landmark
Mainau Island
A Mediterranean flower island on Lake Constance bursts with palms, butterfly house and a baroque palace garden.
6 km · about 10 min drive
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Kreuzlingen
Thurgau, Switzerland · Europe
About Kreuzlingen
Kreuzlingen works well as a base: 9km from Meersburg Castle.
Kreuzlingen is in Thurgau, Switzerland, with about 22,000 people. You drive on the right here.
Kreuzlingen railway station (German: Bahnhof Kreuzlingen) is a railway station in Kreuzlingen, in the Swiss canton of Thurgau. It sits at the junction of the standard gauge Lake line of Swiss Federal Railways and the Wil–Kreuzlingen line of Thurbo. It is one of four railway stations in the municipality of Kreuzlingen,Read more
the others being Kreuzlingen Bernrain, Kreuzlingen Hafen, and Kurzrickenbach Seepark.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Kreuzlingen?
Within an hour or so of Kreuzlingen: Mainau Island (6 km), Meersburg Castle (9 km), Autobau Erlebniswelt (18 km), Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen (23 km).
Are there any good drives near Kreuzlingen?
The nearest famous roads are Schwägalp Pass, Sattelegg Pass and Furkajoch.
Where is Kreuzlingen?
Kreuzlingen is in Thurgau, Switzerland.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 21,997
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Switzerland
- Region
- Thurgau
- Timezone
- Europe/Zurich
- Coordinates
- 47.6505, 9.1750
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Switzerland
Motorway vignette (toll sticker) required: buy at the border or online. Roadside assistance (TCS): 140.
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Worth the detour from Kreuzlingen
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.
9 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.
18 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.
40 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.
45 km · about 50 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.
45 km · about 50 min drive
Driving roads near Kreuzlingen
11 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 45 kmSchwägalp PassThe road under the north face of the Säntis, ending at the cable car station. Green alpine pasture country rather than high rock.
- 63 kmSattelegg PassA low, year-round pass between the Sihl valley and Einsiedeln, a useful and pretty link rather than a challenge.
- 65 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.
- 65 kmFurkajochA narrow, quiet Vorarlberg pass with a fine view over the Rhine valley, closed through the winter.
- 78 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.
- 78 kmIbergeregg PassA modest but scenic pass above Schwyz with long views to the Mythen peaks, usually kept open through winter.
Driving in Switzerland
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.82/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
- Vignette
- Required, around €42 for a short-stay sticker
When to drive here
April to October
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