Weikersheim - Weikersheim

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    Weikersheim
    federal stateBaden-Wuerttemberg
    Residents
    7.333 (2019)
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    296 m
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    Weikersheim

Weikersheim is a small town (state-approved resort) in the Main-Tauber district in Baden-Wuerttemberg.

background

The city developed from a Hohenlohe residence. "The development ... from the end of the 16th to the middle of the 18th century is clearly visible in a way that can hardly be found again" (Dehio-Handbuch Baden-Württemberg (1964), page 521). The Weikersheim Castle Music Academy is well known.

getting there

The Tauber is not navigable, so arriving by ship is not possible.

By train

Weikersheim is on the route Aschaffenburg - Crailsheim or. Wurzburg - Crailsheim. Only local trains stop.

In the street

Weikersheim is on the Romantic road and is the starting point of the Württemberg Wine Route..

By bicycle

Weikersheim is also on the following cycle paths:

mobility

Map of Weikersheim

Tourist Attractions

Coffered ceiling in the renaissance castle Weikersheim

Weikersheim has a historical cityscape with partially preserved city wall, half-timbered houses, baroque market square and the city church from 1419.

  • City tour, City Culture and Transport Office. Tel.: (0)7934 102-45. Open: mid-July - mid-October on Saturdays, meeting point at 5 p.m. at the tourist office.Price: free.
  • 1  Weikersheim Castle, Marketplace. Tel.: (0)7934 992950. Hohenlohe main residence, splendid renaissance castle with famous knight's hall, significant interior design, impressive castle park with orangery.Open: Apr.-Oct. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov-Mar 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.Price: Admission: Everything (castle, permanent exhibitions (garden art in Weikersheim, alchemy in Weikersheim) castle garden with audio guide): Adults € 6.50; Reduced € 3.30; Family ticket € 16.30; Groups of 20 people or more € 5.80.last change: Aug. 2015 (information may be out of date)
    • Castle garden. Unadulterated baroque garden from around 1700 with orangery, wonderful view of the stone bar slopes of the Taubertal, stone statues: gnomes, deities, dwarfs, symbols of the winds and the elements.
    • Alchemy exhibition, in Weikersheim Castle. Alchemical laboratory around 1600 by Count Wolfgang II von Hohenlohe: chemical substances, laboratory equipment, partly reconstructed according to old models, chemical stoves, including a "Lazy Heinz" (comfort oven, suitable for long-lasting chemical processes), chemical and alchemical volumes from the library of the Counts.
  • Tauberland Village Museum, Marketplace. Tel.: (0)7934 1209. Rural furniture, utensils, traditional costumes, tools, work processes in agriculture, viticulture and cattle breeding in pre-industrial times.Open: Apr.-Oct. Wed, Fri-Sun 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Forest Museum, in the Karlsberg Wildlife Park (in the former kitchen of the hunting lodge east of Weikersheim). Tel.: (0)7934 1209. History of forestry, starting with hunting at court up to modern forestry, forest work, tree and wood species, pests of the forest, use of the forest.Open: May - October, Sun 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
  • Planet path (on the Karlsberg to the observatory). At each planetary station, the data and facts of the respective planet can be read on an information board.
  • 2  City museum in the Gänsturm, Main road. Tel.: (0)7934 102-55. Weikersheim history.Open: Apr. - Oct. Sun and Holidays 1.30pm-5.00pm.last change: Aug. 2015 (information may be out of date)
  • Pilgrimage Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Kirchgasse 6, 97990 Weikersheim-Laudenbach. Tel.: (0)7934-7282 (Parish office). Built in 1412 in the Gothic style. Nave with net vaults, work from the Riemenschneider school.Open: Oct-March 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Apr-Sept 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

activities

City Church of St. Georg, Weikersheim
  • fishing:
    • Tauber: Weikersheim Sports Fishing Association, Werner Hanker, Tel. 0 79 34/84 98
    • See Weikersheim-Nassau, Sportfischergemeinschaft Nassau, Willi Kraut, Tel. 07934/8514, day tickets available at the Tourist Office
  • Bike rental: Zweiradcenter Seyfer GmbH, Schäftersheimer Str. 44, Tel: 07934/297
  • Fitness center: Get-Fit, Uferweg 14, Tel. 07934/8188, daily Mon - Fri 9.30 a.m. - 9 p.m., Sat 3 p.m. - 6 p.m., Sun 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • outdoor pool (heated): Waldschwimmbad Neubronn, City of Weikersheim, Tel. 07934/8830, in summer daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
  • Indoor swimming pool: Weikersheim indoor swimming pool, Laudenbacher Straße, Tel. 07934/992469. Tue - Fri 3 p.m. - 8 p.m., Sat 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
  • Driving license on vacation: Arnulf Germann, Weikersheim-Laudenbach, Von-Hatzfeld-Straße 22, Tel: 07934/418; Friedrich Thürauf, Meisenweg 13, Tel: 07934/8890
  • Bowling:
    • Gasthaus "Kegelklause", Weikersheim, Goethestr. 12, Tel. 07934/8857
    • Gasthaus "Schwarzer Adler", Weikersheim, Schäftersheimer Str. 12, Tel. 07934/203
  • Kindergartens with guest care:
    • Possibly Weikersheim Kindergarten, Karl-Ludwig-Straße, Tel. 07934/8511
    • City Kindergarten Weikersheim-Neubronn, Tel. 07934/8747
    • City Weikersheim-Schäftersheim kindergarten, Tel. 07934/8685
    • Catholic Kindergarten Weikersheim-Laudenbach, Tel. 07934/598
  • Creative textile work / watercolor painting for beginners: Clowns, bears, applicators; Hobby artist Ilse Barhelmeh, Lessingstr. 33, Tel. 07934/8763, materials will be provided
  • Covered wagon rides through the Taubertal: Otto and Roland Ehrmann, Weikersheim-Schäftersheim, Tel: 07934/465
  • horse riding:
    • Barbara Müller, Weikersheim-Neubronn, Tel. 07934/8824
    • Gudrun Schammann, Weikersheim-Neubronn, Tel. 07934/7251
    • Karin Schammann, Weikersheim-Queckbronn, Tel. 07934/8345
    • Wagner, Weikersheim-Queckbronn, Tel. 07934/7899
    • Family Schmitt / Wolf, Weikersheim, Tel. 07934/7769
  • Shooting sports:
    • Schützengilde Weikersheim, Reinhard Lechner, Tel. 07934/229
    • Schützengilde Laudenbach, Berthold Appold, Tel. 07934/7168
  • Weikersheim observatory (on the Karlsberg, well signposted, Tel .: 07934/1365): regular observation evenings: every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month from 8 p.m., observation weekends in April and October every Friday and Saturday from 8 p.m., Sunday: sun observation from 2 p.m. - 17 o'clock
  • hike: There are 12 well-marked hiking trails around Weikersheim, hiking maps available at the tourist office.
  • Wine tasting:
    • Princely winery in the castle, Tel. 07934/298
    • Julius Echter Keller, Laudenbach, Weingärtnergenossenschaft, Laudenbach, Im Schlössle 7, Tel. 07934/8945
  • Game reserve: Big game and leisure park Karlsberg, Tel. 07934 / 102-45; Free entry, open until dark.

shop

kitchen

  • 1  Green yard, Marktplatz 10, 97990 Weikersheim. Tel.: (0)7934 252, Fax: (0)7934 3056, Email: . Inn, hotel, wine bar. Kitchen with typical home-made specialties, but also international dishes.Open: Mondays are closed.
  • 2  The bastion, Mühlstrasse 14, 97990 Weikersheim. Tel.: (0)7934 8872, Fax: (0)7934 8813. Kitchen with Swabian specialties, wine bar attached.Open: Mon - Fri 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. from 5.30 p.m., Sat from 5.30 p.m., Sun public holidays 11 a.m. - 2.30 p.m. from 5.30 p.m.

nightlife

accommodation

  • 1  Hotel Laurentius, Marktplatz 5, 97990 Weikersheim. Tel.: (0)7934 91080, Fax: (0)7934 910818, Email: . Open: The hotel has a restaurant and bistro. The restaurant is closed Sun - Tue.Price: single from € 88, double from € 99.
  • 2  Hotel Deutschherrenstuben, Marktplatz 9, 97990 Weikersheim. Tel.: (0)7934 8376, Email: . Restaurant with typical regional cuisine, half board 19 € surcharge.Price: single room from € 65, double room from € 95.

trips

  • Röttingen (medieval town center, baroque town hall, town wall with towers, Brattenstein Castle, sundial path (2 km, with over 30 sundials), archaeological hiking trail (over the last 3 millennia, 5 routes, a total of 60 km, signposted), museum vineyard (stilted vineyard from the 19th century) Century with different grape varieties, further development of vine care), small viticulture museum (in the Bacchus cellar of Brattenstein Castle, history of viticulture in Röttingen, tools for viticulture), wayside shrine)
  • Bad Mergentheim
  • Tauberbischofsheim
  • Wertheim
  • Wurzburg
  • Creglingen
  • Rothenburg ob der Tauber

literature

  • Klaus Merten: Weikersheim Castle. Ed. V.d. State Castles and gardens of Baden-Württemberg in connection with the State Gazette for Baden-Württemberg GmbH. (Gray row of castle guides). Heidelberg: Brausdruck, undated ISBN 3-932489-05-5
  • Rosemarie Münzenmayer, Alfons Elfgang: The Weikersheim Palace Gardens. Ed. V.d. State Castles and gardens of Baden-Württemberg in connection with the State Gazette for Baden-Württemberg GmbH. (Gray row of castle guides). Heidelberg: Brausdruck, 1999. ISBN 3-932489-10-1

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