Castle Road
The Castle Road is one of Germany's holiday routes .
history
Founded in 1954 as a working group for the route from Mannheim via Heilbronn to Nuremberg , it was converted into an association in 2000, whose members are locations along the route.
In 1994 the opening of the border to the east made it possible to extend the Castle Road to Prague. The collaboration was discontinued at the end of 2017. Since January 1, 2018, the Burgenstrasse has led from Mannheim to Bayreuth and has a total length of around 770 kilometers.
Route
The Burgenstrasse begins at the baroque palace in Mannheim. It leads via Schwetzingen to Heidelberg and from there through the Neckar Valley , the Hohenloher Land , the Frankenhöhe , the Franconian Switzerland , the Haßberge , the Heldburger Land and the Franconian Forest to Bayreuth.
Bike path
In addition to the car route, there is also a long-distance cycle path, the “Castle Road Cycle Path”. This runs mainly on secondary roads and partly uses existing regional bike paths. There are some major climbs (e.g. in the Kocher and Jagst area and in Franconian Switzerland) - for these reasons, the entire length of the Castle Road is not family-friendly and on some sections is not necessarily recommended for inexperienced cyclists.
List of places
The Castle Road leads from west to east to the following places and sights:
Baden-Württemberg
- Mannheim - Mannheim Baroque Palace
- Schwetzingen - Schwetzingen Palace and Gardens
- Heidelberg - Heidelberg Castle , old town
- Neckargemünd - Dilsberg mountain festivals
Hesse
- Neckarsteinach - Schadeck Castle , Hinterburg , Mittelburg and Vorderburg
- Hirschhorn (Neckar) - Hirschhorn Castle
Baden-Württemberg
- Eberbach - Castle Eberbach , castle Stolzeneck
- Mosbach-Neckarelz - Temple House
- Mosbach - old town
- Neckarzimmern - Hornberg Castle
- Gundelsheim - Horneck Castle
- Haßmersheim-Neckarmühlbach - Guttenberg Castle
- Bad Rappenau-Heinsheim - Ehrenberg Castle
- Neckarbischofsheim - Old Castle and New Castle
- Bad Wimpfen - Staufer Kaiserpfalz
- Heilbronn
- Weinsberg - Castle ruin Weibertreu
- Neuenstein - Neuenstein Castle
- Waldenburg - Waldenburg Castle
- Öhringen - Öhringen Castle
- Schwäbisch Hall - Großcomburg
- Kirchberg an der Jagst - Kirchberg Castle
Bavaria
- Rothenburg ob der Tauber
- Colmberg Castle
- Ansbach - Margravial residence , orangery and courtyard garden
- Veste Lichtenau
- Wolframs-Eschenbach - Castle of the Teutonic Order
- Abenberg - Abenberg Castle
- Roth - Ratibor Castle
- Stein (Middle Franconia) - Faberschloss
- Cadolzburg - Cadolzburg Castle
- Langenzenn - Augustinian monastery
- Nuremberg - Imperial Castle
- Lauf an der Pegnitz - Kaiserburg Wenzelschloss
- Franconian Switzerland - Imperial Palace in Forchheim , Ebermannstadt , ruin Neideck in Wiesenttal , Burg Egloffstein , Gößweinstein Castle , Burg Pottenstein , Waischenfeld Castle , Castle Unteraufseß , Castle Oberaufseß , Castle Greifenstein , Schloss Seehof (in Memmelsdorf )
- Ahorntal - Rabenstein Castle
- Bamberg - Altenburg , New Residence Bamberg
- Rentweinsdorf - Rentweinsdorf Castle
- Ebern - Eyrichshof Castle , Rotenhan ruins
- Pfarrweisach - Lichtenstein Castle
- Maroldsweisach - Altenstein Castle
- Seßlach - historic old town
Thuringia
Bavaria
- Coburg - Schloss Ehrenburg , Coburg , Callenberg Castle
- Kronach - Rosenberg fortress
- Kulmbach - Plassenburg
- Bayreuth - New Castle Bayreuth , Old Palace Bayreuth , Hermitage
Schwetzingen
Staghorn
Eberbach
Greifenstein
Bamberg
literature
- Burgenstrasse: over 90 castles and palaces between Mannheim and Prague, Bikeline bike tour book, 1: 75,000. 1st edition. Verlag Esterbauer, 2013, ISBN 978-3-85000-359-9 .
- Großmann, G. Ulrich: The Castle Road: Guide to castles and palaces from Mannheim to Prague. Michael Imhof Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-86568-318-2 .
Television broadcasts
- Franziska Boeing: Die Burgenstrasse , series: Germany's dream roads (1/5) ZDF / 3sat ECO-Media 2014 (YouTube)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Light blue stele for the Burgenstrasse in: Nordbayerischer Kurier from 7./8. July 2018, p. 14.