. at Miltenberger Torplatz or the3 Mollenhof
- 4 City and pilgrimage museum, Stone house from 1588 in Renaissance style
- 5 Old castle by 1492
- Bettendorf's manor house
- 6 Augustinian convent with ivory museum in the Klostergasse. The museum is currently closed
- In Walldürn you can find some modern works of art, such as the one 7 Schalksbrunnen at the town hall, the group of figures History procession at Miltenberger Torplatz
- Several sandstone villas on Adolf-Kolping-Straße outside the old town
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Altheim
- 8 Museum in the green spelled kiln . At the Grünkern cycle path you will find around a dozen green spelled kilns and a small museum that explains the history of this grain. It is open from April to October by appointment, free entry. Registration: Heimatverein (K. Weber), Tel. 06285/929298 Address: Oberer Hellerweg, 74731 Walldürn-Altheim.
Gottersdorf
- 9 Odenwald Open Air Museum, Weiherstrasse 12, 74731 Walldürn-Gottersdorf. Tel.: 49 (0)6286 320, Email: [email protected].
The facility is located at the former fishing pond of the Amorbach monastery; 17 buildings in 2 assemblies (Odenwald, building land), museum tavern. Guided tours depending on the topic € 35-45.Open: Apr Oct 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., May-Sept 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., closed on Mondays.Price: Admission adults € 5, reduced € 3.50.
Wettersdorf
- 10 Light museum in Wettersdorf. .Around 2000 items related to light are shown. You can see, among others. many historical lights. Opening times: from April to the end of October on Sundays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. (as of 02-2009). Admission is free. Special opening times are also possible for groups by arrangement: Tel. 06282/8518, [www.lichtermuseum.de].
miscellaneous
 Foundation walls of the fort bath |  Copy of the building inscription of the bath at the location of the thermal baths (2008) |
- limes with Limes nature trail (signpost: industrial area Nord - Limes), Römerbad (excavation: road to Waldstetten) and excavation of the small fort "Haselburg" near Walldürn-Reinhardsachsen
activities
Pilgrimage
Walldürn is first and foremost Place of pilgrimage, around 150,000 pilgrims take part in the pilgrimages every year
- The Main pilgrimage time begins on the Sunday after Pentecost and includes the next four Sundays.
- Corpus Christi is the first Thursday of this period and one of the highlights of the pilgrimage
- Big blood holiday is the Thursday after Corpus Christi.
- Other days of pilgrimage:
- Motorcyclists: annually on the Saturday before Pentecost
- Bicycle pilgrimage: on a Saturday in mid-September
The exact dates and other events can be found on the city's website
To go biking
Walldürn is located on several cycle paths
- 3-country cycle route
- Grünkern cycle path
- Limes cycle path
- Main-Tauber-Franconian Radachter
- Odenwald-Madonnen cycle path
Others
- 1 Forestjump high ropes course
- Gliding on 3 Airfield of Aviation clubs Odenwald
- 2 Glashofen-Neusaß golf club, Mühlweg 7, 74731 Walldürn-Neusaß.
- 3 Auerberg center, Theodor-Heuss-Ring 19, with municipal indoor and outdoor pools, skater alley and bowling alleys
- Trips in a historic stagecoach or in a covered wagon, can be arranged through Tourist Info or coachman Marco Zahn, Tel. 06282 274
shop
- 1 Bolsius candle factory sales, Adolf-Kolping-Str. 17, 74731 Walldürn, Tel. 06282 92 70 79, open weekdays from 9:00 a.m. Candles for stylish table decorations, christening candles, tea lights, religious motifs (suitable for pilgrimage)
kitchen
- 1 Frankenbrunnen, Am Kaltenbach 3. 74731 Walldürn - Reinhardsachsen. Restaurant and AKZENT Hotel.
- 2 Gasthof Pension Linkenmühle, Hornbacher Landstrasse 21, 74731 Walldürn - Rippberg.
nightlife
accommodation
Cheap
medium
- 1 Pension Roman King, Obere Vorstadtstrasse 18. Tel.: 49 (0)6282 302. Family-run, quiet and well-kept pension for people who enjoy extensive room decoration. Bicycle garage.
- 2 Hotel Ritter Akropolis, Untere Vorstadtstrasse 2, 74731 Wallduern. Tel.: 49 (0)6282 928940.
- 3 To the giant (Bettendorf's manor house), Hauptstrasse 14, 74731 Walldürn. Tel.: 49 (0)6282 92420..Restaurant and hotel.
Upscale
Learn
Work
security
health
Practical advice
- Postal code: 74731
trips
- To Miltenberg on the Main river
- To Amorbach
Neighboring places
literature
Web links
- https://www.wallduern.de/ - Official website of Walldürn
- Touristikgemeinschaft Odenwald - official regional tourism site
- UNESCO Geopark Madonnenländchen
