museum
Mercedes-Benz Museum
A stunning double-helix building chronicling 130 years of automotive history from the invention of the car to the present.
15 km · about 30 min drive
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Köngen
Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany · Europe
About Köngen
Köngen works well as a base: 5 minutes from Deizisau, 27km from Ludwigsburg Residential Palace.
Köngen is in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, with about 9,500 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Deizisau, about 4 km away.
Köngen (German pronunciation: [ˈkœŋən]) is a municipality in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. About nine kilometers from the district city Esslingen am Neckar and about six kilometers away from Nürtingen. It is part of the Stuttgart Region and the European Stuttgart Metropolitan Region.
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What is there to see near Köngen?
Within an hour or so of Köngen: Mercedes-Benz Museum (15 km), Mercedes-Benz Classic Center Fellbach (16 km), Wilhelma Zoo and Botanical Garden (18 km), Porsche Museum (23 km).
Are there any good drives near Köngen?
The nearest famous roads are Solituderennen, Schwarzwaldhochstraße and Schwarzwaldhochstrasse (B500).
Where is Köngen?
Köngen is in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, about 4 km from Deizisau.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 9,499
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Baden-Wurttemberg
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 48.6833, 9.3667
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 Köngen
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Mercedes-Benz Classic Center Fellbach
Workshop and showroom where vintage Mercedes-Benz cars are meticulously restored and sold as certified classics.
16 km · about 20 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.
18 km · about 20 min drive
museum
Porsche Museum
A striking modernist building showcasing over 80 vehicles tracing Porsche's legendary sports car and racing heritage.
23 km · about 25 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.
25 km · about 30 min drive
cafe
Motorworld Stuttgart
A spectacular automotive experience centre in a former airport with classic car dealers, workshops, restaurants, and a boutique hotel.
27 km · about 30 min drive
castle
Ludwigsburg Residential Palace
One of Europe's largest baroque palaces dazzles with 452 rooms and vast 'Blooming Baroque' gardens north of Stuttgart.
27 km · about 30 min drive
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Lichtenstein Castle
A romantic 19th-century 'fairy-tale castle' clings to a sheer cliff edge above the Echaz valley on the Swabian Alb.
32 km · about 35 min drive
Driving roads near Köngen
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 25 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.
- 63 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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