Rottweil

Rottweil is a city between Black Forest (Schwarzwald) and Swabian Jura (Schwäbische Alb).

Understand


Rottweil is the oldest city in Baden-Württemberg being founded as Arae Flaviae in 73 CE and named after the then ruling dynasty of the Roman Empire. However, the Roman settlement was never all that big and only in 1950 did archeologists positively identify Arae Flaviae, which had been mentioned in various sources, including the Tabula Peutingeriana, with modern Rottweil. The town lends its name to the (nowadays far more famous) dog breed, believed to descend from Roman drover dogs.

By bus
bwegt is the state public transit company and if you are coming from a nearby town or town such as Balingen or Tübingen, then the bus is a flexible option to use. There is also a direct Bus line between Villingen-Schwenningen and Rottweil.

By plane
The closest major airport to Rottweil is Stuttgart. Friedrichshafen has a smaller airport mostly served by short haul flights.

By car
About an hour's drive on the Autobahn from Stuttgart or from Freiburg, Rottweil is pretty easy to get to. It is the oldest town in this German area, so it is well linked to the Autobahn and other road networks.

Access with the Autobahn:


 * A 81 Stuttgart - Singen, exiting at Rottweil.

You can also access Rottweil via the following highways:


 * B 27 Stuttgart - Schaffhausen
 * B 14 Herrenberg - Stockach
 * B 462 Schramberg - Rottweil (from the Schwarzwald)

On foot
The town is not very large, so you can practically walk anywhere you need to go; just follow the roads. As you leave the train station, you will see the city centre up the slight hill.

By bus
Rottweil has a good bus system so if you need it do use it. If you are arriving at the train station (Hauptbahnhof)
 * Citybus 9 (Stadtbus 9)
 * 20 Müller-Reisen
 * 7444 SBG and 7478, South Baden Bus Company/ Südbadenbus GmbH (SBG)
 * V V R - another bus company that operates in Rottweil
 * EFA - is more like the Bahn.de website where you input your destination and date and it searches the main bus companies

By taxi
There is a taxi stand at the train station. However, here are some numbers, should there be no taxis on the stand.
 * Tel.: 07 41 / 2 35 55 (Taxi Hafa),
 * Tel.: 07 41 / 5 30 04 00 (City-Taxi),
 * Tel.: 07 41 / 1 20 06 (Taxi-Schmidt)

See
The heart of Rottweil is its walled old town set high above the valley. The walls are no longer complete, but you can certainly follow their course around three of the four sides of the town. On the fourth side, there was no real need for a wall, as the landscape drops down to a deep river valley.

Within the walls is a main street lined with traditional German town houses. An especially attractive one houses the tourist information. Opposite it there is the small town museum. At the top of the street there is the town gate which still imposes its presence and limits the entrance into the town.

The setting of the town can probably best be appreciated in the North East corner. Here you can see a small chapel and tower remains on the wall at the edge of the valley.

Go next

 * Tuttlingen
 * Villingen-Schwenningen
 * Bad Düreihm