Aschaffenburg

town in Bavaria, Germany

Aschaffenburg is a city of 71,000 people (2019) in Lower Franconia. It is the largest city in the Bavarian Lower Main region. Because of its location, it is often referred to as the gateway to the Spessart.

Understand

The “gate to the Spessart”, or the “bridge to the Rhenish culture”, is the centre of the Bavarian Untermain region.

Aschaffenburg has a lot to offer culturally, including the city theatre, the Hofgarten cabaret, and the Jesuit Church art gallery.

Get in

By train

  • 🌍 Aschaffenburg Hauptbahnhof. The original 1850s station was destroyed in the war and has thus been replaced by a 1950s construction. 

Get around

See

Schloss Johannisburg
  • 🌍 Schloss Johannisburg, Schloßpl. 4. Renaissance palace built around 1614 for the Prince Bishop of Mainz in impressive coloured red sandstone. It was almost totally destroyed at the end of World War II but was restored a number of years later. (updated Dec 2015)
  • 🌍 Schönbusch Park, Kleine Schönbuschallee 1, ☏ +49 60 21 625478. Landscape park (updated Dec 2015)

Do

Events

  • Aschaffenburger Volksfest: . Rides, beer hall, fireworks in the second half of June. (date needs fixing)
  • Kommz: August. Open air music festival (date needs updating)
  • Fischmarkt: . The Hamburg fish market on tour. Late April-early May. (date needs fixing)

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