castle
Lichtenstein Castle
A romantic 19th-century 'fairy-tale castle' clings to a sheer cliff edge above the Echaz valley on the Swabian Alb.
15 km · about 30 min drive
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Dettingen an der Erms
Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany · Europe
About Dettingen an der Erms
Dettingen an der Erms is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Metzingen, 35km from Blautopf.
Dettingen an der Erms is in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, with about 9,300 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Metzingen, about 5 km away.
Dettingen an der Erms (German pronunciation: [ˈdɛtɪŋən ʔan deːɐ̯ ˈʔɛʁms], lit. 'Dettingen on the Erms') is a town in the district of Reutlingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. The town about twelve kilometers north-east of Reutlingen in Baden-Wuerttemberg or about 46 kilometers from Stuttgart. The municipalityRead more
belongs to the metropolitan region of Stuttgart.
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What is there to see near Dettingen an der Erms?
Within an hour or so of Dettingen an der Erms: Lichtenstein Castle (15 km), Mercedes-Benz Museum (30 km), Motorworld Stuttgart (31 km), Wilhelma Zoo and Botanical Garden (32 km).
Are there any good drives near Dettingen an der Erms?
The nearest famous roads are Solituderennen, Schwarzwaldhochstraße and Schwarzwaldhochstrasse (B500).
Where is Dettingen an der Erms?
Dettingen an der Erms is in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, about 5 km from Metzingen.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 9,271
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Baden-Wurttemberg
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 48.5308, 9.3446
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 Dettingen an der Erms
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
museum
Mercedes-Benz Museum
A stunning double-helix building chronicling 130 years of automotive history from the invention of the car to the present.
30 km · about 35 min drive
cafe
Motorworld Stuttgart
A spectacular automotive experience centre in a former airport with classic car dealers, workshops, restaurants, and a boutique hotel.
31 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Wilhelma Zoo and Botanical Garden
Stuttgart's combined zoological-botanical garden in a historic Moorish palace complex with over 11,000 animals.
32 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Mercedes-Benz Classic Center Fellbach
Workshop and showroom where vintage Mercedes-Benz cars are meticulously restored and sold as certified classics.
32 km · about 35 min drive
historic highway
Solituderennen
A 11.4km road circuit through the forest west of Stuttgart that drew 300,000 spectators to Grand Prix races in the 1960s. The public roads still run the old lap past Schloss Solitude, and the course is entirely drivable today.
34 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
Blautopf
An impossibly blue, 21 m-deep karst spring pot in Blaubeuren, mouth of one of Germany's largest cave systems; the colour comes from light scattering in limestone-saturated water.
35 km · about 40 min drive
castle
Hohenzollern Castle
A hilltop castle south of Stuttgart that served as the ancestral seat of the Prussian royal and German imperial House of Hohenzollern.
36 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near Dettingen an der Erms
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 34 kmSolituderennenA 11.4km road circuit through the forest west of Stuttgart that drew 300,000 spectators to Grand Prix races in the 1960s. The public roads still run the old lap past Schloss Solitude, and the course is entirely drivable today.
- 79 kmKochertal ViaductEurope's tallest road bridge by pillar height carries the A6 some 185 m above the Kocher valley near Geislingen.
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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