castle
Trifels Castle
A red-sandstone imperial fortress crowning a Palatinate Forest crag once held the crown jewels and Richard the Lionheart.
10 km · about 20 min drive
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Bad Bergzabern
Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany · Europe
About Bad Bergzabern
Bad Bergzabern works well as a base: 10 minutes from Oberotterbach, 27km from Deutsche Weinstraße.
Bad Bergzabern is in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, with about 7,600 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Oberotterbach, about 4 km away.
Bad Bergzabern (German: [baːt ˈbɛʁktsaːbɐn] ; Palatine German: Berchzawwre) is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstraße district, on the German Wine Route in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated near the border with France, on the south-eastern edge of the Palatinate forest, approximately 15 kilometres (9.3Read more
mi) southwest of Landau.
Bad Bergzabern is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Bad Bergzabern.
Bad Bergzabern has a tradition as a holiday destination and contains various half-timbered houses from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Of particular note from an earlier century is the Gasthaus Zum Engel (1579), which has been described as the most beautiful renaissance building in the entire region.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Bad Bergzabern?
Within an hour or so of Bad Bergzabern: Trifels Castle (10 km), Hunspach (17 km), Château de Fleckenstein (18 km), Hambach Castle (26 km).
Are there any good drives near Bad Bergzabern?
The nearest famous roads are Deutsche Weinstraße, Schwarzwaldhochstrasse (B500) and Schwarzwaldhochstraße.
Where is Bad Bergzabern?
Bad Bergzabern is in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, about 4 km from Oberotterbach.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 7,641
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Rheinland-Pfalz
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 49.1024, 8.0009
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Germany
ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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Worth the detour from Bad Bergzabern
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Hunspach
Immaculate northern-Alsace village of white half-timbered farmhouses with curved bull's-eye window panes, voted France's favourite village in 2020 yet still bypassed by the Colmar crowds.
17 km · about 20 min drive
castle
Château de Fleckenstein
Ruined 12th-century castle carved directly into a 43-metre sandstone bar on the German border of the Northern Vosges, with rock-hewn stairways, chambers and forest views from the summit platform.
18 km · about 20 min drive
castle
Hambach Castle
Birthplace of German democracy, this hilltop castle above Neustadt flew the black-red-gold flag at the 1832 festival.
26 km · about 30 min drive
famous road
Deutsche Weinstraße
Germany's oldest wine route winds 85 km past vineyards, almond blossoms and half-timbered villages through the Palatinate.
27 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Technik Museum Speyer
Sister museum to Sinsheim featuring a Boeing 747, submarine, and extensive collection of vintage and classic automobiles.
40 km · about 45 min drive
cathedral
Speyer Cathedral
The world's largest surviving Romanesque church, this imperial cathedral holds the tombs of eight German emperors and kings.
40 km · about 45 min drive
castle
Altes Schloss Hohenbaden
Ruined twelfth-century castle walls crown a forested ridge above spa town Baden-Baden with sweeping Rhine valley views.
40 km · about 45 min drive
Driving roads near Bad Bergzabern
- 27 kmDeutsche WeinstraßeGermany's oldest wine route winds 85 km past vineyards, almond blossoms and half-timbered villages through the Palatinate.
- 53 kmSchwarzwaldhochstrasse (Black Forest High Road)The B500 ridge road runs 60 km from Baden-Baden to Freudenstadt through dense pine forest, passing the Mummelsee lake and spa towns, with sweeping viewpoints over the Rhine plain.
- 58 kmSchwarzwaldhochstrasse (B500)The Black Forest High Road along the ridge from Baden-Baden to Freudenstadt, flowing curves through spruce forest.
- 59 kmSchwarzwaldhochstraßeThe Black Forest High Road climbs the B500 past pine ridges, moorland lakes and panoramic pull-offs from Baden-Baden to Freudenstadt.
Driving in Germany
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.78/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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