Crailsheim

town in Germany

Crailsheim is a town in Northern Baden-Württemberg.

Understand

Crailsheim was first mentioned in a document in 1136. In 1338, the town got its rights. Today it remains part of the Heilbronn-Franconia region.

Get in

By plane

The closest airports near Crailsheim are in Nuremberg and Stuttgart.

By train

Crailsheim is on a railway junction where trains stop from Stuttgart to Nuremberg and Aalen to Bad Mergentheim. There are regional train services from Heilbronn

By car

  • A7: From Heilbronn-Nuremberg, exit motorway at Junction 46 and take B290.
  • A6: From Würzburg-Ulm, exit motorway at Junction 112 and take L2218.

Get around

See

Crailsheim's sights were restored due to the extensive damage of World War II.

  • 🌍 Stadtmuseum im Spital, Spitalstraße 2, ☏ +49 7951 4033720. The Stadtmuseum im Spital shows exhibits on the history of the city, including a collection of musical instruments, with violins from the 18th and 19th centuries. 
  • 🌍 Johanneskirche, Kirchpl. 4, ☏ +49 7951 947020. Built from 1398 to 1440, the Johanneskirche is one of the oldest churches in Crailsheim. 

Do

  • 🌍 DBK Historic Railway, Horaffenstraße 32, 74564, ☏ +49 700 3258 0106. Established in 1985 as the Kocher Valley railway, the DBK Historic Railway is a preserved railway association housed in a former steam locomotive depot. The museum offers special trips in historic trains that run between Schondorf and Rudersburg. 
  • 🌍 Fränkisches Volkfest Crailsheim, Innenstadt, 74564, ☏ +49 7951 4030. 
  • 🌍 Bird and Animal Park Crailsheim E.V.. 

Buy

Eat

  • Restaurant Peanuts, Steinbruchweg. (updated Dec 2018)

Drink

Sleep

  • 🌍 Stadthotel Crailsheim, Worthingtomstraße 39, ☏ +49 7951 29600. 
  • 🌍 Drei König, Wilhelmstraße 30, ☏ +49 7951 94050. Rooms and apartments with kitchens in a hotel housed in a former 15th-century brewery. 

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