Tauberbischofsheim

Tauberbischofsheim is a German town in the north-east of Baden-Württemberg on the river Tauber with a population of about 13,000 in 2020. Tauberbischofsheim is a hidden jewel among German travel destinations. Some relics of the medieval city wall, particularly a tower called Türmersturm can be viewed.

Understand
For many years the town was home to the Tauberbischofsheim altarpiece, a monumental piece of German renaissance art by Matthias Grunewald (in English Master Mathis) now kept in the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, but there is a replica in Tauberbischofsheim. Tauberbischofsheim is especially famous for its fencers of the Fencing-Club Tauberbischofsheim, who have won several Olympic medals and world championships.

It is the capital of the Main-Tauber district.

By plane

 * Frankfurt Airport - The nearest intercontinental airport.
 * Stuttgart - for European 'EU-domestic' flights.
 * Nürnberg - for European 'EU-domestic' flights.

By car

 * Tauberbischofsheim is on autobahn A 81, which runs from Würzburg, via Tauberbischofsheim and Heilbronn to Stuttgart. With an exit Tauberbischofsheim.
 * If you prefer scenery over velocity, you should take the Romantic Road (Romantische Straße) into town.

By train

 * The town is served by trains. There is a connection from Tauberbischofsheim over Lauda to Würzburg. Also from Tauberbischofsheim over Lauda via Heilbronn to Stuttgart. Or from Tauberbischofsheim over Lauda to Heidelberg and Mannheim.

By foot
Walking will get you from one end of town to the other in about 15 min.

By car
Going by car is unnecessary in most cases.

By bicycle
In the spring and summer, biking is also highly recommended. There are a lot of bike lanes and special bike roads with no cars.

From Rothenburg ob der Tauber you can start a popular bicycle tour by the "Lovely Tauber valley" (also "Charming Tauber valley"), about Weikersheim, Bad Mergentheim, Lauda and Tauberbischofsheim, till you reach 100 km from Wertheim. Recommended daily stages of the route "Charming Tauber Valley":
 * 1st day's stage - Rothenburg ob der Tauber to Weikersheim
 * 2nd day's stage - Weikersheim via Bad Mergentheim to Tauberbischofsheim
 * 3rd day's stage - Tauberbischofsheim to Wertheim

Buy

 * Wertheim Village Outlet in Wertheim (in about 25 km)

Go next

 * Wertheim
 * Bad Mergentheim
 * Rothenburg ob der Tauber
 * Würzburg