Butzbach Travel Guide
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Butzbach Overview
Butzbach is a town in the Wetteraukreis district in Hesse, Germany. It is located approx. 16 km south of Gießen and 35 km north of Frankfurt (Frankfurt vacation rentals | Frankfurt travel guide) am Main. If you like the outdoors, hiking and exploring nature, then the town of Butzbach should be on top of your list of places to visit in Germany. Butzbach lies in a rural farming area in the Taunus, a low mountain range in Hesse, and is at the foot of the Hausberg, one of the highest mountains within the Taunus. On top of this mountain the citizens of Butzbach have built a giant look—out from where you have a breathtaking view over the whole area.
Butzbach was the site of the 2007 Hessentag, which took place June 1 to June 10, a yearly Hesse-wide festive event showcasing various parts of the state. The Landgrafenschloss
(landgraves' castle
), used by the United States Army until 1990, is now utilized by the city council. The so called Roman Way Housing
of the United States Army with more than 1000 apartments was abandoned in October 2007 and is now empty. The town's market place is enclosed by timber framing. The Schrenzer
hill overlooks the town and the country north of Frankfurt, called Wetterau.
Butzbach is a typically German quaint and tranquil small town, which is countrywide known for its stunning half-timbered houses. To showcase the beauty of the town and inform about the great number of historically relevant buildings, the local tourist office regularly arranges guided tours through the town. To get more information and book your tour, please contact one of the guides (http://www.stadt-butzbach.de/795.html).
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Things to See in Butzbach
The Schrenzer is a hill on the outskirts of Butzbach and is a popular destination, because you have a nice overview of the environment. The location of the mountain offers an outdoor recreation with beautiful views over the city from the basin.
Marcuskirche
Landgrafenschloss
Butzbacher Wendelinskapelle
Hausbergturm
On top of this mountain the citizens of Butzbach have built a giant look—out from where you have a breathtaking view over the whole area. The first look—out was already built in 1873 but had to be torn down in 1941 because the tower had become too run down and was a danger to its visitors. Since then there had been several attempts to rebuild the look-out but only in 2005 an association started to form that finally managed to get the needed funding, permits and man power together to start the build of the new Hausbergturm on the 1st of May in 2007. Exactly one year later the almost 80 feet high tower was inaugurated.
Since then the Hausbergturm is a popular destination for hikers all year round. From the observation deck you have an amazing view onto the town of Butzbach and over wide parts of the Taunus. It is a great place for bird watching or landscape painting. Around the look—out there are several wooden tables and benches, for visitors to rest and have picnics. Every year, on the 1st of May, there is a great spring festival at the Hausberg, which usually attracts hundreds of visitors. If you cannot wait so long to enjoy this fantastic environment, have a look at www.hausbergturm.de. There is a web cam on the site, which shows you the view from the tower so you can get a glimpse of what it is like to experience this spectacular nature. Should you ever be there and feel the need for some peace and quiet, get to Butzbach visit the Hausbergturm.
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Travel Insider Tips for Butzbach
My sister and I go to Butzbach pretty much every year to visit my grandmother. The town is charming with a little coffee shop. Don't forget to go to the big pool up the hill beautiful view.
Shared by Sonja Giedraitis, Aug 2010
I am an Australian, and had the rare opportunity of visiting Butzbach in Hessen where my Great-Grandfather came from. It was so wonderful to walk the streets of this quaint old city...
Shared by Gwen Bradbury, Mar 2010
I lived there for 3 years. Loved it. Especially the swimming pools up on the side of the hill. Seemed like a mountain to me, but then I was a child walking to the pool. Fond memories.
Shared by Patricia Ann Racca Arnold, Aug 2010
I just spent a month there this past summer visiting my Oma and celebrating her 90th birthday. It is a charming town, great swimming pools, wonderful people and is known as the Pearl of the Wetterau for a reason
Shared by Louis Koziarz, Aug 2010
Lived right ouside of Butzbach (KirchGoens) from 1986-1989. Beautiful!!!
Shared by Beth Richardson Steinfeldt, Aug 2010
Butzbach
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Related Sites
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- Homepage of Butzbach: Butzbach (official home page)
- Wikipedia: Butzbach
More about the History of Butzbach
From about 90 AD, the Wetterau and hence Butzbach part were an established Roman province of Germania Superior. They started very quickly in order to build the Limes. Even today you can see the remains of the border wall. The Romans built it during its nearly 200-year reign over Butzbach in close proximity to the center of of the city near Kastell. It was one of the key forts of the Wetterau, the cohort Hunneburg castle, which today can be seen. Even in the middle of the 17th Century, it was clearly visible, as a historian of Hesse reported. From the beginning of the 2nd Century, there was also a civil settlement (Vicus), whose name however was not recorded. It was between the two castles and achieved significant (urban) scale. When the cases of the chat and the Alamannen in 2nd and 3rd Century castles were destroyed but always rebuilt. Up to the task of the Limes in the year 260 the two forts remained manned.
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