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
[edit]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
[edit]By plane
[edit]The closest airports near Crailsheim are in Nuremberg and Stuttgart.
By train
[edit]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
[edit]- A7: From Heilbronn-Nuremberg, exit motorway at Junction 46 and take B290.
- A6: From Würzburg-Ulm, exit motorway at Junction 112 and take L2218.
Get around
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Map of Crailsheim
See
[edit]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
[edit]- 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 [dead link] Fränkisches Volkfest Crailsheim, Innenstadt, 74564, ☏ +49 7951 4030.
- 3 Bird and Animal Park Crailsheim E.V..
Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- Restaurant Peanuts, Steinbruchweg.
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- 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.