natural wonder
Messel Pit
A UNESCO fossil quarry near Darmstadt that yields exquisitely preserved 47-million-year-old Eocene plants and animals.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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Elsenfeld
Bavaria, Germany · Europe
About Elsenfeld
Elsenfeld is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Kleinwallstadt, 30km from Messel Pit.
Elsenfeld is in Bavaria, Germany, with about 8,700 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Kleinwallstadt, about 4 km away.
Elsenfeld (German pronunciation: [ˈɛlzn̩fɛlt]) is a market municipality in the Miltenberg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the river Main between the hills of the Spessart, east of the river, and Odenwald, west of the river. Elsenfeld has a totalRead more
population of around 9,000.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Elsenfeld?
Within an hour or so of Elsenfeld: Messel Pit (30 km), Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt (36 km), Römer Frankfurt (46 km), Würzburg Residence (56 km).
Are there any good drives near Elsenfeld?
The nearest famous roads are Schottenring, Deutsche Weinstraße and Solituderennen.
Where is Elsenfeld?
Elsenfeld is in Bavaria, Germany, about 4 km from Kleinwallstadt.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 8,727
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Bavaria
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 49.8429, 9.1636
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 Elsenfeld
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
A UNESCO Jugendstil artists' colony crowned by the golden 'Wedding Tower' and Art Nouveau villas above Darmstadt.
36 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Römer Frankfurt
Frankfurt's medieval town hall and its gabled Römerberg square form a postcard-perfect old-town heart amid the skyscrapers.
46 km · about 55 min drive
castle
Würzburg Residence
A UNESCO Baroque palace with the world's largest ceiling fresco by Tiepolo, marking the start of the Romantic Road.
56 km · about 65 min drive
castle
Heidelberg Castle
A partly ruined Renaissance castle overlooking the city of Heidelberg, one of Germany's most important Renaissance structures.
58 km · about 65 min drive
museum
Automuseum Dr. Carl Benz
Intimate museum in Carl Benz's last factory in Ladenburg, displaying pioneering Benz vehicles in the very halls where the inventor of the automobile worked until 1929.
58 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Elsenfeld
5 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 72 kmNerobergA wooded hill above Wiesbaden reached by a water-powered funicular, crowned by a gold-domed Russian Orthodox church.
- 73 kmSchottenringA German road circuit in the Vogelsberg hills that hosted motorcycle Grands Prix in the 1950s, notorious for its narrow, tree-lined public roads. Still used for historic events and drivable in between.
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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