Ladenburg Travel Guide

 Kathrin_E Says:  The Chapel of St Sebastian belongs to the Bishop's palace. Its origins date back to the 7th or 8th century. The oldest visible parts are the Romanesque walls of the northern transept and the steeple. The gothic vaulted choir and the plain rectangular nave have seen several... 

 Kathrin_E Says:  The catholic church, the old parish church of the town, was first mentioned in 787. Around 1000 a second church was built which uses the remnants of the ancient Roman basilica as foundations. The oldest part of the church is the Romanesque crypt underneath the choir. The... 

 Kathrin_E Says:  Traces of Ladenburg's history are present underground and sometimes people find strange things when digging in their garden.Maybe the most remarkable ancient Roman piece that was found in Ladenburg is the Jupiter Column and Four Gods Stone. The sculpture was made in the 2nd... 

 Kathrin_E Says:  The Cathedral Chapter of Worms already owned real estate in Ladenburg around 1300. In the following centuries they acquired more ground. Originally the whole town belonged to the Bishop of Worms. Since 1395, however, most of the town was in the hands of the Elector of... 

 Kathrin_E Says:  The palace of the Bishops of Worms has a medieval core. In times of the renaissance it was enlarged to its present size and shape, except some changes in the mid-18th century when the building was turned into offices for the Palatinate administration and the half-timbered... 

 Kathrin_E Says:  The Bishop of Worms ruled Ladenburg since the 7th century. In 1395 a large part of the town became property of the Pfalz (Palatinate). So the town had two rulers and two governments to deal with until the Bishops left Ladenburg in 1705. The property of the Bishop is located... 

 Kathrin_E Says:  The hospital was founded by the citizens of the town probably around 1300. Hospital and chapel were dedicated to St Antonius Eremita (not to mix up with Antonius of Padua, the companion of St Francis). The chapel was destroyed both in the 30 Years War and in 1689 and in both... 

 christine.j Says:  Another one of Ladenburg's good restaurants, Die Kartoffel - the potatoe. They serve large potatoes, sour cream, salad, but their main dish are steaks which you prepare yourself on a hot stone. The meat and the stone are brought to the table and you can cook it as you like... 

 christine.j Says:  This is one of the small specialty shops which sometimes can be found in the most unlikely places. I wouldn't have thought such a shop has enough business in a small town like Ladenburg, but it seems people come from other places as well to shop there. You can get special... 

 christine.j Says:  I like taking trains and I've done this very often, right from when I had to take the train to get to school many years ago. Once, as a school kid, I got into the wrong train, too much talking with friends and not paying enough attention. But this was the only time for me,... 

 Kathrin_E Says:  A dead-end lane off Färbergasse leads to and around this former seat of first a noble family, later the Jesuite order. Its origins lie in the middle ages, changes took place in the 16th century. The property was fortified. The courtyard is closed off by a high stone wall...