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Quiet = Relaxing & Laid Back
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Train in and out takes time
In a nutshell
A World Heritage site
Altes Rathaus & Tourist Information
brendareed Says: The Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall) is a beautiful half-timbered building with a clock tower in the center of town across the platz from the King’s Hall. Today it is the Tourist Information Office on the ground level so visitors are able to go inside of the building. On the...
brendareed Says: I visited the Lorsch Museum on my second trip to Lorsch with VTer Trekki, who was so helpful with her knowledge of local history and legends and shared many facts with me about what we were looking at. We did not have time to see the entire museum, so we focused on the first...
brendareed Says: The Lorsch Abbey was founded during the Carolingian period in 764 as a Benedictine abbey. A year later it obtained a relic of Saint Nazarius, which made Lorsch a popular pilgrimage site bringing revenue to the abbey as pilgrims made donations during their visits. The arrival...
brendareed Says: The entrance to the abbey from the town center is the King’s Hall, which I have yet to really have a good look at since it is being renovated and is wrapped in scaffolding. However, I was able to get some peaks through the scaffolding at the exterior of this small two-story...
The King's Hall or King's Gate - a puzzling place
scottishvisitor Says: On various tourist literature I have read of King's Hall or King's Gate or even The Lorscher Gate the gates origins and purpose seemed to be lost in time. I can only tell you it is a UNESCO building since 1991. The Gate is not mentioned in any early Middle Ages documents,...
scottishvisitor Says: In the early sixties of the eighth century Count Cancor and his mother Williswinda founded the little monastery here in Lorsch. The Monastery was later given to the Count's relative a Chrodegan Archbishop of Metz, he was a great follower of the Carolingian dynasty. The...
Visit the Church if you can negotiate the jungle
scottishvisitor Says: I spotted this Protestant Church = the Evangelische Kirche on the way back to the car and heading for Schwetzingen. I didn't go in = I would never have found a way through the thick forrestation surrounding the Church but to my surprise it was open. The Church stands on...
scottishvisitor Says: The Benediktin Plaz is a pedestrian area which included the Cloister and Market Place. I was surprised to learn it was included as a tourist attraction as recently as 1982 when on the 18th. September of that year Dr. A. Ohlemeyer, the Abbot of Neuburg, which is the only...
Lorsch Museum - The Life of Tobacco
scottishvisitor Says: The King's Hall Museum has three departments which individually trace the history of Lorsch. This is the tobacco museum - a bright modern building. The museum has so many artistically displayed tobacco items from highly decorative clay and wooden pipes, pretty hand painted...
Kathrin_E Says: The old town hall of Lorsch is a pretty half-timbered building, dated 1715. The ground floor is massive, the upper floors were built in timberwork with elaborate patterns. The gable front is directed towards the square and the monastery at the far end of the main street. Two...
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Drayß Back- & Brauhaus: Great Locally Brewed Beer
TomInGermany Says: It took me a little over two years but I think I just found one of my favorite brewery restaurants in Germany and, to my surprise, it is only 11 miles from my house and next to an UNESCO World Heritage site. Drayß Back- & Brauhaus is located in the small town of Lorsch which...
Cafe am Kloster: Just a coffee or perhaps some cake
scottishvisitor Says: Sitting outside at Cafe am Kloster on a sunny autumn day with great views of the pretty Market Place and the stunning King's Gate, sipping a coffee. What better way to relax, have a chat and still admire the beauty that is Lorsch. We had stopped at a bakery in Darmstadt &...
brendareed Says: Having been to Lorsch twice now, I can say that it is very easy to find parking in the town. On our first visit, we easily found free street parking near the town center, next to the Altes Rathaus. The second visit we came in from a different direction and found a long row...
brendareed Says: Drive to Lorsch -- situated between the A67 and the A5 near Bensheim. Once you get to town, park the car and walk. It is a small town and easy to get around. There is street parking along with parking lots.The main toilets in the town are just around the corner from the...
Lorsch - its people & its past
scottishvisitor Says: The museum's two sections on 'Folklore' and 'History' has a wealth of displays which charter the every day life of the people and the monks who lived here in Lorsch during the early centuries. I particularly liked the model of the village and the Four Gospels, a hand written...
Cristian_Uluru Says: During my visit of the town I attended to a rappresentation of music made by local orchestra. You can see a short video on my Video page.
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If you plan on visiting the Lorsch Abbey you may want to wait until the Summer of 2012 since everything is under renovation and everything is covered in scaffolding. According to the lady at the Information Center the gatehouse renovations will be completed in the Spring and the church renovations will be completed in the Summer.
Written Oct 23, 2011
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Be sure to take a walk to the old abbey!
While exploring the Kloster near the city centre, you will learn that it was the second abbey built by the Benedictine monks. To find the old abbey, head out the gatehouse and turn right. You will begin to see signs to the "Altes Munster" - just 1,000 meters from the gatehouse. Continue to walk down the road, passing the tobacco field on the right. Once you get to the bridge, you should see a sign directing you to turn right towards the Altes Munster. Walk down this pathway (watch for cyclists!) and the old abbey will be on the right.
The canal you walk along is the waterway used by the monks and others from the town to get to the Rhein.
(The wild bee house is just before the old abbey.)
Updated Oct 26, 2011
brendareed Says: Most market centers in Germany have fountains, but Lorsch's fountain is very unusual and gives the viewer lots to look at. The primary focus is the girl with the tobacco leaf, demonstrating the importance of the crop in the local area. There is a young boy that is playing...
Houses straight out of a fairy tale
scottishvisitor Says: We wandered around Lorsch's pretty but tiny streets, which all lead into the Market Place, spending time admiring the many half timbered houses. Most of the colourful houses were designed and built in the first half of the eighteenth century. I was interested in the many...
We spent a lovely morning with bright blue sky and late Autumn sunshine in the little town of Lorsch. Just strolling around the quiet little streets of this very picture postcard market town, watching...
Welcome to the beautiful town of Lorsch. Since I read on an history book and on the fantastic page of scottishvisitor about the Lorsch Abbey I was fascinated about this small town, located about 10...
Lorsch was once a very important town in the 8th-13th centuries with its most famous visitor being Charlemagne himself. The town is best known for its Kloster, or the Benedictine Abbey (statue of...
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