Schierstein
Schierstein is a southwestern borough of Wiesbaden, capital of state of Hesse, Germany.

Schierstein is a southwestern borough of Wiesbaden, capital of state of Hesse, Germany. First mentioned in historical records in 860, Schierstein was incorporated into Wiesbaden in 1926. Today the borough has about 10,000 residents. Situated on the Rhine River, Schierstein is known as the "Gateway to the Rheingau."
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Worth seeing in and around Schierstein
5 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.
- 01Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, Mombach
The Catholic Herz-Jesu-Kirche is a Neo-Gothic hall church located in the borough Mombach of the German city of Mainz. It is dedicated to the Sacred Heart.
3.3 km · church building in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany · Wikipedia - 02Burg Frauenstein
Frauenstein Castle is a ruined castle in the town of Wiesbaden-Frauenstein in Hesse, Germany. It is not known who built Frauenstein Castle, but, based on dendrochronological evidence, its construction has been dated to around 1184.
3.8 km · castle in Frauenstein, Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany · Wikipedia - 03Christophoruskirche, Schierstein
The Christophoruskirche is a Protestant church in the borough of Schierstein, Wiesbaden, Germany. It was built in 1752 to 1754 in the style of the late Baroque and Rococo.
100 m · church · Wikipedia - 04Schlosspark Biebrich
The Schlosspark Biebrich is a park at Schloss Biebrich in Wiesbaden-Biebrich, Hesse, Germany. First designed as a French formal garden, it was expanded changed to an English landscape garden and expanded 1817 to 1823, the last project of Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell.
2.7 km · park and national heritage site in WIesbaden, Germany · Wikipedia - 05St. Peter und Paul
St. Peter und Paul is a Catholic church and parish in the borough of Schierstein, Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany.
300 m · church in Wiesbaden-Schierstein, Germany · Wikipedia
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Getting to Schierstein
- Airports
- Frankfurt Main (FRA), 26 km · Frankfurt-Hahn (HHN), 68 km · Cologne Bonn (CGN), 118 km
- Stations
- Wiesbaden-Biebrich station, 2.8 km · Wiesbaden-Schierstein station, 400 m · Mainz-Mombach station, 3.3 km
- Frankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen) → SchiersteinTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Köln (Cologne) → Schierstein131 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · €18–25
- Rheinmünster → Schierstein144 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · €19–27
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Schierstein
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 Schierstein. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBus line 171 from Wiesbaden Hbf to Rüdesheim The Rheinsteig walking trail passes through Wiesbaden-Biebrich, Kiedrich, Kloster Eberbach near Eltville, Schloss Vollrads near Oestrich-Winkel, Monstera Marienthal near Geisenheim and Niederwalddenkmal near Rüdesheim.
From Wikivoyage: Eltville, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Schierstein
Schierstein is 36 km from Frankfurt am Main, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Wallufmunicipality in Hesse, Germany3.2 km
- Budenheimmunicipality of Germany3.8 km
- Biebrichmunicipal district of the city of Wiesbaden in Hesse, Germany3.1 km
- Dotzheimmunicipal district of the city of Wiesbaden in Hesse, Germany3.2 km
- Mombachdistrict of Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany3.5 km
- Frauensteinmunicipal district of the city of Wiesbaden in Hesse, Germany3.8 km