Kirchheim am Ries

#5493 among destinations in Germany

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Kirchheim is a municipality in the district of Ostalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. ()

Alternative names: Population: 1.8 thous. (2019)Area: 8.13 mi²Coordinates: 48°52'48"N, 10°24'33"E

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Baden-WürttembergGermany

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Kirchheim am Ries – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bayerisches Eisenbahnmuseum, Ipf Mountain, Rieskrater Museum, Ofnet Caves.

4.6 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum
Bayerisches Eisenbahnmuseum, Nördlingen
117 min walk • Nestled in the heart of the charming Bavarian town of Nördlingen, the Bayerisches Eisenbahnmuseum (Bavarian Railway Museum) is a must-visit destination for train enthusiasts and history buffs alike. This museum is dedicated to preserving and showcasing the rich...
2.5 miW
Archaeological site
Ipf Mountain, Bopfingen
63 min walk • The Ipf is a mostly treeless mountain, near Bopfingen, Ostalbkreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany with a prehistoric hill fort on its top.
4 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum, Natural history museum
Rieskrater Museum, Nördlingen
101 min walk • The Rieskrater Museum, sometimes known in English as the Ries Crater Museum, focuses on meteors and their collisions with Earth. The museum is housed in a 16th-century barn in Nördlingen, Germany which was part of the medieval city's center. The area is the location of a meteor's impact with Earth c. 15 million years ago.
4.6 miSE
Archaeological site
Ofnet Caves
119 min walk • The Ofnet Caves are the remains of an underground karst system on the edge of the Nördlinger Ries in Germany. They are located on a limestone hill near Nördlingen, Bavaria. The caves became famous in 1908 when 33 prehistoric human skulls were discovered. The skulls were dated to the Mesolithic period.
4.1 miSE
Observation decks and towers, Church
St. Georg, Nördlingen
106 min walk • St. George is the Evangelical Lutheran parish church in the center of the city of Noerdlingen. Built between 1427 and 1505, the late Gothic church with its tower, Daniel, visible from afar, is the town's landmark.
4.5 miW
Forts and castles
Schloss Baldern, Bopfingen
115 min walk • Baldern Castle, also called Hohenbaldern Castle, is located on an isolated hilltop northwest of the town of Bopfingen, which fronts the eaves of the eastern Swabian Alb almost five kilometers to the north.
3 miSW
Church
Stadtkirche St. Blasius, Bopfingen
78 min walk • The town church of St. Blasius is a church in Bopfingen in the Ostalbkreis district of Baden-Württemberg. It received its shape essentially in the heyday of the former Free Imperial City in the 13th and 14th centuries.