Crailsheim is a town of 36,000 people (2022) in Northern Baden-Württemberg. The city's main attractions include two Evangelical churches, a Catholic church, and the 67-metre tower of its town hall.

Understand

Crailsheim was first mentioned in a document in 1136. In 1338, the town got its rights. Today it remains part of the Heilbronn-Franconia region.

Get in

By plane

The closest airports near Crailsheim are in Nuremberg and Stuttgart.

By train

Crailsheim is on a railway junction where trains stop from Stuttgart to Nuremberg and Aalen to Bad Mergentheim. There are regional train services from Heilbronn

By car

• A7: From Heilbronn-Nuremberg, exit motorway at Junction 46 and take B290.
• A6: From Würzburg-Ulm, exit motorway at Junction 112 and take L2218.

See

Crailsheim's sights were restored due to the extensive damage of World War II.

• 1 Stadtmuseum im Spital, Spitalstraße 2, ☏ +49 7951 4033720. The Stadtmuseum im Spital shows exhibits on the history of the city, including a collection of musical instruments, with violins from the 18th and 19th centuries. 
• 2 Johanneskirche, Kirchpl. 4, ☏ +49 7951 947020. Built from 1398 to 1440, the Johanneskirche is one of the oldest churches in Crailsheim.  

Do

• 1 DBK Historic Railway, Horaffenstraße 32, 74564, ☏ +49 700 3258 0106. Established in 1985 as the Kocher Valley railway, the DBK Historic Railway is a preserved railway association housed in a former steam locomotive depot. The museum offers special trips in historic trains that run between Schondorf and Rudersburg.  
• 2 Fränkisches Volkfest Crailsheim, Innenstadt, 74564, ☏ +49 7951 4030. 
• 3 Bird and Animal Park Crailsheim E.V.. 

Eat

• Restaurant Peanuts, Steinbruchweg. (updated Dec 2018)

Sleep

• 1 Stadthotel Crailsheim, Worthingtomstraße 39, ☏ +49 7951 29600. 
• 2 Drei König, Wilhelmstraße 30, ☏ +49 7951 94050. Rooms and apartments with kitchens in a hotel housed in a former 15th-century brewery. 

Go next

• Nuremberg
• Stuttgart
• Heilbronn