--- title: "Elz – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Elz, Germany: town 57 km from Frankfurt am Main. Nearby: Limburg Cathedral, Schloss Oranienstein, Dierstein Abbey. Every way there from the planner, and…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/elz" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/elz.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- Town · Germany · Hesse # Elz What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Elz 4 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. Limburg Cathedral Limburg Cathedral, also known as Georgsdom after its dedication to Saint George, is located above the old town of Limburg in Hesse, Germany. It is the cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Limburg. 3.9 km · roman-catholic cathedral in Limburg, Hesse, Germany · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limburg_Cathedral) 2. Schloss Oranienstein Schloss Oranienstein is one of the palaces of the House of Orange-Nassau, sited at Diez on the Lahn. It was built on the ruins of Dierstein Abbey between 1672 and 1681 for Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau after she was widowed. 4 km · palace in Diez, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Oranienstein) 3. Dierstein Abbey Dierstein Abbey was a Benedictine nunnery, on the site now occupied by Schloss Oranienstein near Diez an der Lahn, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany. It is first recorded in 1153 and was probably founded by the counts of Diez. 4 km · monastery in Germany · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dierstein_Abbey) 4. Römer 2-4-6 Römer 2-4-6 is a Gothic timbered house constructed in 1289. It is one of the oldest timbered houses in Germany and is in the historical old German town of Limburg an der Lahn. 3.8 km · Gothic timbered house · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B6mer_2-4-6) 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 Elz **Airports:** Frankfurt Main (FRA), 57 km · Frankfurt-Hahn (HHN), 76 km · Cologne Bonn (CGN), 80 km\ **Stations:** Staffel station, 2.1 km\ - Frankfurt am Main → Elz 57 km · quickest by road, 1h 2m · €8–11 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/frankfurt-am-main-to-elz) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Frankfurt+am+Main&to=Elz) - Frankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen) → Elz Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/frankfurt-am-main-lautzenhausen-to-elz) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Frankfurt+am+Main+%28Lautzenhausen%29&to=Elz) - Köln (Cologne) → Elz Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/koln-cologne-to-elz) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=K%C3%B6ln+%28Cologne%29&to=Elz) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Elz) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Elz 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 Elz. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 381 km 2. [Zermatt](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zermatt) CH 8 ways of moving, 26 sources 489 km 3. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 660 km 4. [Helsingborg and the Öresund crossing](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/helsingborg) SE 6 ways of moving, 13 sources 698 km 5. [Cinque Terre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cinque-terre) IT 7 ways of moving, 23 sources 711 km If you know how people move in Elz – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Celz&title=Elz&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Felz), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Elz Elz is 57 km from [Frankfurt am Main](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/frankfurt-am-main), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Limburg-Weilburg District](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/limburg-weilburg-district) German district in Hesse 3.8 km - [Hadamar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hadamar) town in Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg in Hesse, Germany 3.9 km - [Gückingen](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/guckingen) Municipality in the Rhein-Lahn district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany 3.4 km - [Aull](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/aull) municipality of Germany 3.8 km - [Malmeneich](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/malmeneich) district of Elz, Germany 3.8 km - [Niederhadamar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/niederhadamar) human settlement in Germany 1.8 km [The place page for Elz](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/elz) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Germany](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-DE) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/elz, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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