Herborn

Situated in the heart of Hessen, this romantic town is only about a one hour drive away from the Rhine-Main area (Frankfurt) and a one and a half hour drive away from both the Ruhr area and Thuringia.

By train

• Herborn stationRegular services go to Wetzlar (Giessen, Frankfurt) and Siegen (Cologne), and from these cities you have extensive connections on the German high speed train network (ICE).

By air

Herborn is only 80 km away from Frankfurt airport, Germany's busiest airport. From the airport, heading to the north (Autobahn A5, then change to A45 direction of Dortmund). Or you can reach Herborn from the Cologne/Bonn airport, about 100 km.

By car

Herborn has a good connection to Autobahn A45, the connection between Hanau and Dortmund. Two junctions lead from the A45 into the city. Federal route B255 from Montabaur (Westerwald) leads to Herborn, also the route B277 connecting Wetzlar with Siegen leads to Herborn.

In Herborn you can visit all of your target destinations via city buses. In addition to this, many Taxi and Minivan services are also available (e.g. at train stations)., as well as a bike rental outlet situated at Schneider's Sports Shop along the Konrad-Adenauer street.
==See==
One of the main sights of Herborn is historic townscape with many beautiful half-timbered houses

• The historic town hall

• romantic market placein the heart of the city

• Hohe Schulemiddle-ages reformed academy, today seat of the city museum

• castlestill inhabited by a seminary of the protestant church of Hesse

• Protestant city churchmore than 1,000 year old

• city wallsremains, with many towers.

• Tierpark Herborn

  phone: +49 2772 42522
  has more than 100 types of local and exotic birds and many other animals, a garden-café, playground, and other interesting features.

==Do==

• Take a walk through the historic city on your own, or get a guided city sightseeing tour (available at any desired day/time, also in English language)
• Herborn is also popular for hiking - there are qualified hiking trails starting (or ending) in Herborn, like the "Westerwaldsteig" and the "Lahn-Dill-Berglandpfad", very attractive hiking routes, leading through the beautiful landscape with many forests and exciting views!

There is a shopping centre in the "Au", located near Wellenbad. Additionally, there are numerous other markets and shopping locations throughout the whole town as well as the districts.

Local specialities are "Schlumpeweck" and "Fastebrezel" in a few bakeries and/or cafés. Also, Herborn is famous for its meats.

• Herborner BärenbräuFor more than 100 years, the brewery has brewed beer in Herborn. Today you can enjoy a house-brewed beer in the guesthouse-brewery "Gutshof" with beer-garden, small playground, hotel.

There are many hotels, guest houses and holiday flats available in Herborn. For any question, please contact the tourist information office in the town hall, telephone (Germany) 2772 7081900.

• Schloss Hotel Herborn

  phone: +49 2772 7060
  address: Schloßstraße 4-6

• Hotel & Restaurant Hohe Schule

  phone: +49 2772 92790
  address: Schulhofstraße 3-5
  Hotel with 9 rooms in a historic school from 1584.

• Hotel zum Löwen

  phone: +49 2772 92700
  address: Turmstraße 2
  Hotel with 12 rooms in different size and decor, free Wi-Fi.

Stadtmarketing Herborn GmbH, Hauptstraße 39, D-35745 Herborn, Germany. Email: tourist@herborn.de
==Go next==

• Siegen
• Marburg
• Wetzlar