Herrenberg is located on the Schoenbuch between the Swabian Alps and the Black Forest. The Gaeu railway, the city rail link, the "Bodensee" motorway from Stuttgart to Singen and 2 national roads mean that Herrenberg is quick and easy to reach. Herrenberg is also a superb base for excursions in the surrounding region, in south-west Germany and to nearby foreign countries.
Pforzheim: for jewellery and gold, c. 49 km
Stuttgart Casino, music hall c.35 km
Stuttgart airport: c.25 km
Schoenbuch nature park und Bebenhausen monastery
Tübingen University town c.20 km
Schloß Lichtenstein, Nebel cave c.40 km
Hechingen Burg Hohenzollern c.40 km
Calw Hesse Museum; c.21 km
Rottweil c.80 km
Bodensee c.100 km
Wildbad; c.40 km
Freudenstadt Black Forest High Route, Mummel Lake c.53 km
Herrenberg itself and many other attractive day-trip destinations can be reached quickly, comfortably and cheaply by the city rail link and the Ammer Valley Railway (ATB)
historical old town
Marbach
Schiller's House
university town, Hohentuebingen Castle, Hoelderlin's tower, Uhland's birthplace
largest German Baroque castle, "Blossoming Baroque" garden exhibition, fairy tale garden, lake hunting lodge
Wilhelma, zoological and botanical garden, State Gallery, television tower, Old Castle with Wuerttemberg Land Museum, New Castle, Mercedes-Museum
Hundertwasser residential complex
Keplermuseum
Schelling House