Herzogenaurach
Herzogenaurach is a town in the district of Erlangen-Höchstadt, in Bavaria, Germany.
Herzogenaurach is a town in the district of Erlangen-Höchstadt, in Bavaria, Germany. The name is a compound of "Herzog" meaning duke and the Aurach River that flows through the town. It is home to two major international sporting goods companies, Adidas and Puma, and the Schaeffler Group, a car parts manufacturer.
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Worth seeing in and around Herzogenaurach
One place 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.
- 01Statue of Adolf Dassler
The Statue of Adolf Dassler is a life-size sculpture, which was erected in May 2006 at the Adi Dassler stadium in Herzogenaurach. The sculpture portrays the founder of the sporting goods company Adidas, and was created by sculptor Josef Tabachnyk.
2.8 km · Bronze sculpture in Germany · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Herzogenaurach has a small but beautiful old town. The central part is limited by the historical city fortification of which the
- 01Fehnturm
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Things to do
During major soccer events (World and European Championships), Adidas has a big screen where you can watch the game right next to their outlet store
- 01Atlantis
While it is nothing fancy, it has a couple of decent slides and is a good way to pass a rainy day if you're in town and tired of shopping.
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Where to eat
- 01Chilli's - Mexican Bar y Restaurant
Burgstaller Weg 2,.
- 02Kreis'l
- 03Trattoria La Bussola
Am Birkenbühl 1, trattorialabussola@yahoo.de.
- 04Fratelli Osteria
Marktplatz 10,.
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Getting to Herzogenaurach
- Airports
- Nuremberg (NUE), 16 km · Munich (MUC), 150 km · Stuttgart (STR), 155 km
- Stations
- Herzogenaurach airfield, 1.4 km
- Munich → Herzogenaurach167 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · €20–27
- Stuttgart → Herzogenaurach152 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · €24–33
- Erfurt → Herzogenaurach157 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · €22–31
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No local-transport research exists yet for Herzogenaurach
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 Herzogenaurach. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextThere are many interesting and charming destinations for sightseeing and day trips (or longer) in the Erlangen region.
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Next door to Herzogenaurach
Herzogenaurach is 19 km from Nuremberg, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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