Seligenstadt
Seligenstadt is a small city (20,000 inhabitants) in Hesse, Germany near Bavaria at the river Main.
Get in
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Map of Seligenstadt
- By train: Seligenstadt station of Odenwald Railway between Hanau and Babenhausen.
- By car: Federal Road B469 which intersects the highways A3 and A45 near Seligenstadt.
- By ferry: There is a car ferry to the Bavarian bank of the Main river.
- By bicycle: Limes-Radweg and Main-Radweg.
See
[edit]- Historical city. with small roads and many timber framing buildings. Guided tours on Saturday 12:30 at Einhardhaus (Tourist-Info at the market place)
- 1 Einhardbasilika (Einhard-Basilika, St. Marcellinus and Petrus). landmark of the city, 13th century
- Benediktinerabtei (former Benedictine Abbey), Klosterhof 2, ☏ +49 6182-829882. including court, gardens and mill
- Stadtbefestigung (fortification). remainders of several wall sections and towers
- Wasserturm (water tower). second landmark
- Palatium. at Main (ruin of a Kaiserpfalz)
- Wasserburg Seligenstadt (water castle). built around 1700, in Klein-Welzheim, a quarter of Seligenstadt.
Museums
[edit]- Fastnachtsmuseum, Frankfurter Str. 9, ☏ +49 6182-24644.
- Landschaftsmuseum, Klosterhof 2, ☏ +49 6182-20455. pre- and protohistory, ethnology, arts and crafts, history of town and abbey
- Flipper- und Arcademuseum, Wilhelm-Leuschner-Straße 6. you can also play with most of the exhibited flippers
Do
[edit]There are shipping tours on the Main. If you come in the right season you should participate in the Rose Monday.
Buy
[edit]Besides small shops there is a market in front of the town hall on Saturday morning.
Eat
[edit]You will find several nice restaurants near the market.
- 1 Klein's Brauhaus, Bahnhofsstraße 55, ☏ +49 6182 829 729. Bavarian style with beer garden
Drink
[edit]Glaabsbräu, a beer brewed in the city of Seligenstadt.
Sleep
[edit]- 1 Zu den drei Kronen, Freihofpl. 4, ☏ +49 6182 3727.
- 2 MainChateau, Große Fischergasse, ☏ +49 6182 824280.