Discover Babenhausen: Old Town and Digital Tours
Accommodation in Babenhausen
For a trip to Babenhausen, the Old Town, historic buildings, and digital experience tours offer different starting points for planning your day. You can explore the historic town center on foot or by bike, focus on individual sights, or take a multimedia tour. The broader destination of Darmstadt-Dieburg adds a distinct regional perspective to this local focus.
Old Town, Landmarks, and Historic Buildings
You can explore Babenhausen’s Old Town on foot or by bike. The Witches’ Tower is considered a local landmark. It is in the Old Town, where you can also find remains of the former town wall and half-timbered houses. Half-timbering is a building style with an exposed timber framework; the wall remains are a reminder of the town’s former fortifications. The town church is worth a visit for its carved altar, remnants of medieval frescoes, and the Count’s pew. You can walk around Babenhausen Castle and view it from the outside; it is currently being renovated.
Digital Tours and Outdoor Pool
Babenhausen offers two multimedia experience tours for smartphones in the Actionbound app: “Animal Market Square” and “Commemorative Culture in Babenhausen.” You will need an internet-enabled device and the Actionbound app for both. The “Commemorative Culture in Babenhausen” tour leads through the town center, starts at the market square, and takes about 70 minutes. It is generally aimed at adults and people interested in history, and is also suitable for history lessons with school classes. The approximate duration helps you plan this tour as a separate activity.
Babenhausen Outdoor Pool has stainless-steel pools for swimmers and non-swimmers, a wide water slide, and diving towers at heights of 1 and 3 meters. The 2026 outdoor pool season has ended. If you are planning to visit the pool on a future trip, check the dates for the relevant season.
Darmstadt-Dieburg as a Regional Setting
The Darmstadt-Dieburg district encompasses the Hessian Rhine Plain, the Lower Main Plain, the Messel Hills, the Reinheim Hills, and the Vorderer Odenwald and Sandstone Odenwald. The BergstraĂźe forms a striking transition between the Rhine Plain and the Odenwald. The broader region thus encompasses plains, hilly country, and the Odenwald regions. The Reinheimer Teich nature reserve is in the northwestern foothills of the Odenwald, within the broader destination of Darmstadt-Dieburg. It is surrounded by meadows and fields and can be enjoyed along a circular trail or from one of the many benches.
The Messel Pit offers its own cultural and historical perspective within the broader destination of Darmstadt-Dieburg: this fossil site preserves a wide variety of exceptionally well-preserved fossils, documenting the history of the Earth 47 million years ago. The Messel Pit visitor center presents the history and significance of Germany’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site, within the broader destination of Darmstadt-Dieburg.
The district also offers a range of activities. A large network of well-marked trails is designated for hiking, walking, and Nordic walking. Themed cycling routes run along the Modau and Gersprenz rivers; there are also the Leisure Cycling Route and the Family Cycling Route. The latter runs from Erzhausen to Seeheim-Jugenheim and is about 40 kilometers long. These regional options complement a visit to the Old Town with opportunities to explore nature and enjoy outdoor activities.
For the broader travel overview: Darmstadt-Dieburg.
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