Calw

Situated in the Nagold valley, close to the eastern edge of the Black Forest, it is a wonderful example of a traditional town in the Swabian region of Southern Germany.

By plane

Stuttgart is the closest main airport.

By train

Calw can be reached indirectly from Frankfurt main train station in around 2 hours and 20 minutes. From Stuttgart train station, the journey takes just over an hour with one change. For train journey information in English, check out the German national railway site.

By bus

By car

About 30 km from the A5 or the A81.

In Calw

The town has many timber frame buildings. Some were newly built after the large town fire in 1692.

• Marktplatz and Rathaus

• Geburtshaus von Hermann Hesse

  address: Marktplatz 6

• Nikolauskapelle

• Haus Schnaufer

  address: Lederstraße 39

• Kaffeehaus

  address: Nonnengasse

• Nagoldbrückehistoric stone arch bridge with chapel

• Stadtgarten am Georgenäum

Museums

• Stadtmuseum im Palais Vischer

  address: Bischofstraße 48
  Town history collection

• Der Lange

  address: Im Zwinger 22
  Old jail in a tower

• Gerbereimuseum

  address: Badstraße 7/1
  Traditional clothing and furniture

• Hermann Hesse Museum

  address: Marktplatz 30
  famous writer 1877-1962, collection of some of his things

• Bauernhausmuseum Altburg

  address: Theodor-Dierlamm-Straße 17
  Farming before the first century

In Hirsau

• Kloster Hirsau

• Ruin Schloss Hirsau

• Aureliuskirche

In the area

• Flößermuseum

  address: Unterreichenbach

• Wirtshaus zum Löwen

  address: Wildbader Str. 20, Hirsau
  Balkan cuisine, garden terrace

• Hotel-Restaurant Ratsstube

  address: Marktplatz 12

• Hotel Rössle

  phone: +49 7051 790 00
  address: Hermann-Hesse-Platz 2

• Hotel Alte Post

  phone: +49 7051 2196
  address: Bahnhofstraße 1

• Flair Hotel Kloster Hirsau

  phone: +49 7051 967 40
  address: Wildbader Straße 2

From Calw, explore other areas of Baden-Wurttemberg, or head south by train or car to Lindau on Lake Constance.

• Pforzheim