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Borough of Wiesbaden in Hesse, Germany

Schierstein

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

Schierstein
Schierstein · Wikimedia Commons
The place

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."

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  1. 01
    Catholic 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
  2. 02
    Burg 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
  3. 03
    Christophoruskirche, 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
  4. 04
    Schlosspark 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
  5. 05
    St. 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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Go there

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) → Schierstein
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • Köln (Cologne) → Schierstein
    131 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · €18–25
  • Rheinmünster → Schierstein
    144 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · €19–27
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

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.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    422 km
  2. 02
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    449 km
  3. 03
    Cinque TerreIT

    7 ways of moving, 22 sources

    668 km
  4. 04
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    677 km
  5. 05
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    732 km

If you know how people move in Schierstein – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

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