Discover Kronau

Kronau can be explored through a range of interests: hiking, cycling and fishing meet a distinctive installation at the town hall square. Two similarly named trails differ in their designated formats, and two fishing lakes add to the options. When planning, you can first consider whether trails and cycling or lakes and fishing better suit your plans.

Hiking and Cycling in Kronau

The Kronauer Laurentiusweg is listed by the German Volkssport Association (DVV) as a permanent hiking trail. Separate from it is the St. Laurentius cycling and hiking trail, which is listed as 14.9 kilometres long and featuring 26 small monuments. The similar names should not be treated as interchangeable when planning: one entry refers to a permanent hiking trail, while the other is a cycling and hiking trail. Its figures provide an initial indication of the stated length; the small monuments are another aspect of the trail information.

At the Town Hall Square and the Lakes

At Kronau Town Hall Square, the bicycle hub includes a refreshment corner, a drinking fountain and an activity area for mobile food vendors. The complex also includes an interactive bicycle monument that visitors can climb on. This brings together facilities for taking a break and an interactive design idea—a distinctive feature alongside the trail options.

Althäuser See and Lußhardtsee are located within the boundaries of Kronau. Both are fishing lakes with landscaped grounds. For anglers, these two named lakes are part of the town’s profile; they provide a focus of their own alongside hiking and cycling.

Karlsruhe as a Broader Travel Setting

Those looking at Kronau in a broader context can also include Karlsruhe as a higher-level travel destination. In the district of Karlsruhe, the landscape extends from the Rhine Plain in the west, across the Kraichgau hills in the east, to the foothills of the Northern Black Forest in the south. The district also has a cycling network covering more than 1,500 kilometres. This range of landscapes and the scale of the regional network offer a different perspective from Kronau’s specific trails. When planning a trip, local interests and the wider setting of Karlsruhe as a travel destination are therefore available as distinct perspectives.

The broader travel destination of Karlsruhe also offers cultural attractions. Bruchsal Palace is a prince-bishop’s residence and ranks among Germany’s most magnificent prince-bishop’s residences. It is renowned for the staircase designed by Balthasar Neumann, which has been described as the “crown of all Baroque staircases.” The Bruchsal Municipal Museum is located on the palace’s third floor; it documents the history of the Bruchsal area from the Stone Age to the present day.

In Bretten, the Melanchthon House is Germany’s second-largest museum of Reformation history, after the Luther Hall in Wittenberg. The Schweizer Hof offers another facet of the town’s history: the building dates from 1707 and houses Bretten’s museum of local and regional history.

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Go to the broader travel overview: Karlsruhe.