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Effeltrich

Effeltrich is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria in Germany.

Effeltrich
Effeltrich · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Effeltrich is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria in Germany.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Effeltrich

2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Tanzlinde

    The Tanzlinde, also known as the Tausendjährige Linde or Dorflinde, is a summer lime tree located in Effeltrich, Upper Franconia, on the western edge of Franconian Switzerland. Positioned on the village square across from the fortified church, the lime tree has held a significant role as a central gathering, assembly, and judicial site for centuries.

    0 m · cultural heritage monument in Bavaria, Germany · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Kersbach Castle

    Kersbach Castle is a levelled medieval motte castle in the area of Pfarrgartenstraße 1 in the village of Kersbach, in the borough of Forchheim in the eponymous county in the south German state of Bavaria. Nothing of the old motte castle has survived above ground.

    2.8 km · building in Forchheim, Upper Franconia, Germany · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Effeltrich

Airports
Nuremberg (NUE), 18 km · Karlovy Vary (KLV), 144 km · Erfurt-Weimar (ERF), 147 km
  • Erfurt → Effeltrich
    147 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · €20–28
  • Munich → Effeltrich
    173 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · €20–28
  • Stuttgart → Effeltrich
    170 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · €24–33
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Effeltrich

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Effeltrich. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundIf you stay longer a car or bike might be a good idea, especially for day trips that can't be done by train.
  • Go nextForchheim is the perfect entry point for (though not located inside of) Franconian Switzerland If you enjoy old towns Bamberg makes for a fascinating, and easy, day trip, as there is a direct train connection

From Wikivoyage: Forchheim, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    475 km
  2. 02
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    583 km
  3. 03
    Cinque TerreIT

    7 ways of moving, 22 sources

    624 km
  4. 04
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    718 km
  5. 05
    HvarHR

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    832 km

If you know how people move in Effeltrich – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Effeltrich

Effeltrich is 23 km from Nuremberg, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Langensendelbachmunicipality in Landkreis Forchheim in Germany2.7 km
  • Poxdorfmunicipality in Landkreis Forchheim in Germany2 km