Steigerwald: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Active cycling and hiking tours are among the Steigerwald’s tourism offerings. You can rent a holiday apartment in the Steigerwald.

The landscape of the Steigerwald combines sunny vineyards and ancient forests; at the same time, the region is known as the “land of 1,000 ponds”.

The Steigerwald Nature Park covers around 1,280 km²; approximately 40 percent of the area is forest.

Culinary Delights

In the wider surroundings of the Steigerwald, Fatschenbrunn is associated with Hutzeln, traditional dried pears. Other local products associated with the area include honey, hazelnuts and plums.

Culture

From the centre of the Steigerwald, Kirchschönbach Castle is approximately 8.7 km to the northwest as the crow flies, the Ebrach History Museum approximately 9.0 km to the north, the Schlüsselfeld City Museum approximately 9.8 km to the east, and the Amtsschloss approximately 10.6 km to the northeast. Kirchschönbach Castle is suitable for a stay with an interest in a castle in the surrounding area.

Other points in the surrounding area include Geiersberg, approximately 11.1 km to the north, Galgenberg, approximately 1.4 km to the west, Appenfelder Höhe, approximately 1.9 km to the south, and Gotteshausberg, approximately 2.4 km to the northwest, each as the crow flies from the centre of the Steigerwald.

The Steigerwald combines cultural diversity, landscape and culinary character.

Geographical Location

The surroundings of the Steigerwald include historic cities such as Nuremberg, Würzburg and Rothenburg ob der Tauber; Bamberg is home to a UNESCO World Heritage Site. To compare further travel destinations, you can also visit the pages for Augsburg, Bavarian Forest, Kempten, Freising, Roth, Dingolfing-Landau, Bad Kissingen and Rosenheim.

Getting There

The important transport routes near the Steigerwald include the A70, A7 and A73 motorways, which run past the area; the A3 crosses the hills and the nature park.

Orientation

The Steigerwald Panorama Trail offers viewpoints, forest sections and botanical interest, as well as access to villages, castles and ruins. The route is approximately 161 km long and runs from Bad Windsheim to Bamberg.

To the overarching travel overview: Bavaria.