Ahorn

Travel Guide
Your city trip to Buch am Ahornwill lead you into 2,000 hectares of the picturesque Ahorn Forest located between the lovely Tauber Valley and the heights of the Forest of Odes.

Buch is part of the municipality Ahorn in the north of Baden Wuerttemberg. Buch am Ahorn was first mentioned in records in 1101 and is located in the centre of the northern Bauland, a landscape of hills known especially as the home of Grünkern (unripe spelt grain) and for numerous cave and tunnel systems. While travelling to Buch am Ahorn, look forward to a cosy spot in the middle of the woods, with an idyllic swimming pool, a children’s playground and a protestant village church. Also located in Buch am Ahorn is the spring of the River Erfa, 25 miles in length and a tributary of the Main River.

During your city trip to Buch am Ahorn,find some relaxation on the magnificent Nordic Walking paths as well as on bicycle and hiking trails through the nearby Ahorn Forest. On hot summer days, the family-friendly public swimming pool invites you to cool down with a quick dip into the water. The pool has been in existence since 1937 and consists of a large natural sun lawn, a playground and beach volleyball court. In the summer, it serves as location for many events and beach volleyball tournaments.

The pretty museum of local history in the neighbouring town of Berolzheim impresses with a historical classroom, a blacksmith’s and carpenter shop and provides interesting information about every-day life and craftsmanship in earlier times. The Bettendorfsche Castle, built in Ahorn in 1566 and serving as centre of administration today, is also worth a visit.

Only a few miles to the west of Buch am Ahorn is the Rhaetian Limes Germanicus, the former border of the Holy Roman Empire. In 2005, it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. While on your city trip to Buch am Ahorn, be sure to visit the Roman Museum in Osterburken to find out more about the life of people on both sides of the border.

A short trip to the fascinating, 600 m long dripstone cave Eberstadter Tropfsteinhöhle from Buch am Ahorn is also a must. You will be taken into a magical world with magnificent dripstone formations, such as the ‘Wedding Cake’ and the ‘Elephant Trunk’. Excursions to the Bergstraße-Odenwald Geopark, bordering Buch am Ahorn in the west and recognized by UNESCO, impresses with unique landscapes, geological history and culture. The lovely Tauber valley can be found just a few miles to the east and is the perfect place for long hikes and bicycling tours.

Visitors will profit from the proximity of the airports of Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Nuremberg, each only an hour away. The motorway connection means the city can be reached easily by car the exits Ahorn and Boxberg from Motorway A 81 are nearby. Train travellers will also reach Buch am Ahorn on their short trip quite comfortably as the city’s train station is on the line Stuttgart-Würzburg.

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