Kösching: Bad am Berg, Local History and Forest

If you’re looking for a hotel in Kösching, it’s worth starting by considering what the town has to offer: Bad am Berg is known for seasonal swimming and a sauna area, the museum and fort for local history, and the Köschinger Forst for its natural setting. Which of these highlights you want to shape your stay can guide your travel planning.

Bad am Berg: outdoor pool and sauna area

During the summer season, Bad am Berg in Kösching offers an outdoor pool with a sunbathing lawn, swimming pool, slide and separate children’s area. The sauna area includes a sauna and a steam bath. The outdoor pool is expressly seasonal, so bear this in mind when choosing when to travel. If you’re planning your stay around Bad am Berg, check the operator’s latest information before your visit to make sure your plans match the facilities on offer.

Museum and fort: Kösching’s local history

On the upper floor of the Kösching municipal museum, the exhibition presents artefacts relating to the town’s history, agriculture and crafts. These themes connect the town’s development with two specific fields of activity, offering history enthusiasts different points of interest.

Kösching’s present-day parish church stands above the Principia, the centre of the Roman fort of Germanicum. This connection links the town’s present-day appearance with its Roman past.

The Köschinger Forst as a natural landscape

The large Köschinger Forst, which has been preserved as a contiguous forest complex, is part of the Kösching municipality. To the north, it stretches from Kösching to Denkendorf; from west to east, it extends from Stammhamm to Mendorf. These two axes give an idea of the forest’s extent. The forest thus adds a natural highlight alongside the museum and fort, offering a different focus for your travel plans.

Eichstätt as a distinct cultural destination

The wider destination of Eichstätt offers further cultural and landscape attractions. The Jura Museum Eichstätt focuses on fossils from the Solnhofen Plattenkalk limestone deposits; the museum also displays the original Eichstätt specimen of Archaeopteryx. The Fossilienpfad Eichstätt offers another way to explore the subject of fossils: it is a moderately challenging, nine-kilometre circular route for families.

Willibaldsburg Castle was built in 1355 by Bishop Berthold Burggraf von Zollern and served as the bishops’ residence until 1725. The 420-metre-long castle retains its walls and bastions, the arsenal, the 63-metre-long gate hall, and the Gemmingen building with its two towers. Willibaldsburg Castle in Eichstätt is also home to the 1,500-square-metre Bastionsgarten. The Hortus Eystettensis, destroyed during the Thirty Years’ War, was brought back to life there after 400 years; visitors can discover many of the original plant species.

The cathedral square is also located on the oldest inhabited ground in the city of Eichstätt. Several times a year, the Eichstätt Genuss-Wirte offer special dishes under the motto “Eichstätt kocht...” (“Eichstätt cooks...”), including flavourful Altmühltaler lamb dishes.

Discover more destinations: Gaimersheim, Mindelstetten, Altmannstein, Pförring, Pollenfeld, Oberdolling, Beilngries, Kipfenberg.

See the overview of the wider destination: Eichstätt.