Hornbach: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Hornbach combines urban history, monastic history, leisure activities, and trails through protected natural areas. Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Hornbach can then continue searching for accommodation.

Culture and History

A self-guided historical city tour with numbered glass plaques begins at the Renaissance town hall. Among other sights, it introduces visitors to the Romanesque St. Michael's Chapel, the restored St. Fabian collegiate building, the preserved town wall, and the monastery quarter.

The Hieronymus Bock exhibition explains how the German Peasants' War and early modern religious conflicts influenced local conditions in Hornbach. Audio guide recordings lead visitors through the material on the herbal book.

The Benedictine monastery in Hornbach was founded in 742 by the missionary bishop Pirminius. Visitors can visit Pirminius' empty grave in the memorial chapel. The Historama Museum presents the history of the monastery through multimedia exhibits. The monastery garden contains culinary and medicinal herbs; Hieronymus Bock described their effects in the 16th century.

Leisure

The local leisure facilities include the Abenteuerland playground with a zip line, climbing spider, Pirminius Tower, and a large slide. The sports and leisure complex has four boules courts and nine miniature-golf courses. During the season, it is freely accessible during the day.

Nature and Trails

The Paradiesgartenweg trail leads through the Bliesgau UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, the Zweibrücker Land FFH area, and the Hornbach and Seitentäler Natura 2000 bird sanctuary.

An approximately ten-kilometre section of the Pirminius Cycle Route runs from Hornbach to Zweibrücken along a paved former railway line through the Hornbach Valley and has no uphill sections.

Surrounding Area

The wider region around Hornbach includes la Citadelle, Pfalzenberg, Falkenstein, Gross Schiberling, Erlenkopf, the Ottweiler School Museum, Nanstein Castle, and Carlsberg Castle Ruins.

The area around Hornbach includes Hauersberg and Kahlenberg.

More local pages: Contwig, Bobenthal, Darstein, Hirschthal, Heltersberg, Trulben, Wallhalben, Nothweiler

For the overarching travel overview: Southwest Palatinate.