Bad Staffelstein is a spa town in the Upper Main Valley in Upper Franconia. in the middle of the picturesque region of Gottesgarten. The main attraction is the Obermain Therme with Bavaria's warmest and strongest thermal bath.

Understand

Staffelberg

Bad Staffelstein and its districts have about 10,000 inhabitants (2020) and ten breweries. There are over 40 beer types made by the breweries. Some of them are only available at certain times of year or for special occasions. For a beer aficionado, this wide variety of beers makes Bad Staffelstein a very attractive destination. Staffelberg with its rocky outcrop is considered the northernmost peak of Franconian Switzerland.

Get in

By plane

The nearest airport is the Nuremberg Airport (NUE ^IATA).

By train

• 1 Bad Staffelstein train station. It lies on the railway line from Bamberg to Hof line. The next ICE stop on the Berlin – Munich route is in Coburg. The regional express of the line "Nuremberg - Leipzig" takes about 50 minutes from Nuremberg main station to Bad Staffelstein. (updated Aug 2022)

By bus

Public transport in the metropolitan region of Nuremberg is operated by the Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg VGN. It is possible to use different means of transport with one ticket, such as bus, train, S-Bahn or U-Bahn. Tickets can be purchased online or via an app.

By car

Access from the Autobahn A73, exits AS15 Bad Staffelstein and AS14 Bad Staffelstein-Kurzentrum.

By bike

Bad Staffelstein is on the Main Cycle Path. The Werra-Obermain cycle path coming from the Werra also ends here.

Get around

The city centre, train station and Obermain thermal baths are close together; everything in the main town is within easy walking distance.

• German taxi ☏ +49 9573 5206. Day and night, wheelchair bus, minibuses for up to 8 people, large-capacity taxi.

See

• 1 Rathaus (town ​​hall). built from 1684 to 1687 using the late medieval ground floor. It is a three-story Franconian half-timbered house.  
• 2 Bamberger Turm (Stadtturm) (Bamberg Tower or City Tower). Its core dates back to 1422. It is the only surviving tower from the former city fortifications and is used for art exhibitions.  
• 3 Museum der Stadt Bad Staffelstein (Museum of the town of Bad Staffelstein), Kirchgasse 16, 96231, ☏ +49 9573331030. Nov-Mar: Sa 14:00-16:00; Apr-Oct: Tu-F 10:00-12:00, 14:00-17:00, Sa Su 14:00-17:00. Documents on urban development under the Bamberg cathedral chapter, fossil section with exhibits on the development of life since the Cambrian and treasures from the interior of the earth, special section on Adam Riese, the master of arithmetic in the Middle Ages. 

Near Bad Staffelstein

• 4 Wallfahrtskapelle (Chapel), Auf dem Staffelberg (near the summit of Staffelberg 539 m (1,768 ft)). With beautiful interior painting of saints, is next to a cáfe selling beer. (updated Aug 2022)
• 5 Vierzehnheiligen (Fourteen Saints church), near Bad Staffelstein in the district of Lichtenfels. A pilgrimage church.  

Banz Monastery

• 6 Kloster Banz (Banz Monastery). A former Benedictine monastery north of Bamberg, now an educational centre.  

Do

• 1 Obermaine Therme, Am Kurpark 1 (follow Äußerer Frankenring from J15 of A73), ☏ +49 9573 96190. Su-W 08:00-21:00, Th-Sa 08:00-23:00. Bavaria's warmest and strongest thermal brine, the salt content in the original thermal brine is approx. 80 g per liter. Based on the salt content of seawater, the concentration in the bathing pools is reduced to 3 percent and in the active pool to 1.5 percent. The original thermal brine is administered in individual baths and the swimming pool. Baths 2 hours €10.50, 4 hours €14.50 day €16.50; sauna €7 extra, 0,5 l beer €4 [but remember the deposit]. (updated Aug 2022)

• 2 Badesee Ebensfeld (Ebensfeld Swimming & SUP Lake), Badweg 1, 96250 Ebensfeld, ☏ +49 957396080. With toilets, changing rooms and showers. free [parking €3]. (updated Aug 2022)

Drink

Bad Staffelstein, Bamberger Straße 1-001

• 1 Brauerei und Gasthof Reblitz, Am Mahlberg 1, 96231 Bad Staffelstein - Nedensdorf, ☏ +49 9573 96500. Tu-F from 16:00, Sa from 15:00, Su and public holidays from 10:30, M closed day. The self-brewed dark land beer is available all year, from 30 April to mid-October there is a bright yeast white beer and from Friday after All Saints there is the bright Reblitz-Bock, as long as the stock reaches. All beers are only served in the inn. (updated Sep 2015)

• 2 Brauerei-Gasthof Hellmuth, Wiesen 14, 96231 Bad Staffelstein - Wiesen, ☏ +49 9573 4395. Tu-F from 16:00, Sa Su holidays from 11:00. Lunch 11:30-13:30, afternoon coffee, cake and brotzeit, dinner from 16:30. Self-brewed beer, guest rooms and apartments (updated Mar 2017)

• 3 Brauereigasthaus Thomann, Altmainstraße 5, 96231 Bad Staffelstein - Wiesen, ☏ +49 9573 5296. Daily from 10:00, May to Oct; W closed; Nov to Apr: Tu W closed. Self-brewed, dark lager and wheat beer. Guest room / apartment (updated Mar 2017)

• 4 Gasthaus Martin, Viehtriebweg 3, 96250 Ebensfeld, ☏ +49 9573 4382. M Tu Th F from 16:00; Sa Su from 10:00. Inn with Franconian cuisine, own fish and poultry breeding, own sausage production, brewery with amber full beer 0,5 l beer €2.60. 

• 5 Staffelberg-Bräu, Am Mühlteich 4, 96231 Bad Staffelstein - Loffeld, ☏ +49 9573 5925. closed on Mondays. Every 14 days, on Tuesday, there is boiled pork and blood and liver sausage from own production. During the year, eight different beers are brewed. (updated Sep 2015)

• 6 Hotel-Landgasthof-Café Schwarzer Adler, End, 96231, ☏ +49 9573 22260. Upscale restaurant with a nice ambience. The beer is brewed by the brewery Hetzel in Frauenendorf in license brewing. (updated Sep 2015)

• 7 Brauerei-Gasthof Hetzel "Zum Pfau", Frauendorf 11a, 96231, ☏ +49 9573 6435. Su 10:00-12:00 and from 15:00, M-Sa closed. (updated Sep 2015)

• 8 Metzgerbräu, Stublanger Str. 2, 96231 Staffelstein-Uetzing, ☏ +49 9573 6304. M-F 06:30-18:00; Village shop, beer shop until 20:00, Sa 06:30-18:00, Su closed. Brewery, butcher shop, village shop (updated Sep 2015)

• 9 Brauerei Trunk, Vierzehnheiligen 3, 96231 Bad Staffelstein, ☏ +49 9571 3488. Daily 10:00-20:00, food delivery until 19:00. A few meters above the basilica there is the brewery, the special beer at the place of pilgrimage is the Nothelfertrunk, a dark monastery beer. 

Ebensfeld

• 10 Brauereigasthof Zum Schwan, Hauptstrasse 46, 96250 Ebensfeld, ☏ +49 9573 3104061. Open daily from 10:00 to 23:00, meals from 11:00 to 22:00. Brewery restaurant in the centre, it is still brewed, beer garden in front of the house. (updated Apr 2024)
• 1 Brauerei Gasthof Leicht, Pferdsfeld 22, 96250 Ebensfeld, ☏ +49 9573 236. M-W 16:00-23:00, Th closed, F 16:00-23:00, Sa Su 10:00-23:00. Franconian cuisine, beer from our own brewery, overnight accommodation 
• 1 Ebensfelder-Brauhaus, Oberer Kellbachdamm 7, 96250 Ebensfeld, ☏ +49 9573 885. Beer sales directly from brewery ramp. 

Sleep

• 2 Brauerei-Gasthof Dinkel, Frauendorfer Str. 18, 96231 Bad Staffelstein/Stublang, ☏ +49 9573 6424. M Tu Th-Su 10:00-23:00, hot food 11:30-23:00, afterwards still snacks are possible. On Tuesdays there boiled meat of the pig, liver, beef with horseradish and Thursday homemade sausages, bratwurst filling, grilled pork ribs. There are also rooms available for overnight stays. (updated Sep 2015)
• 3 Brauerei-Gasthof Hennemann, Am Dorfbrunnen 13, 96231 Bad Staffelstein/Stublang, ☏ +49 9573 96100. Regional cuisine, baked peasant bread, breads from own slaughter and wild game from own hunting, self-brewed dark country beer. There are also rooms available for overnight stays. (updated Sep 2015)
• 4 Pension Schöpke, Romansthal 4, 96231 (north of Staffelberg), ☏ +49 95736940, pension.schoepke@yahoo.de. Check-in: 12:00-21:00, check-out: 07:30-10:00. Guest house with view over Bad Staffelstein and good breakfast. (updated Aug 2022)

Go next

• North to Coburg
• South West 43 km (27 mi) to Aufseß
• South 32 km (20 mi) on the 73 to Bamberg