Lohr am Main

Lohr am Main is a town of 15,000 people (2021) in the Main-Spessart district of Lower Franconia.

Understand

It lies on the river Main on the edge of the Spessart.

Get in

By plane

Germany's main hub, Frankfurt airport (FRA ^IATA) is less than 100 km away as the crow flies and there are direct regional trains from Frankfurt main station or ICEs to Aschaffenburg from where you can change onto a regional train.

By train

• Main–Spessart railway. between Aschaffenburg and Würzburg  

Regional trains are operated under the VVM tariff union, meaning you won't get a price quote for some connections at the bahn.de website but will at the vvm website. The city is on the Würzburg – Frankfurt railway line and can be reached by RE. Trains run at least every hour from both directions and stop at the only station "Lohr Bahnhof". The train station is about 2 kilometers from the city center and is connected to the public transport system.

By car

Lohr is on the eastern edge of the Rhine-Main area, about 80 km by car from Frankfurt. From there Lohr can be reached via Autobahn 3 (exit Weibersbrunn) in about 1 hour by car.

By bike 

The Main Cycle Path leads through Lohr, as does the Kahltal-Spessart Cycle Path. Via the neighbouring town of Gemünden (13 km) connection to the Franconian Saale Cycle Path and the Werntal Cycle Pat.

Get around

With the well-developed public transport system, all larger towns in the area can be reached from the central bus station on the parking deck (not far from the pedestrian zone).

The Lohr Liner public bus system serves the entire city area in five different lines.

See

• 1 Lohrer Schloss, ☏ +49 9353 7932399. Museum: Tu-Sa 10:00-16:00, Su 10:00-17:00. It houses the Spessartmuseum which claims to include Snow White's mirror. (updated May 2023)

Do

• Karfreitagsprozession (Good Friday Procession). (updated May 2020)

By boat

• Lohr ship tourism, Ostlandstrasse 34, ☏ +49 9352 807212. The main landing stage is the Mainlände between the old and new Main Bridge. In the summer months the "Maintalbummler" runs several times a day as a pleasure boat, with destinations in the immediate vicinity. Boat trips from Karlstadt - Lohr - Marktheidenfeld. 

Eat

• 1 Gasthaus Schönbrunnen, Haupstraße 28, ☏ +49 9352 9341, info@schoenbrunnen-lohr.de. Franconian food (updated Feb 2017)

Drink

• 1 Keiler Brauhaus, Alfred-Stumpf-Straße 2, 97816 Lohr am Main, ☏ +49 9352 7328, info@keiler-brauhaus.de. W-M 10:00-00:00 (through warm kitchen); closed Tu. Variety of beer specialties, cuisine with many regional specialties. Every first Thursday of the month you can watch the brew. 

Sleep

• 1 Hotel Bundschuh, Am Kaibach 7, ☏ +49 9352 87610. 
• 2 Hotel Franziskushöhe, Ruppertshüttener Str. 70, ☏ +49 9352 6040. 
• 3 Hotel-Gasthof Krone, Lohrtorstr. 2, ☏ +49 9352 2529. 
• 4 Gasthof Küferstube, Bahnhofstr.12-14, ☏ +49 9352 1334. 
• 5 Hotel-Gasthof Adler, Steinbacher Str. 14, ☏ +49 9352 87500. 
• 6 otel Spessarttor, Wombacherstraße 140, ☏ +49 9352 87330. 
• 7 Landhotel Zur alten Post, Steinfelder Straße 1, ☏ +49 9352 8752-0. 
• 8 Hotelgasthof Buchenmühle, Buchentalstraße 23, ☏ +49 9352 87990. 

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