landmark
Mainau Island
A Mediterranean flower island on Lake Constance bursts with palms, butterfly house and a baroque palace garden.
5 km · about 10 min drive
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Altstadt
Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany · Europe
About Altstadt
Altstadt works well as a base: 8km from Meersburg Castle.
Altstadt is in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, with about 12,000 people. You drive on the right here.
Altstadt (German: [ˈaltˌʃtat] ) is the German language word for "old town", and generally refers to the historical town or city centre within the old town or city wall, in contrast to younger suburbs outside. Neustadt (new town), the logical opposite of Altstadt, mostly stands for a part of the "Altstadt" in modernRead more
sense, sometimes only a few years younger than the oldest part, e. g. a late medieval enlargement.
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What is there to see near Altstadt?
Within an hour or so of Altstadt: Mainau Island (5 km), Meersburg Castle (8 km), Autobau Erlebniswelt (19 km), Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen (23 km).
Are there any good drives near Altstadt?
The nearest famous roads are Schwägalp Pass, Sattelegg Pass and Furkajoch.
Where is Altstadt?
Altstadt is in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 12,138
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Baden-Wurttemberg
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 47.6606, 9.1735
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 Altstadt
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
Meersburg Castle
Germany's oldest inhabited castle overlooks Lake Constance from a vineyard terrace in a charming medieval old town.
8 km · about 15 min drive
museum
Autobau Erlebniswelt
Racing driver Fredy Lienhard's supercar and motorsport collection in a former Romanshorn industrial plant on Lake Constance: Ferraris, Le Mans prototypes and Indy cars.
19 km · about 20 min drive
museum
Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen
The world's largest airship collection, in the Bauhaus harbour station of the town where the giants were built, including a walk-through, full-scale reconstruction of the Hindenburg's passenger quarters.
23 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Appenzell
A colourful village in rolling green hills known for its painted wooden houses, direct democracy traditions, and the dramatic Alpstein range.
41 km · about 45 min drive
waterfall
Rhine Falls
Europe's largest plain waterfall, spanning 150 meters wide and 23 meters high near the town of Schaffhausen.
42 km · about 50 min drive
restaurant
Berggasthaus Aescher
An 1846 guesthouse pressed under a 100 m overhanging cliff below Ebenalp, made world-famous by a National Geographic cover; cable car from Wasserauen, then a 15-minute walk to rösti on the terrace.
46 km · about 55 min drive
mountain pass
Schwägalp Pass
The road under the north face of the Säntis, ending at the cable car station. Green alpine pasture country rather than high rock.
46 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Altstadt
11 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 46 kmSchwägalp PassThe road under the north face of the Säntis, ending at the cable car station. Green alpine pasture country rather than high rock.
- 64 kmSattelegg PassA low, year-round pass between the Sihl valley and Einsiedeln, a useful and pretty link rather than a challenge.
- 66 kmTriesenbergWalser mountain village terraced 400 m above the Rhine on the hairpin road to Malbun; its balcony viewpoints take in the entire principality and the Swiss Alpstein across the valley.
- 66 kmFurkajochA narrow, quiet Vorarlberg pass with a fine view over the Rhine valley, closed through the winter.
- 79 kmRiedberg PassGermany's highest paved mountain pass at 1,407 m, carrying the B308 Alpine road over gradients up to 16% between Balderschwang and the Illertal in the Allgaeu Alps.
- 79 kmPragel PassA narrow, steep pass linking the Muotatal to the Klöntal, closed to through traffic on Sundays and barred to coaches. One of the quietest genuinely wild roads in central Switzerland.
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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