Seligenstadt

Germany

Seligenstadt is a small city (20,000 inhabitants) in Hesse, Germany near Bavaria at the river Main. Basilika St. Marcellinus and Petrus, also called Einhard-Basilika

  • Historical city. with small roads and many timber framing buildings. Guided tours on Saturday 12:30 at Einhardhaus (Tourist-Info at the market place)
  • Einhardbasilika. landmark of the city, 13th century
  • Benediktinerabtei, Klosterhof 2, +49 6182-829882. including court, gardens and mill
  • Stadtbefestigung. remainders of several wall sections and towers
  • Wasserturm. second landmark
  • Palatium. at Main (ruin of a Kaiserpfalz)
  • Wasserburg Seligenstadt. built around 1700, in Klein-Welzheim, a quarter of Seligenstadt. market place

  • Fastnachtsmuseum, Frankfurter Str. 9, +49 6182-24644.
  • Landschaftsmuseum, Klosterhof 2, +49 6182-20455. pre- and protohistory, ethnology, arts and crafts, history of town and abbey
  • Flipper- und Arcademuseum, Wilhelm-Leuschner-Straße 6. you can also play with most of the exhibited flippers

Fastnachtsmuseum, Frankfurter Str. 9, +49 6182-24644.

Landschaftsmuseum, Klosterhof 2, +49 6182-20455. pre- and protohistory, ethnology, arts and crafts, history of town and abbey

Flipper- und Arcademuseum, Wilhelm-Leuschner-Straße 6. you can also play with most of the exhibited flippers

Historical city. with small roads and many timber framing buildings. Guided tours on Saturday 12:30 at Einhardhaus (Tourist-Info at the market place)

Einhardbasilika. landmark of the city, 13th century

Benediktinerabtei, Klosterhof 2, +49 6182-829882. including court, gardens and mill

Stadtbefestigung. remainders of several wall sections and towers

Wasserturm. second landmark

Palatium. at Main (ruin of a [[w:Kaiserpfalz|Kaiserpfalz]])

Wasserburg Seligenstadt. built around 1700, in Klein-Welzheim, a quarter of Seligenstadt.

There are shipping tours on the Main. If you come in the right season you should participate in the Rose Monday.

Besides small shops there is a market in front of the town hall on saturday morning.

You will find several nice restaurants near the market.

  • Klein's Brauhaus, Bahnhofsstraße 55, +49 6182 829 729. Bavarian style with beer garden

Klein's Brauhaus, Bahnhofsstraße 55, +49 6182 829 729. Bavarian style with beer garden

Glaabsbräu, a beer brewed in the city of Seligenstadt.