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Lorsch
Town in Hesse, Germany

Lorsch

Lorsch is a town in the Bergstraße district in Hessen, Germany, 60 km south of Frankfurt.

Plan a trip to Lorsch→From Frankfurt am Main

Lorsch is well known for the Lorsch Abbey, which has been named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Get in

Getting to Lorsch

Germany's regional train system is extensive, including a stop in Lorsch. About a 15-minute train ride from Mannheim. Bensheim is served by the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (VRN) public transportation network.

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    Lorsch

    The railway station no longer has a ticket office.

See

Worth seeing

There are several very beautiful half-timbered houses at Marktplatz and along Bahnhofstraße

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    Lorsch
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    Kloster Lorsch

    This abbey and cloister is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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    Lorsch Tobacco Museum
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    Evangelical

    Nibelungenstraße 23.

Eat

Where to eat

The Marktplatz has cafes and ice-cream parlours (Eiscafe).

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Tournasol7 (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.