Café Baden

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Schönau Abbey in Schönau in the Odenwald, in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg, was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1142 from Eberbach Abbey. The present settlement of Schönau grew up round the monastery. ()

Local name: Kloster Schönau Architectural style: GothicCoordinates: 49°26'7"N, 8°48'35"E

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Klosterstraße 6Schönau 69250 Baden-WürttembergGermany

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+49 6228 4179858

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Café Baden – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Carmelite Monastery Church of the Annunciation, Dilsberg, Stift Neuburg, Weißer Stein.

4.1 miE
Church, Gothic architecture
Carmelite Monastery Church of the Annunciation, Hirschhorn
106 min walk • The Carmelite Monastery Church of the Annunciation at Hirschhorn in Hesse, Germany dates from 1406, when the Lord of Hirschhorn established a Carmelite monastery there. Its architectural style is late Gothic. In 1803, the monastery was dissolved, and the church deconsecrated.
2.8 miSE
Forts and castles
Dilsberg, Neckargemünd
72 min walk • Dilsberg Castle is a ruined castle located in Neckargemünd, Germany. It was built by the counts of Lauffen in the 12th century, but in the 14th century became part of the Electorate of the Palatinate.
3.3 miW
Monastery, Sacred and religious sites
Stift Neuburg, Heidelberg
84 min walk • Neuburg Abbey near Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg is a Benedictine monastery dedicated to Saint Bartholomew, and part of the Beuronese Congregation.
4.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Weißer Stein, Heidelberg
104 min walk • Weißer Stein is the name of a 548-metre high hill in the Odenwald, north of Heidelberg and east of Dossenheim. On Weißer Stein is a 20 m tall lookout tower. It was built in 1906 by the members of the Odenwald club.
4.3 miSW
Theme park, Amusement park
Märchenparadies Heidelberg, Heidelberg
109 min walk • The Fairytale Paradise Königstuhl is an amusement park on the summit of the Heidelberg Königstuhl. It was opened in 1972 by the Heidelberger Straßen- und Bergbahn AG with the aim of better utilizing the Heidelberg mountain railroad.
3.3 miNW
View point, Tower
Teltschik Tower, Wilhelmsfeld
84 min walk • Teltschik Tower is a 41-metre-high observation tower built of wood in Wilhelmsfeld, Germany. The tower was built by Walter Teltschik, a citizen of Wilhelmsfeld, in remembrance of his origins in the Kuhländchen near Brno, a part of the former Sudetenland.
2 miSE
Forts and castles
Hinterburg, Neckarsteinach
50 min walk • The Hinterburg, also called Alt-Schadeck, is the ruin of a spur castle at 165 m above sea level near Neckarsteinach in the Bergstrasse district in Hesse. It is the oldest of the four castles Vorderburg, Mittelburg, Hinterburg and Schwalbennest and...
2.6 miW
Neighbourhood
Heidelberg-Ziegelhausen, Heidelberg
66 min walk • Heidelberg-Ziegelhausen is a residential district at the eastern perimeter of the city of Heidelberg, Germany. Ziegelhausen lies on the northern banks of the Neckar River and extends northward into the Odenwald Forest.
4.2 miSW
Peak with a funicular and city views
Königstuhl-Mountain, Heidelberg
108 min walk • The Königstuhl, is a 567.8 metres high hill in the Odenwald Mountains and in the city of Heidelberg, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The Königstuhl summit allows visitors views of the city of Heidelberg and the Neckar river. On days with good conditions the view extends to the Pfaelzerwald, which is roughly 40–50 km away.
3.8 miW
Museum, Specialty museum, Science museum
Carl Bosch Museum, Heidelberg
98 min walk • As a museum of technology, the Carl Bosch Museum Heidelberg shows the life and work of Heidelberg's Nobel Prize winner Carl Bosch on more than 300 m² and two outdoor areas and was founded in 1998.
4.1 miE
Forts and castles
Burg Hirschhorn, Hirschhorn
105 min walk • Hirschhorn Castle, also known as Hirschhorn Castle, is a very well preserved spur castle and palace complex above the Hessian town of Hirschhorn, located on the Neckar River, on the border between Baden-Württemberg and Hesse.