Veitshöchheim

Veitshöchheim is a very beautiful small town with a château (Schloss) and a Rococo garden. The town itself has a very well preserved, picturesque look. The edges of town have a semi-rural look.
An approximate pronunciation of Veitshöchheim for English speakers is: fights-HURKH-highm.

By train

• Veitshöchheim stationVeitshöchheim's railway station lies on the Main-Spessart railway line from the Würzburg main railway station to Aschaffenburg und Hanau via Karlstadt.

By car

Veitshöchheim lies directly on route B 27 from Würzburg to Fulda. There are driving restrictions in the centre of town. There is free parking by the river bank in front of the Mainfrankenhalle.

By boat

If you are based in Würzburg, take a round-trip boat trip on the Main river to Veitshöchheim. The tour boat runs several times daily from April to mid October, a one-way trip lasting about 40 minutes. A regular one way ticket is 9€ a round trip will set you back 12€. Reduced rates for kids.

There are various picturesque streets within the town itself.

• Veitshöchheim Schlossthe former summer residence of the prince bishop of Würzburg

• Rococo garden

• Pfarrkirche St. Vituschurch built in 1690/91.

• Railway stationbuilt in 1850

• Towera quaint old tower guarding a canal supplying water to the Schloss.

• Jüdisches Kulturmuseum VeitshöchheimA museum dedicated to the Jewish history of this and other rural communities in Franconia

• Fischerbärbel Restaurant & Café

  phone: +49 0931 91251
  address: Mainlände 5, 97209 Veitshöchheim
  Large selection of fish from local waters. Known beyond the borders of Franconia for Meefischli with homemade potato salad and apple remoulade.

• Cafe Restaurant Sonnenschein

  phone: +49 0931 9911661
  address: Mainlände 6, 97209 Veitshöchheim

• Ratskeller Veitshöchheim

  address: Erwin Vornberger Platz, 97209 Veitshöchheim

• Wiener Botschaft

  phone: +49 931-92117
  address: Herrnstraße 19, 97209 Veitshöchheim

• Hotel & Wirtshaus Spundloch

  address: Kirchstraße 19, 97209 Veitshöchheim

• Hotel am Main

  address: Untere Maingasse 35, 97209 Veitshöchheim

• Hotel-Café Müller

  address: Thüngersheimerstr. 8, 97209 Veitshöchheim

Margetshöchheim is a pleasant town across the river from Veitshöchheim. There is a pedestrian bridge over the river Main between Veitshöchheim (north side of town) and Margetshöchheim.