--- title: "Michelstadt – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Michelstadt, Germany: Michelstadt in the Odenwald is a town in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in southern Hesse, Germany between Darmstadt and Heidelberg.…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/michelstadt" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/michelstadt.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Michelstadt_-_Altstadt_-_Burg_Michelstadt_-_Ansicht_%C3%BCber_Burggraben_von_SO.jpg/1920px-Michelstadt_-_Altstadt_-_Burg_Michelstadt_-_Ansicht_%C3%BCber_Burggraben_von_SO.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Town in Hesse, Germany # Michelstadt Michelstadt in the Odenwald is a town in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in southern Hesse, Germany between Darmstadt and Heidelberg. ![Michelstadt](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Michelstadt_-_Altstadt_-_Burg_Michelstadt_-_Ansicht_%C3%BCber_Burggraben_von_SO.jpg/1920px-Michelstadt_-_Altstadt_-_Burg_Michelstadt_-_Ansicht_%C3%BCber_Burggraben_von_SO.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Michelstadt · Roman Eisele The place Michelstadt in the Odenwald is a town in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in southern Hesse, Germany between Darmstadt and Heidelberg. It has a population of 16,244 people. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelstadt), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Michelstadt 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. German Ivory Museum Erbach The German Ivory Museum Erbach is a museum in Erbach im Odenwald, Germany. It was founded in 1966, but the collection was started by Count Francis I in the late 18th century. 1.7 km · museum in Germany · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Ivory_Museum_Erbach) 2. Erbach Palace Erbach Palace is a palace in Erbach im Odenwald and the seat of the Count of Erbach. It was originally built in the Middle Ages, but most of the buildings today date back to the early 18th century. 2.5 km · a palace in Erbach im Odeneald · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erbach_Palace) 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. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see 1. Rathaus The half-timbered town hall has been a city landmark since 1484. 2. Schloss Fürstenau This chateau is a short distance north of the railway station. 3. Einhardsbasilika Carolingian church built between 824 and 827. 4. Kastell Würzberg Roman bath and castra. From [Wikivoyage: Michelstadt](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Michelstadt), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## Things to do Michelstädter Weihnachtsmarkt: 27 November – 20 December 2026. Classic German Christmas market, very popular and crowded. Late November until about a week before Christmas. From [Wikivoyage: Michelstadt](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Michelstadt), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## Where to eat There are a number of restaurants, cafes and ice cream parlours (Eiscafe) in the Altstadt. Brauereigaststätte zum Deutschen Haus, Bahnhofstraße 20,. Drei Hasen, Braunstraße 5,. Also hotel Café Siefert, Braunstraße 17,. From [Wikivoyage: Michelstadt](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Michelstadt), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Michelstadt **Airports:** Frankfurt Main (FRA), 50 km · Stuttgart (STR), 111 km · Karlsruhe Baden-Baden (FKB), 120 km\ - Frankfurt am Main → Michelstadt 54 km · quickest by road, 1h 10m · €7–10 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/frankfurt-am-main-to-michelstadt) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Frankfurt+am+Main&to=Michelstadt) - Stuttgart → Michelstadt 100 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · €13–18 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/stuttgart-to-michelstadt) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Stuttgart&to=Michelstadt) - Rheinmünster → Michelstadt 126 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · €16–22 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/rheinmunster-to-michelstadt) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Rheinm%C3%BCnster&to=Michelstadt) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Michelstadt) 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 Michelstadt 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 Michelstadt. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in If 2-5 people are doing a day trip from Darmstadt, then a group day ticket (Gruppentageskarte) will be much more economical than buying single trip tickets. From [Wikivoyage: Michelstadt](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Michelstadt), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-06. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Zermatt](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zermatt) CH 8 ways of moving, 26 sources 417 km 2. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 487 km 3. [Cinque Terre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cinque-terre) IT 7 ways of moving, 23 sources 620 km 4. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 742 km 5. [Helsingborg and the Öresund crossing](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/helsingborg) SE 6 ways of moving, 13 sources 750 km If you know how people move in Michelstadt – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cmichelstadt&title=Michelstadt&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fmichelstadt), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Michelstadt Michelstadt is 44 km from [Mannheim](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/mannheim), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Odenwald](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/odenwald) district in Hesse, Germany 1.8 km - [Erbach](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/erbach) seat of Odenwaldkreis and town in Hesse, Germany 2.5 km - [Günterfürst](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gunterfurst) municipal district of Erbach in Odenwaldkreis, Germany 5.1 km [The place page for Michelstadt](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/michelstadt) [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/michelstadt, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt