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Villingen-Schwenningen (German pronunciation: [ˈfɪlɪŋən ˈʃvɛnɪŋən] ⓘ; Low Alemannic: Villinge-Schwenninge) is a city in the Schwarzwald-Baar district in southern Baden-Württemberg, in south-western Germany.
- Villinger Münster
- Franziskanermuseum Villingen
- Uhrenindustriemuseum
- Münsterbrunnen Villingen
- Villinger Stadtmauer
- Heimat- und Uhrenmuseum Schwenningen
- Aussichtsturm auf Der Wanne
- Internationales Luftfahrt-Museum
- Schwenninger Moos
- Stadtpark Möglingshöhe
The heavyweight attraction in Villingen’s old town is the sublime Gothic münster with towers 50 metres tall. It began life as a Romanesque church in the 12th century, but a fire in 1271 saw the minster rebuilt in the High Gothic style. Those captivating towers came a little later in the 15th and 16th centuries. Puritans were in charge here in the 1...
This museum is in Villingen’s old Franciscan monastery, which was disbanded in 1797 after more than 500 years. Despite the religious-sounding name and the atmospheric setting, the museum is more concerned with the rich human history of Villingen-Schwenningen and the Black Forest. There are seven millennia to explore, and one of the most engrossing ...
All through the 19th century and into the early 20th century, Schwenningen was a hub for the mass production of clocks and other timepieces. The museum is in the premises of the Württembergische Uhrenfabrik Bürk, established in 1855, the oldest industrial clock-maker in Schwenningen. This brand was a market-leader for precision portable clocks used...
In Münsterplatz beside the church is a fountain made by the Black Forest artist Klaus Ringwald and unveiled in 1989. The peculiar octagonal sculpture here is fashioned from bronze, gold, enamel and concrete, and condenses the 1,000-year history of the city into a single monument. Each of the eight sides handles a different period, combining inscrib...
Check a map of Villingen and it’s easy to work out where the city wall is. The ditch defending the partially intact inner wall forms an almost complete oval belt of parkland around the old town. Three of four gates survive: The Oberes Tor in the north, the Riettor in the west and the Bickentor in the east. They are almost identical, put up in the m...
This museum about clocks and local culture is in a half-timbered building from the 1700s that was once a lodging for teachers. The museum first opened in 1931 and tackles Schwenningen’s history from a few angles: There’s an exhibit about the Alemanni tribe, based around Schwenningen 1,300 years ago, as well as interiors from rural homes, the 16th-c...
Looking over Villingen’s old town atop the 778-metre Wanne mountain to the east is an observation tower from 1888. With an octagonal footprint, three platforms and a steel lattice construction, the tower looks like nothing else from the period and has a height of 30 metres. The tower was cast and assembled by the Glockengießerei Grüninger, that bel...
This aviation museum is based in a hangar at the Schwenningen am Neckar airfield. Go in to see light aircraft like a First World War-era Fokker Dr. I, along with hundreds of model planes, an early de Havilland Ghost jet engine and an assortment of ejection seats. On the asphalt outside are more piston and jet aircraft, gliders and helicopters from ...
On Schwenningen’s southern rim is a three-square-kilometre expanse of moorland and peat bogs. Now that might sound forbidding, but the Schwenninger Moos is threaded by a hiking path through spruce and birch forest and along a pier to let you gaze over this unusual landscape. What makes the Schwenninger Moos so interesting is that more than 400 diff...
Merging with the Schwenninger Moos to the north is Schwenningen’s city park. Large tracts of the park are taken up by deep forest, accessed via a web of walking trails. In the clearings there’s a playground for kids, flowerbeds, hedges, shrubs, a sculpture trail and a pond. But the park’s most famous feature is the Neckarquelle, the monument markin...
On the edge of the Middle Black Forest, centrally located between Stuttgart and Lake Constance in the border triangle of Germany, France and Switzerland, Villingen-Schwenningen is an ideal destination for an interesting city trip or a vacation in a unique landscape.
- jktrock. Sagamihara, Japan 738 contributions. Good spot to explore Black Forest. We stayed at a hotel about 5 minutes from the town (Villingen). It’s a nice town to visit while in Black Forest.
- Waldemar_Schneider. Walldorf, Germany 300 contributions. Watershed between North and Black seas. Walking the wooden pathways you can experience a magic atmosphere at this place.
- Daniel G. Uster, Switzerland 11 contributions. Family trip. Interesting for the whole family with some nice master pieces showing I. The museum. Good lesson for kids to Lear the evolution of time presenting devices.
- Erik T. 19 contributions. Hidden aviation gem. A hidden gem for aviation fans. Interesting static displays, especially of Cold War aircraft. One can appreciate most of the exhibits in a little over an hour.
Jan 27, 2023 · Villingen-Schwenningen is a charming and picturesque town located in the heart of the Black Forest region in Germany. It is a perfect destination for a weekend getaway, offering a mix of history, culture, and natural beauty.
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Villingen-Schwenningen (German pronunciation: [ˈfɪlɪŋən ˈʃvɛnɪŋən]; Low Alemannic: Villinge-Schwenninge) is a town in Schwarzwald-Baar, a district (Landkreis) in Freiburg. It has 85,838 inhabitants (as of September 2019). [2] It is also the capital of Schwarzwald-Baar.
