Heilbronn is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is completely surrounded by Heilbronn County and is the sixth-largest city in the state. The picturesque holiday town is located at the river Neckar, ca. 25 km/15.5 miles from Karlsruhe, 37 km/23 miles from Stuttgart and 57 km/35 miles from Heidelberg. This city of hotels is covering a space of 99.88 km²/38.5 miles² and is located 157 meters/172 yards above sea level.
Heilbronn has a well organised traffic network, with the autobahns A81 (Stuttgart-Würzburg) and A6 (Mannheim-Nuremberg) reaching the city as well as convenient train connections, for long distance as well as for regional passenger traffic.
Heilbronn was first mentioned in a document in 741 as villa Helibrunna, and as Michaelsbasilika in a deed of donation from the diocese Würzburg.
You will come across numerous vey nice city hotels, guesthouses, a hostel, holiday apartments, holiday homes and private accommodation offices in Heilbronn. The next camping site is located not far away from the city, in Neckarsulm.
Heilbronn provides for a splendid gastronomic service, with a number of restaurants, cafés and pizzerias in the inner city.
Near a variety of city hotels, you will find the popular sights of Heilbronn, such as the tower Bollwerksturm, the Deutschhof, the tower Götzenturm, the Hafenmarktturm (pot market tower), the town hall, the fountain Flemerturmbrunnen, the tower Siebenröhrenturm, the church Kilianskirche, the church Nikolaikirche and the minster Deutschordensmünster.
Near the town of Heilbronn you may visit some beautiful castles, ruins of castles and palaces, e.g. the famous ruins of the castles Scheuerberg and Weibertreu and the castle of Neipperg.
While staying at your Heilbronn hotel, you will have easy access to the city’s fitness centres, the indoor swimming pool Biberach and the Heilbronn spa.
The guests of the Heilbronn hotels love to visit the town’s animal park Leintalzoo.
Total population: 120,752
Postal code: 74072