Discover Öhringen: Collegiate Church, Limes and Court Garden

Öhringen offers a variety of reasons to stay: sacred art, Roman history, rail connections and the Baroque Court Garden. If you are looking for a hotel in Öhringen, you can plan your trip around these themes and how you will get here.

Art and Roman history

The high choir of the Collegiate Church of St Peter and Paul houses a cedarwood-carved Marian altar dating from around 1500. The work brings together a specific location in the church, a distinctive material and an approximate date. The Weygang Museum offers a different perspective on the town and region: its collection is organised around three themes—local and regional heritage, pewter, and Roman history. These offer different ways to explore the area, from regional connections and a material-based theme to antiquity.

Vicus Aurelianus, Roman Öhringen, lies on the 550-kilometre-long Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005. The Limes is therefore a historical point of interest in its own right, alongside the Marian altar and the themes of the Weygang Museum.

Getting here and getting around

Öhringen is connected to the Deutsche Bahn AG rail network and lies on the Heilbronn–Crailsheim line, also known as the Hohenlohebahn. The town is also connected to the light rail network by line S4, which links Karlsruhe and Heilbronn with Öhringen in Hohenlohe as its terminus. Check current timetables when planning your specific journey. At Öhringen central station, the MOBIZ information point offers personal assistance and a place to ask questions in person.

Court Garden, town tour and events

The Baroque Court Garden is a green oasis in the town of Öhringen. Guided town tours take visitors through the historic town centre, including the old town and the picturesque Court Garden with its mature trees. The tours also include the market square with its palace, collegiate church and numerous half-timbered houses. The garden, market square and historic buildings each offer a different perspective on the town’s history.

A recurring date in Öhringen’s events calendar is the traditional horse market with its traders’ market. It opens the calendar each year in February; the exact dates may vary. If you would like to plan your trip around it, check the date for your travel year in advance.

Öhringen and the Hohenlohe district

For a broader regional perspective, explore the Hohenlohe district. There are numerous cycling routes for discovering the area. The Hohenlohe hills are framed by the deeply cut river valleys of the Kocher, Jagst and Ohrn. The UNESCO World Heritage Limes also runs in a straight line through the Hohenlohe district, where three Limes platforms offer sweeping views across the landscape.

The region’s cultural attractions include Schöntal Abbey and Neuenstein Castle. Schöntal Abbey’s church has an imposing Baroque double-tower façade; the cloister houses the tomb of the knight Götz von Berlichingen. Neuenstein Castle is a Hohenstaufen moated castle that was expanded into a Renaissance residence in the 16th century. The permanent exhibition in the castle displays collections from seven Hohenlohe castles. Öhringen’s own connection to the Limes and the Hohenlohe district’s other landscape and cultural attractions thus offer distinct regional highlights.

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For the main travel overview: Hohenlohe.