Bretten - town in Baden-Württemberg federal country, Germany

Bretten is a town approximately 20 km north of Pforzheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Get in

By train

• Bretten station, 49.036944°, 8.693056°. the station is served by regional trains as well as [s4] and [s9]

Get around

See

Historic town centre.

• Melanchtonhaus, Melanchthonstr. 1, 49.0368°, 8.7069°, +49 7252 9441 0. This 19th century structure sits on the site where the birth place of church reformer Philipp Melanchton who changed his birth name of "Schwartzerdt" to a Greek calque. Among other things it houses a library. 2016-02-15
• Stadtmuseum im Schweizer Hof (City Museum), 49.0373°, 8.7052°. 2019-01-17

Do

• Tierpark Bretten, Salzhofen 9, 49.016623°, 8.697234°, +49 7252 7256. 2016-02-15

Events

• Peter and Paul's Festival, Bretten. Traditionally held on the first weekend in July. Attendees can try some folk dances here.

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

• Hotel Krone, Marktpl. 2, 49.037134°, 8.706831°, +49 7252 97890.

Go next

• Bertha Benz Memorial Route - Follow the tracks of the world's first automobile journey (Mannheim - Pforzheim - Mannheim) back in 1888, leading right through Bretten