# Things to see in Forchheim (Germany): 121 places and when to go

> Forchheim is a town in Germany, and this site lists 121 places in and around it, mainly Food and drink (71), Hiking (33), Nature (10). The best known are Ehrenbürg, Schloss Wiesenthau and Kasberger Linde. The best time to come is April to October and December; also possible: January to March and November. In June there are 16 h 04 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 55. Here is what there is, when to go, how to get there and what else is nearby.

- Address: https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/forchheim/
- Reviewed on: 2026-10-02
- Language: en

## In a nutshell

- **Where:** Germany · 49.7223, 11.0722
- **Places:** 121 places on this site, in the town and around it.
- **What people come for:** [Food and drink](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/gastronomia/) (71) · [Hiking](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/senderismo/) (33) · [Nature](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/naturaleza/) (10) · [History](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/historia/) (9) · [Wildlife](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/fauna/) (4) · [Mountains](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/montana/) (3)
- **Best time:** April to October and December.
- **Also possible:** January to March and November.
- **Nearest airport:** MUC Munich, 161 km as the crow flies
- **Highest point:** Hetzleser Berg, at 549 m.

## What to see in Forchheim

The places in and around Forchheim, best known first, each with its own page: what it is, when to go and what is next to it. Distances are from the centre, as the crow flies.

- [Ehrenbürg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ehrenburg/): Outlier with double summit in Bavaria, Germany · 6.1 km
- [Schloss Wiesenthau](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-wiesenthau/): Cultural heritage monument D-4-74-175-7 (0) in Wiesenthau, Bavaria · 4.6 km
- [Kasberger Linde](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kasberger-linden/): Cultural heritage monument in Bavaria, Germany · 12 km
- [Tanzlinde](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/tanzlinde/): Cultural heritage monument in Bavaria, Germany · 7.1 km
- [Egloffstein Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/burg-egloffstein/): Cultural heritage monument D-4-74-124-1 (0) in Egloffstein, Bavaria · 13 km
- [Feuerstein Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/burg-feuerstein/): Castle in Ebermannstadt, Bavaria · 9.6 km
- [Hetzleser Berg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hetzleser-berg/): Mountain of Franconian Switzerland in the district of Forchheim, Bavaria, Germany · 9.4 km
- [Ebermannstadt War Memorial Chapel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kriegergedachniskapelle/): Memorial building · 10.0 km
- [Lindenberg (Fränkische Schweiz)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/lindelberg/): Mountain in Germany · 13 km
- [Schloss Hundshaupten](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-hundshaupten/): Cultural heritage monument D-4-74-124-41 (0) in Egloffstein, Bavaria · 11 km
- [Schloss Unterleinleiter](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-unterleinleiter/): Cultural heritage monument D-4-74-168-1 (0) in Unterleinleiter, Bavaria · 14 km
- [Schlüsselstein Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schlusselstein/): Castle · 11 km
- [Büg bei Eggolsheim](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/auenlandschaft-bug-bei-eggolsheim/): Nature reserve in Bavaria, Germany · 4.1 km
- [Brauerei Hebendanz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brauerei-hebendanz/): Microbrewery in Germany · 1.1 km
- [Feuchtwiesen Ziegenanger bei Neuhaus](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/feuchtwiesen-ziegenanger-bei-neuhaus/): Nature reserve in Bavaria, Germany · 14 km
- [Langenbachgrund und Haarweiherkette](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/langenbachgrund-und-haarweiherkette/): Nature reserve in Bavaria, Germany · 10 km
- [Spix-Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/spix-museum/): Museum in Höchstadt an der Aisch, Bavaria, Germany · 19 km
- [Wildpark Hundshaupten](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wildpark-hundshaupten/): Wildlife park in Germany · 11 km
- [Alder Gaak GbR](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/alder-gaak-gbr/): Distillery · 8.0 km
- [Apfel-Sektmanufaktur Pomme Royale](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/apfel-sektmanufaktur-pomme-royale/): Winery · 10 km
- [Bavarian Festbeer Brewery](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/bavarian-festbeer-brewery/): Brewery · 10 km
- [Biohof Schmidt GbR](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/biohof-schmidt-gbr/): Distillery · 8.1 km
- [Blaue Maus](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/blaue-maus/): Distillery · 6.3 km
- [Brauerei Friedmann](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brauerei-friedmann/): Brewery · 16 km

And the other 97, by what you come to do:

- **Food and drink**: [Brauerei Gasthaus Friedel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brauerei-gasthaus-friedel/), [Brauerei Gasthaus Seitz (Elch-Bräu)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brauerei-gasthaus-seitz-elch-brau/), [Brauerei Greif](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brauerei-greif/), [Brauerei Neder](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brauerei-neder/), [Brauerei Penning-Zeißler](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brauerei-penning-zeissler/), [Brennerei Albin Meixner](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brennerei-albin-meixner/), [Brennerei Beck](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brennerei-beck/), [Brennerei Ebenhack](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brennerei-ebenhack/), [Brennerei Fahner](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brennerei-fahner/), [Brennerei Feesenhof](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brennerei-feesenhof/), [Brennerei Fleischmann](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brennerei-fleischmann/), [Brennerei Fritz Wohlhöfer](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brennerei-fritz-wohlhofer/), [Brennerei Hack](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brennerei-hack/), [Brennerei Josef Häfner](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brennerei-josef-hafner/), [Brennerei Kaiser Edle Brände](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brennerei-kaiser-edle-brande/), [Brennerei Kormann](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brennerei-kormann/), [Brennerei Manfred Wilhelm](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brennerei-manfred-wilhelm/), [Brennerei Röhrer](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brennerei-rohrer/), [Brennerei Rumpler](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brennerei-rumpler/), [Brennerei Salb](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brennerei-salb/), [Brennerei Siebenhaar](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brennerei-siebenhaar/), [Brennerei Singer](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brennerei-singer/), [Brennerei Spörl](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brennerei-sporl/), [Brennerei Waldenhof](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brennerei-waldenhof/), [Brennerei Weisel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brennerei-weisel/), [Brennerei Weisel im Landgasthof Schwarzes Roß](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brennerei-weisel-im-landgasthof-schwarzes-ross/), [Brennerei, Wirtshaus und Hotel Sponsel "Zum Schwarzen Adler"](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brennerei-wirtshaus-und-hotel-sponsel-zum-schwarzen-adler/), [Brennerei Zehner](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brennerei-zehner/), [Dahlman-Schmidt Edelbrände](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/dahlman-schmidt-edelbrande/), [Die Kleinbrennerei](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/die-kleinbrennerei/), [Drei Linden](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/drei-linden/), [Edelbrennerei Erich Lang](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/edelbrennerei-erich-lang/), [Edelbrennerei Haas](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/edelbrennerei-haas/), [Edelbrennerei Heilmann](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/edelbrennerei-heilmann/), [Edelbrennerei Kern](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/edelbrennerei-kern/), [Edelbrennerei Otto Ammon](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/edelbrennerei-otto-ammon/), [Edelbrennerei "Schnaps-Bartel"](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/edelbrennerei-schnaps-bartel/), [Edeldestilleriei P. und G.Müller](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/edeldestilleriei-p-und-g-muller/), [Edelschnapsbrennerei Held](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/edelschnapsbrennerei-held/), [Ferienhof in Hirtengärtl / Genusshof Pingold](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ferienhof-in-hirtengartl-genusshof-pingold/), [Fränkische Edelbrennerei Theiler](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/frankische-edelbrennerei-theiler/), [Fränkische Hausbrennerei Erlwein](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/frankische-hausbrennerei-erlwein/), [Gasthaus Kroder](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/gasthaus-kroder/), [Gasthof-Pension Brennerei Mühlhäuser](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/gasthof-pension-brennerei-muhlhauser/), [Geist-Reich Brennerei und Terassencafe](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/geist-reich-brennerei-und-terassencafe/), [Landgasthof Zehner](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/landgasthof-zehner/), [Likörfabrikation Leonard Herbst](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/likorfabrikation-leonard-herbst/), [Lindelberg Brennerei Zeiss](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/lindelberg-brennerei-zeiss/), [maigischer BrennArt](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/maigischer-brennart/), [Meister](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/meister/), [Obstbrennerei Oßmann](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/obstbrennerei-ossmann/), [Obstbrennerei Polster](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/obstbrennerei-polster/), [Obstbrennerei Wagner](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/obstbrennerei-wagner/), [Obsthof und Brennerei Weisel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/obsthof-und-brennerei-weisel/), [Pension Brück](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/pension-bruck/), [Preuschens Edelbrennerei](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/preuschens-edelbrennerei/), [Privatbrauerei Vasold & Schmidt](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/privatbrauerei-vasold-schmidt/), [sandberg bräu GbR](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/sandberg-brau-gbr/), [Schnaps- und Edelbrennerei Heilmann](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schnaps-und-edelbrennerei-heilmann/), [Schwanen-Brennerei Dotterweich](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schwanen-brennerei-dotterweich/), [Simmerlein](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/simmerlein/), [Stöhrs Likörmanufaktur](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/stohrs-likormanufaktur/)
- **History**: [Mühle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brennerei-inge-blank/), [Bürgerhaus](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hotel-gasthof-resengorg/)
- **Hiking**: [Hirschaid - Spies](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hirschaid-spies/), [Camino de Santiago](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/jakobsweg-effeltrich-marloffstein/), [Camino de Santiago](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/jakobsweg-v/), [Camino de Santiago](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/jakobswege-kronach-coburg-nurnberg/), [Karpfenweiherweg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/karpfenweiherweg/), [Kulturerlebnis Fränkische Schweiz - Ebermannnstadt - Streitberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kulturerlebnis-frankische-schweiz-ebermannnstadt-streitberg/), [Kulturerlebnis Fränkische Schweiz - Erlangen - Pinzberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kulturerlebnis-frankische-schweiz-erlangen-pinzberg/), [Kulturerlebnis Fränkische Schweiz - Ermreuth - Hammermühle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kulturerlebnis-frankische-schweiz-ermreuth-hammermuhle/), [Kulturerlebnis Fränkische Schweiz - Forchheim](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kulturerlebnis-frankische-schweiz-forchheim/), [Kulturerlebnis Fränkische Schweiz - Forchheim-Weilersbach](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kulturerlebnis-frankische-schweiz-forchheim-weilersbach/), [Kulturerlebnis Fränkische Schweiz - Langensendlebach - Effeltrich](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kulturerlebnis-frankische-schweiz-langensendlebach-effeltric/), [Kulturerlebnis Fränkische Schweiz - Pretzfeld - Forchheim](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kulturerlebnis-frankische-schweiz-pretzfeld-forchheim/), [Kulturerlebnis Fränkische Schweiz - Pretzfeld - Schaifhausen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kulturerlebnis-frankische-schweiz-pretzfeld-schaifhausen/), [Kulturerlebnis Fränkische Schweiz - Schlaifhausen - Weingarts](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kulturerlebnis-frankische-schweiz-schlaifhausen-weingarts/), [Kulturerlebnis Fränkische Schweiz - Streitberg - Pretzfeld](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kulturerlebnis-frankische-schweiz-streitberg-pretzfeld/), [Kulturerlebnis Fränkische Schweiz - Unterweilersbach - Leutenbach](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kulturerlebnis-frankische-schweiz-unterweilersbach-leutenbac/), [Kulturerlebnis Fränkische Schweiz - Weilersbach - Ebermannstadt](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kulturerlebnis-frankische-schweiz-weilersbach-ebermannstadt/), [Kulturerlebnis Fränkische Schweiz - Weilersbach - Forchheim](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kulturerlebnis-frankische-schweiz-weilersbach-forchheim/), [Kulturwanderweg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kulturwanderweg/), [Leinleitertalweg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/leinleitertalweg/), [Leyerbergweg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/leyerbergweg/), [Muggendorf - Kirchehrenbach](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/muggendorf-kirchehrenbach/), [Oberjägermarter](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/oberjagermarter/), [Pinzberg-Regensberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/pinzberg-regensberg/), [Pretzfeld - Kasberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/pretzfeld-kasberg/), [Verbindungsweg Gunzendorf - 7-Flüsse-Wanderweg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/verbindungsweg-gunzendorf-7-flusse-wanderweg/), [Verbindungsweg Neuses - Trailsdorf - 7-Flüsse-Wanderweg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/verbindungsweg-neuses-trailsdorf-7-flusse-wanderweg/), [Wanderweg Baiersdorf – Röttenbach](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wanderweg-baiersdorf-rottenbach/), [Camino de Santiago](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wanderweg-frankischer-jakobsweg-west-bamberg-domitz/), [Wanderweg Kulturerlebnis Fränkische Schweiz - Gräfenberg-Weingarts](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wanderweg-kulturerlebnis-frankische-schweiz-grafenberg-weing/), [Wanderweg Kulturerlebnis Fränkische Schweiz - Weingarts-Neunkirchen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wanderweg-kulturerlebnis-frankische-schweiz-weingarts-neunki/), [Wanderweg Marloffstein-Schlaifhausen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wanderweg-marloffstein-schlaifhausen/), [Westlicher Albrandweg Kirchehrenbach - Lillinghof (Teil 2)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/westlicher-albrandweg-kirchehrenbach-lillinghof-teil-2/)

## When to go to Forchheim

The best time to visit Forchheim is **April to October and December**; also possible: January to March and November. This comes from its own places: a month counts as the town's best time when it is the best time for half of what there is to see.

| Mes | Época | Hours of daylight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | Possible | 8 h 21 |
| February | Possible | 9 h 51 |
| March | Possible | 11 h 33 |
| April | Best time | 13 h 30 |
| May | Best time | 15 h 09 |
| June | Best time | 16 h 04 |
| July | Best time | 15 h 42 |
| August | Best time | 14 h 15 |
| September | Best time | 12 h 21 |
| October | Best time | 10 h 28 |
| November | Possible | 8 h 47 |
| December | Best time | 7 h 55 |

In June there are 16 h 04 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 55. In April, 121 of the 121 places are at their best.

When to go to Germany in general, with its festivals and peak seasons, is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#cuando-ir).

## Getting to Forchheim

The nearest main airport is Munich Airport (MUC, Munich), 161 km as the crow flies. How to get around Germany (train, car, bus) is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#moverse), and what to sort out before you leave is in [its checklist](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#antes-de-salir).

- [Where it is](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=49.7223%2C11.0722)
- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=49.7223%2C11.0722)

## Other towns nearby

- [Bamberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/bamberg/): 68 places · 23 km
- [Pottenstein](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/pottenstein/): 104 places · 25 km
- [Fürth](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/furth/): 41 places · 29 km
- [Nuremberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/nuremberg/): 92 places · 30 km
- [Gutenstetten](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/gutenstetten/): 19 places · 33 km
- [Wattendorf](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wattendorf/): 30 places · 35 km

And all of Germany, in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is there to see in Forchheim?

The best known: [Ehrenbürg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ehrenburg/), [Schloss Wiesenthau](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-wiesenthau/), [Kasberger Linde](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kasberger-linden/), [Tanzlinde](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/tanzlinde/), [Egloffstein Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/burg-egloffstein/). In all, 121 places in the town and around it, all on your trip map from day one.

### When is the best time to visit Forchheim?

April to October and December; also possible: January to March and November. In June there are 16 h 04 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 55.

### How do you get to Forchheim?

The nearest main airport is Munich Airport (MUC), 161 km away. From there, [directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=49.7223%2C11.0722) opens the route on the map.

### How do I add it to my trip?

Create a trip with Forchheim as the destination and these 121 places are on your map, each with its category. The ones you like go into a day's plan with one tap, and Kokai reminds you when you pass nearby.

Data from [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), licensed under the ODbL, from [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0, cities from [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) and airports from [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/). Daylight hours are calculated from the latitude. More in [credits](https://kokai.app/en/aviso/#creditos).