Visitor information and guide systems of the District Town Herrenberg

Visitor information and guide systems of the District Town HerrenbergWe want you to feel a sense of well-being in Herrenberg.

We want you to be able to find your way around Herrenberg...

... that's why we have developed a town information and guide system for you and our citizens.

And by that we mean an effective system!

Our information offer for you while you are underway:

• Parking guide system
• Hotel routes
• Electronic information system
• Visitor guide system to the town centre
• Hiking routes from the Ammertalbahn (railway) into the Schönbuch Nature Reserve
• Information point (i-point) in the town hall and at the market square
• Brochures for bicycling and hiking around Herrenberg and more

Herrenberg is the hub of local public traffic.

Whether you arrive in Herrenberg

-with the Ammertalbahn from Urach or Plochingen via Tübingen

-with the S-Bahn (suburban railway system) from Stuttgart or another network station

-with the Bahn (railway); for instance, directly from Milan

-with regional motor coaches or

with your own vehicle via the motorway A 81, the major federal roads

B14, B28 or state roads, we have the offer for you which enables you to

quickly find your way around Herrenberg and to quickly arrive at your

destination. For this purpose our modern coaches of the 4 city bus lines

are available for you.

Parking guide system "Town Centre"

No matter what direction you arrive in our town, starting in mid-May 2001 you will find at the entrances to town our chart signposts with dynamic parking space display for 5 of our most important parking possibilities (over 1000 parking spaces in the town area).

 

• P1 car park Mariengarage
• P2 car park Volksbank
• P4 car park Bronntor
• P5 car park Nufringer Tor
• P6 car park Stadthalle

 

The parking facility at the railway station with the P+R facility are not

integrated in our "Town Centre" parking guide system , but are well-

marked with traffic signs (P+R signs).

 

If you are arriving from the direction Tübingen or Horb, P1 is additionally

identified with "Marktplatz"; from the direction Nagold this is identified

with P4 and from direction Böblingen and Calw this is identified with P6.

From there you will always be guided with our visitor guide system for

the town centre to one of the most beautiful market squares in the state

of Württemberg or other facilities and attractions.

Incidentally: Parking at the town hall parking car park (P5) is free; in the

P4 car park the first 20 minutes are free.

Opening hours parking zones

The parking blocks P1, P3 and the P+R parkways are managed by the Stadtwerke Herrenberg. The parking blocks P2 and P5 (*) are private businesses.

Thanks for understanding that no responsibility is taken for the correctness of the opening hours. Please assure yourself before entering a parking block.

Hotelroute

Electronic information system:

We have something quite special in store for you at the railway station and at the market square in Herrenberg: it's our electronic information system. You will find our electronic system - maintained in pastel-yellow at:

the Herrenberg railway station, directly adjacent to the central bus station (ZOB) exit

and under the arcades of the town hall at the market square (administration building, Marktplatz 1

You can retrieve comprehensive information about the town Herrenberg

and concerning an extensive range of services.The systems enable a direct call and a temporary reservation in a hotel or guest house. An integrated town plan can also help you further.

Visitor guide system "Town Centre"

Whether you arrive at the Herrenberg railway station, the car park Mariengarage (P1), the car park Bronntor (P3) or at the town hall7 (P5), you will be directed there with our town center visitor guide system to one of the most beautiful market squares in Württemberg, as well as to other facilities and attractions - in case you want to explore our Altstadtbummel (old town stroll)8, our historic town tour or our Fachwerkpfad ("timber-framed building" path)9 on your own without a guided tour.

 

The town center visitor guide system also brings you back on the return route to the starting point. Whenever you see a signpost in pastel-yellow with a red logo you are on the right route!

Pedestrian and bicycle route sign-posting to the Schönbuch Nature Reserve

We have installed general plan for you at the railway stations in Herrenberg and Herrenberg-Gültstein, as well as at the Herrenberg- Zwerchweg stop. From the Herrenberg-Gültstein railway station and from the Herrenberg-Zwerchweg stop the same guide system - which is also available in the nature reserve - leads you along a well-maintained routes to the nature reserve. From the railway station in Herrenberg you will initially use the visitor guide system Town Centre11, which brings you to the Schloßberg on the boundary of the nature reserve. From there you will once again find your route, which is oriented to the Schönbuch Nature Reserve guide system. Bicycle routes into the Schönbuch Nature Reserve are also marked from all 3 stops of the Ammertalbahn or the railway station (S-Bahn), respectively.

 

Whether by foot or with a bicycle you will be guided to the following destinations:

From the Herrenberg railway station: Via the town centre (market square) toward Schloßberg and onward to various tours, and also toward the Naturfreundehaus (Nature Lover's House) near the Waldfriedhof (Forest Cemetery) - (large forest parking facility with a City bus stop).

From the Herrenberg-Zwerchweg stop: Past the Hallenbad (indoor swimming facility) and on the boundary of the Ziegelfeld residential area toward the Naturfreundehaus and the Waldfriedhof (City bus stop) into the Schönbuch Nature Reserve - the starting point for many hiking possibilities.

From Herrenberg-Gültstein: Through Gültstein (industrial park) and Mönchberg (Obermönchberg) toward Mönchberger Sattel in the Schönbuch Nature Reserve.

Information point (i-point) in the town hall

While the opening hours are available to you in our i-point in the Administration Building 1 at the market square, town administration employees will gladly help you with information of any nature. There you will also receive our entire collection of information brochures, such as the Herrenberg guide, "Herrenberg: historic-cheerful-sincere", VHS (adult education) programme, Amtsblatt (official gazette), Herrenberg bicycle route map, Herrenberg hiking map, Stiftskirche Herrenberg (collegiate church) and the Glockenmuseum (bell museum), Historic Herrenberg, Herrenberg Events, Fachwerkpfad, Concerts in Herrenberg, Guest Information, City bus timetable, Ammertalbahn timetable, S-Bahn timetable, Parking in Herrenberg, Town Tours, Herrenberg: "Come into the Old Town, Get out into Nature". You can also request brochures here.

You can also receive our brochure "Bicycling and Hiking around Herrenberg" for a token fee of only 4.- DM by this method. Among other things you will receive a tour description from Tübingen toward Herrenberg and back. An interesting addition to the Neckartalradweg (Neckar Valley bicycle route)!

Should you visit us at times in which we can unfortunately not serve you personally, or if our printable internet texts for Altstadtbummel and Fachwerkpfad are not sufficient, you can help yourself at the automatic machine for town information which is installed at the market square opposite the i-point.

Bicycling and Hiking around Herrenberg brochure

To a large extent our brochure "Bicycling and Hiking around Herrenberg", issued especially for you, contributes to our BIS (VIS). In addition to 2 very beautiful hikes, you will also find 5 bicycle tours toward Herrenberg marked on plans in this brochure. A further bicycle tour through the Ammer Valley leads you again along the Neckartalradweg which passes Tübingen, from which you could have possibly reached Herrenberg by means of another route. You can request this brochure here.

The Herrenberg BIS (VIS) - a visitor information and guide system with effect.

Besucherinformations- und Leitsystem (BIS)

Wir wollen, dass Sie sich in Herrenberg wohlfühlen.

Wir wollen, dass Sie sich in Herrenberg gut zurechtfinden...

...deshalb haben wir für Sie und unsere Bürgerinnen und Bürger ein Stadtinformations- und Leitsystem entwickelt.

Ein System mit Biss..., so meinen wir!