Schriesheim

The main attraction of Schriesheim is its Altstadt. The town's landmark is the Strahlenburg Castle, the ruins of which are perched on a hill overlooking the town.
The main street of the Altstadt is Heidelberger Straße. But you should also walk nearby cross streets as well as along the creek Kanzelbach running just north of Talstraße.

By tram

RNV tram line 5 runs along the Bergstraße road from Weinheim to Heidelberg and is part of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (VRN) public transportation network. Since ticket vending machines along the tram line accept only coins, you should try to purchase a VRN day ticket from a railway station ticket office (DB Reisezentrum) or a railway ticket machine (DB Automat).
Get off the tram at the stop Schriesheim Bahnhof. Walk about 200 metres north from the tram stop to Bahnhofstraße and then walk about 300 meters east to Heidelberger Straße where you will start seeing the older buildings of the Altstadt. (Google Maps incorrectly shows the Schriesheim Bahnhof stop at Bahnhofstraße instead of 200 meters further south.)
If you are travelling by tram from Weinheim, the scenery is more attractive from the east side of the tram which gives views of vineyards against the Odenwald mountain range in the background.

The Altstadt (old town centre) is small and thus quite walkable.

Within the Altstadt

• Altes Rathaus & Stadtbrunnen

  address: Marktplatz
  Half-timbered town hall built in 1684 and the town fountain(Stadtbrunnen).

• Mariä Himmelfahrt Catholic ChurchBuilt at the beginning of the 18th century in the baroque style and dedicated in 1711. In 1959/1960, the baroque interior was replaced by a modern design. You can identify the church by the onion shaped tip of the steeple.

• Knabenschulhaus

  address: Schulgasse 3
  Schoolhouse for boys.

• Strahlenberger Grundschule

  address: Schulgasse

• "Zum Goldenen Hirsch" und "Zum Deutschen Kaiser"

  address: Heidelberger Straße 1 and 3
  Two inns (Gasthaus) of half-timbered construction erected in 1682.

• House of Pastor Conrad Widerholt

  address: Rosengasse 2
  Half-timbered house built in 1662. Original inscriptions in Greek and Hebrew characters are in the woodwork.

• Strahlenberger Hof

  address: Kirchstraße 2
  Built in 1240, this is the oldest building within the Rhine-Neckar region. Today the building is occupied by Sternegastronomie.

• Ölmühleapparently a oil mill converted to residences with a creek (Kanzelbach) flowing between the buildings. Part of the creek looks like an old mill race.

• Remains of the old town walls

  address: Heidelberger Straße 28 & Leutershäuser Straße 9

Outside the Altstadt

• StrahlenburgCastle built in the 13th century that fell into ruins since the 16th century. There is an inn (Burggasthof) within the castle walls. An exterior terrasse gives a wide view of the Rhine plain.

Wine merchants

• Winzergenossenschaft Schriesheim eG

  phone: +49 6203 61560
  address: Heidelberger Straße 3
  Wine tasting and wine tours offered.

• Weingut Biehlig

  phone: +49 6203 925198
  address: Aussiedlerhof 5A

• Weingut Wehweck

  phone: +49 6203 62187
  address: Talstraße 4
  Wine tasting offered.

• Weingut Majer

  phone: +49 6203 61240
  address: Bismarckstraße 40
  Wine tasting offered.

• Hotel und Restaurant Neues Ludwigstal

  phone: +49 6203 695-0
  address: Strahlenberger Straße 2

• Hotel Restaurant Scheid

  phone: +49 6203 605-0
  address: Talstraße 176

• Hotel Restaurant Kaiser

  phone: +49 6203 924898-0
  address: Talstraße 44

• Waldhotel Luisenhöhe

  phone: +49 6203 65617
  address: Eichenweg 6

• Hotel-Weinstuben Hauser

  phone: +49 6203 61445
  address: Steinachstr. 12

• The Bergstraße has other towns having a rustic old town centre (Altstadt).

• Video: Schriesheim, wine centre on the sunny Bergstraße