Franconian Switzerland is a popular mountainous tourist region in Upper Franconia, in the state of Bavaria, southern Germany.
Franconian Switzerland characterized by its mountainous landscape famous for its karst rocks and caves as well as a high density of castles and ruins.
Currently, this territory, rich in natural attractions and saturated with historical and cultural monuments, is of great interest for recreation and tourism. It attracts a large number of holidaymakers from Germany and abroad both in summer and in winter, since it has a very developed recreation industry and, in addition, is valued as a location for balneological institutions.
Access : Coordinates: Franconian Switzerland located in northern Bavaria, a state of Germany.
Highlights & Top-Rated Tourist Attractions in The Franconian Switzerland:
- Museums : Franconian Switzerland encompasses a multitude of museums ,one of the natural regions with the highest museum density in Germany.
- Castles : The region of Franconian Switzerland encompasses more than 70 castles , the most prominent of the region’s inland castles is Giechburg, a hill castle near the town of Scheßlitz / Rabenstein Castle, Wiesentfels Castle, Schloss Wiesenthau, Schloss Unteraufseß, Hiltpoltstein Castle, Hohenstein Castle, Schloss Kunreuth, Kohlstein Castle, Gügel Castle, Schloss Freienfels, Effeltrich, Egloffstein Castle , Schloss Greifenstein and Zwernitz Castle, among others.
- Breweries : Brewery tourism in the region continues even today, being one of the favorite destinations for lovers of the history of the production of this drink. Bavaria as a whole is known for being a beer production area.
- Activities available include landscape tourism (hiking, cave tourism, bird watching), sports and adventure tourism – canoeing, rock climbing, fishing.
- The Franconian Trail , one of the main tourist routes in southern Germany, 500 km long, passes through the region.
- Caving : the Devil’s Cave , near Pottenstein, the largest and most visited in the region / Bing’s Cave / The Sophia Cave / Hasenloch Cave and and Fellner-Doline, the deepest cave in Franconian Switzerland.
- Rock climbing : With more than 6,500 climbing routes, Franconian Switzerland is one of the best developed rock climbing areas in the world.
- Canoeing : The Wiesent is a popular river with canoeists, especially in the high season, which runs between May 1 and September 30. Known as “the white waters of Franconia”.
- Religious landmarks : There are currently 137 churches in Franconian Switzerland – between Catholic and Protestant – including cathedrals, basilicas, abbeys and monasteries; plus all kinds of religious landmarks, the most notable churches in the region, known as a place of pilgrimage, is the Holy Trinity Basilica in Gößweinstein , the castle church of St. George in Effeltrich (Catholic parish church), the church of St. Lawrence and St. Henry in Hohenpölz and the church of St. James and St. Catherine in Königsfeld.
Go next : Middle Franconia , one of the three administrative regions of Franconia / Lower Franconia , one of seven districts of Bavaria, Germany.
