Why visit Babenhausen
Townapedia lists 57 museums and landmarks, 32 parks and trails, 84 places to eat, 14 places to stay and 8 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Straßenmühle, Auhof, Territorialmuseum Babenhausen and Heimatmuseum Nieder-Roden.
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About Babenhausen
Babenhausen (German pronunciation: [baːbm̩ˈhaʊzn̩] ) is a town in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district, in Hesse, Germany.
From the Wikipedia article Babenhausen, Hesse (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do8
Bauernhof Selzer
Farm and orchard · 6.8 km
15 Langstädter Straße, Groß-Umstadt
Museums and landmarks57
Heimatmuseum Nieder-Roden
Museum · 6.7 km
Museum zur Lokalgeschichte von Nieder-Roden und Umgebung, mit Dauerausstellung, Jahresausstellungen, Events und Museumöffnungen, in der...
32 Schulstraße, Rodgau
Burgmannenhaus / Stadtarchiv
Monument and historic site
23 Sackgasse, Babenhausen
Jagdschlösschen Harreshausen
Monument and historic site · 2.3 km
2 Sandstraße, Babenhausen
Bunker am Nordring
Monument and historic site · 6.7 km
Dokumentations- und Begegnungsstätte - ehemaliger Forschungsbunker der Luftwaffe 1943-44
45 more on the map.
Parks, trails and playgrounds32
Windsurfing Odenwald e.V.
Beach · 2.0 km
Clubgelände des Windsurfingvereins Odenwald e.V., mit Sitz in Babenhausen (WSVO)
1 Hardtweg, Babenhausen
Auf dem Sand zwischen Hergershausen und Altheim
Hiking and trails · 6.0 km
Park im Schwanengraben/Platanenallee
Park · 0.6 km
23 Platanenallee, Babenhausen
24/7
20 more on the map.
Restaurants and cafes84
Hanauer Tor
Restaurant · German
58 Fahrstraße, Babenhausen
Mo-Fr 11:00-13:30, We-Su 17:00-23:00, Su 10:00-14:00
Frau Antje's
Cafe · Coffee Shop, Pancake, Lunch
39 Fahrstraße, Babenhausen
We-Su 09:00-17:00; Mo,Tu off
Kleinigkeit
Restaurant · German · 6.0 km
1 Friedensstraße, Schaafheim
Su,Mo 11:30-23:00; Tu-Th 15:00-23:00; Fr-Sa 15:00-01:00
La Casa
Restaurant · German, Italian · 5.2 km
10a Industriering, Schaafheim
Mo-Sa 11:00-14:30,17:00-23:00; Su,PH 11:00-22:00
Landhaus zum Schwanen
Restaurant · International
67 Fahrstraße, Babenhausen
We-Fr,Su,Mo 11:30-14:30,17:00-22:00; Sa 17:30-22:00
Langfeldsmühle
Restaurant · Regional · 4.2 km
3 An der Langfeldsmühle, Babenhausen
Th 15:00+; Fr 15:00+; Sa 15:00+; Su 11:00+; We 15:00+
Restaurant Anticana
Restaurant · Italian, Pizza · 6.5 km
2 Babenhäuser Straße, Münster (Hessen)
Mo-Sa 11:00-14:30,17:00-22:30; Su 11:00-22:30
Restaurant Bürgerhaus
Restaurant · Balkan, German · 6.4 km
3 Rheinstraße, Mainhausen
Mo-Su 17:00-24:00
Ristorante Toscana
Restaurant · Italian
1 Fahrstraße, Babenhausen
Mo-Sa 11:00-15:00,17:00-23:00; PH,Su 11:00-23:00
Schützenhof
Restaurant · German, Croatian · 6.4 km
14 Adelungstraße, Schaafheim
Mo,Fr,Sa 17:00-20:30, Su 11:30-14:30, Su 17:00-20:30; Tu-Th off
Tasquinha da jacinta
Restaurant · Portuguese · 6.5 km
2 Mainflinger Straße, Mainhausen
We-Su 12:00-15:00, 17:00-22:00
72 more on the map.
History
The town of Babenhausen includes a medieval core with a castle (12-13th century), numerous old houses and a large part of the city wall (1445). Babenhausen was chartered as a town in 1295. It belonged first to the Lords of Hanau-Münzenberg and was – after the last male descendant of this family died - inherited by the Lords of Hanau in the 13th century. In 1458 a minor line of them (first called Hanau-Babenhausen, later called Hanau-Lichtenberg) founded a county (they had received the title of Graf (Count) in 1429) on its own within the town and its district. In 1736 the last of the family died and the two potential inheritors, the Landgraves of Hesse-Darmstadt and of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) nearly went to war over it. It took 35 years to settle the conflict and to arrange a compromise under which the town of Babenhausen came to Hesse-Kassel. But this was soon revised by the territorial rearrangements during and after Napoleonic times: From the beginning 19th century Babenhausen belonged to Hesse-Darmstadt.
In the aftermath of World War II Babenhausen was the site of a UNRRA-sponsored DP camp.
From the History section of Babenhausen, Hesse on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to stay14
Hotel Residenz Babenhausen
Motel and hotel · International · 1.0 km
51a Ziegelhüttenstraße, Babenhausen
Churches and places of worship19
Dorfkirche Harreshausen
Church · Protestant · 2.4 km
20 Gersprenzstraße, Babenhausen
Evangelische Kirche zu Langstadt
Church · Protestant · 4.5 km
29 Hauptstraße, Babenhausen
Shopping21
Gas and EV charging15
Schools, colleges and libraries15
Healthcare6
Map of Babenhausen
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Getting there and nearby towns
Frankfurt Airport (FRA) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 30 km away.
- Seligenstadt 9 km north, about 9 min by car
- Großostheim 10 km southeast, about 10 min by car
- Groß-Umstadt 11 km south, about 11 min by car
- Dieburg 11 km southwest, about 11 min by car
- Dietzenbach 13 km west, about 13 min by car
- Groß-Zimmern 13 km southwest, about 13 min by car
- Aschaffenburg 14 km east, about 14 min by car
- Obertshausen 14 km northwest, about 14 min by car
- Heusenstamm 15 km northwest, about 15 min by car
- Alzenau in Unterfranken 16 km northeast, about 16 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Babenhausen Hexenturm 2014, Lumpeseggl, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Babenhausen Stadtkirche Aussenansicht 2014, Lumpeseggl, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Babenhausen, Fahrstraße 83, Muck, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Babenhausen, Sackgasse 2, Muck, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Babenhausen, Sackgasse 1, Muck, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Babenhausen, Fahrstraße 60, Muck, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Babenhausen, Fahrstraße 48, Muck, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Babenhausen, Neugasse 2, Muck, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Babenhausen, Sackgasse 13-Tor, Muck, CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Babenhausen, Fahrstraße 17, Muck, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Babenhausen, Seligenstädter Straße 26, Muck, CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Babenhausen, Fahrstraße 39, Muck, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Babenhausen, Amtsgasse 27, Muck, CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Babenhausen, Schloßgasse 21, Muck, CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Einfahrt zum Campus Dieburg der h da, Photopippo, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Jagdschloss-harreshausen seitenansicht, Commander-pirx at German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Bh Stadtkirche1, Reinhard Dietrich, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Schoene Eiche Harreshausen2, Roland Meier, CC BY-SA 2.5
- Evangelische Kirche Münster-Altheim, Domjtri, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Pfarrkirche St. Wendelinus in Zellhausen, Acta Organologica, CC BY-SA 4.0
- NSG Niederrodener Lache04, KUGerhardt, CC BY-SA 4.0
- NSG Kies- und Sandgrube von Dudenhofen02, KUGerhardt, CC BY-SA 4.0
- NSG Rotsohl und Thomassee von Dudenhofen03, KUGerhardt, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mooskiefernwald von Dudenhofen03, KUGerhardt, CC BY-SA 4.0
- NSG Ehemalige Tongrube von Mainhausen03, KUGerhardt, CC BY-SA 4.0
- St Matthias Nieder-Roden Suedansicht, C. M., CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Hergershaeuser Wiesen 2014, Auf dem Sand, Thiotrix, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Brackenbruch bei Hergershausen 2, Thiotrix, CC BY-SA 4.0
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