Pforzheim

Pforzheim is known as the "Gateway to Black Forest" or "Goldstadt" (Gold town) for its jewellery and watch-making industries. It is one of the main cities in Baden-Württemberg and lies on the north edge of the Black Forest between Karlsruhe and Stuttgart. Pforzheim is a town of 126,000 inhabitants (2021). It is a beautiful city, but it does not have many places to visit. It is a good place to go exploring if you have a sense of adventure. Pforzheim was largely destroyed during World War II, especially by an air strike by the Royal Air Force on 23 February 1945. Therefore, only few historic buildings exist. Besides its functional charm of a quickly rebuilt city, being located at the confluence of three rivers (Nagold, Würm and Enz) provides Pforzheim with green areas breaking the concrete architecture.

By plane
The closest major airport is Stuttgart. Also the tourist airport Baden-Baden/Karlsruhe (Baden Airpark) is close by.

By car
The town is easily accessible from the A8 between Karlsruhe and Stuttgart and is on the B294 from Bretten, the B463 from Calw and the B10 from Vaihingen an der Enz.

By bus
The Verkehrsverbund Pforzheim-Enzkreis provides services around the region. Pforzheim public transport belongs to the larger Karlsruhe area (KVV).

Public transport
The Verkehrsverbund Pforzheim-Enzkreis provides services around the region.

E-scooter
The scooter provider Lime provides services in Pforzheim as well. You need the app of the provider to locate the scooters.

Buy
Pforzheim is the gold town with many jewelry and watch shops.

Eat
Pforzheim has a variety of restaurants. There are restaurants with oriental food and restaurants with food from the Pforzheim area. One of the traditional meals is Spaezle. It is a type of egg noodle, made by hand. Normally it is eaten with some type of cheese sauce.

Go next

 * Bertha Benz Memorial Route - Follow the tracks of the world's first automobile journey back in 1888 (Mannheim - Pforzheim - Mannheim)
 * Bretten
 * Kloster Maulbronn, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, 19 km north (22 minutes by local train)
 * Black Forest