Leonberg
Leonberg is a town in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg about 16 km (10 mi) to the west of Stuttgart, the state capital.
Leonberg is a town in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg about 16 km (10 mi) to the west of Stuttgart, the state capital. About 45,000 people live in Leonberg, making it the third-largest borough in the rural district of Böblingen.
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Worth seeing in and around Leonberg
3 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.
- 01Warrior of Hirschlanden
The Warrior of Hirschlanden is a statue of a warrior made of sandstone, the oldest known Iron Age life-size anthropomorphic statue north of the Alps. It was a production of the Hallstatt culture, probably dating to the 6th century BC. It is now in the Württembergisches Landesmuseum in Stuttgart, with a copy at the Hirschlanden site, where it was found.
3.5 km · ancient statue · Wikipedia - 02Engelberg
Engelberg is a mountain of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The mountain rises up over the town of Leonberg, Engelberg at a height of 480.60 metres.
900 m · mountain · Wikipedia - 03Schloss Leonberg
Schloss Leonberg was founded in 1248 by count Ulrich I of Württemberg. The original castle was modified between 1560 and 1565 by the master builder Aberlin Tretsch by order of Duke Christoph of Württemberg.
100 m · castle in Germany · Wikipedia
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Getting to Leonberg
- Airports
- Stuttgart (STR), 20 km · Karlsruhe Baden-Baden (FKB), 68 km · Strasbourg (SXB), 106 km
- Stations
- Höfingen station, 1.8 km · Leonberg station, 800 m · Ditzingen station, 4.7 km · Rutesheim station, 4.1 km
- Rheinmünster → Leonberg72 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · €10–14
- Memmingen → Leonberg125 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · €16–23
- Friedrichshafen → Leonberg132 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · €20–28
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No local-transport research exists yet for Leonberg
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 Leonberg. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere is a significant charter/holiday traffic between Stuttgart and the popular holiday destinations in southern Europe and North Africa, mostly served by dedicated carriers such as TUIfly.
- Get inTerminal 3 serves intercontinental flights (Delta, United), Eurowings, Aegean Airlines and other non Star-Alliance airlines, including Condor and Tuifly Terminal 4 is used mainly for charter and holiday flights Departures are one level above arrivals and two levels above the S-Bahn station.
- Go nextCan be a nice day trip for families with children.
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Next door to Leonberg
Leonberg is 12 km from Stuttgart, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.