Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany · Europe
Wissen is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Birken-Honigsessen, 52km from Laacher See.
Wissen is in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, with about 8,500 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Birken-Honigsessen, about 4 km away.
Wissen (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪsn̩] ) is a town in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approximately 12 km northeast of Altenkirchen. Wissen is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Wissen.
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Within an hour or so of Wissen: Freudenberg Alter Flecken (17 km), Schloss Drachenburg (39 km), Drachenfels (39 km), Nationales Automuseum – The Loh Collection (41 km).
The nearest famous roads are Mosel Valley Wine Route, Moselle Valley Road (B53) and Schottenring.
Wissen is in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, about 4 km from Birken-Honigsessen.
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ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
Full driving guide for Germany8 notable places within an hour's drive.
photogenic
From the Kurpark steps, Freudenberg's Alter Flecken, rows of near-identical black-and-white half-timbered gables rebuilt after a 1666 fire: lines up into one of Germany's most graphic photographs.
17 km · about 20 min drive
castle
A flamboyant 19th-century villa-castle on the Drachenfels above the Rhine, reached by Germany's oldest cogwheel railway.
39 km · about 45 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A dragon-legend hilltop ruin in the Siebengebirge offers Rhine panoramas that inspired Byron and generations of romantics.
39 km · about 45 min drive
museum
Opened in 2023 in rural Hesse, this 7,500 m² museum parades some 150 milestone cars, from pre-war Grand Prix machines to Le Mans winners and modern hypercars.
41 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
The dramatic headland in Koblenz where the Moselle meets the Rhine, topped by a massive equestrian statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I.
47 km · about 55 min drive
cathedral
A seven-towered orange-and-white Romanesque cathedral perches dramatically on a rock above the Lahn River old town.
49 km · about 55 min drive
natural wonder
A tranquil circular lake filling a dormant volcanic caldera in the Vulkaneifel, with gas bubbles still rising at its shore.
52 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
A serene six-towered Romanesque Benedictine abbey sits beside a volcanic crater lake in the Eifel's Vulkaneifel.
54 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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