Sinsheim

Sinsheim is a city in Baden-Württemberg, a state of Germany.

Understand

The town would probably be of little note if it weren't for the Auto&Technik Museum, which houses two of the few surviving passenger supersonic planes, and TSG Hoffenheim, a soccer club that mostly rose to the top in the 21st century on the strength of sponsorship money. Sinsheim is also birth place of '48er and American Civil War major general (for the Union) Franz Sigel, the highest ranking German American during the conflict.

Get in

By car

Sinsheim is about an hour by car south of Frankfurt. Take exit 33 or 34 from the A6 Autobahn.

By train

• 1 Sinsheim (Elsenz) Hauptbahnhof. The main station of Sinsheim but not the only one, it sees regional train service  

Get around

Sinsheim is part of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein Neckar who run buses and trains and set schedules and prices.

See

• 1 Auto & Technik Museum (Signposted from exits 33 or 34 on the A6 Autobahn. By public transport, Sinsheim Museum/Arena station is adjacent.). open daily. Has interesting displays of many vintage and historic cars, motorcycles, other machinery, and an extensive collection of aircraft, including the supersonic ones - a Russian Tu-144 and Anglo-French Concorde. (updated Mar 2018)
• 2 Stadt- und Freiheitsmuseum Sinsheim (City and freedom museum) (In the old city hall), ☏ +49 7261 404950, fax: +49 7261 4044545, museum@sinsheim.de. W and Su 14:00-17:00. The exposition focuses on the 19th century with revolutionary Friedrich Hecker and the emigration from the area during that time particular focuses adult €1.50, child €0.50. 
• 3 Museumshof Lerchennest (Friedrich-der-Große-Museum), Lerchenneststraße 18, 74889 Sinsheim-Steinsfurt, ☏ +49 7261 61496 (Mr. Appenzeller), +49 7261 61691 (Mr. Hecker). Su and public holidays 14:00 - 16:30 Uhr. The building is an old timber-frame construction which saw Frederick II of Prussia being stopped on his flight from his father, hence him being "preserved for the fatherland" 
• 4 Erlebnismuseum Fördertechnik, Untere Au 4, ☏ +49 7261-94 96 2-0. 
• 5 Steinsberg Castle. First mentioned in 1109 (updated Nov 2017)

Do

• Football: 1 TSG Hoffenheim. They play soccer in Bundesliga, the top tier. Their home ground is the "Wirsol" or Rhein-Neckar-Arena, capacity 30,000. It's 1 km southeast of town centre with its own S-bahn station. The women's team play in their top tier at Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion. (updated Jun 2024)

Eat

• 1 Ratsstube, Karlsruher Str. 55-59, Dühren, ☏ +49 7261 937-0. Hotel and Restauran 
• 2 Brauhaus Jupiter, Keltergasse 21, Steinsfurt, ☏ +49 7261 975537. 
• 3 Pizza Pasta. 
• 4 China-Restaurant Frieden. 
• 5 Gasthaus Linde, Bahnhofstraße 26 (Pedestrian Zone next to the Elsenz). 
• 6 Küferschenke, Kaiserstraße 83-85, 74889 Sinsheim-Weiler. 

Drink

• Kinki discotheque. 

Sleep

• 1 Hotel Klostermühle, Hauptstr. 150 (near Kreiskrankenhaus, towards Rohrbach), ☏ +49 7261 13281. 
• 2 Hotel Sinsheim, In der Au 25 (near Rhein-Neckar-Arena an Auto-Technik-Museum), ☏ +49 7261 4064 0, fax: +49 7261 4064 60. single €87, double €102, Suite €162, including breakfast. 
• 3 Hotel Bär, Hauptstraße 131 (Innenstadt), ☏ +49 7261 1580, willkommen@hotel-baer.de. single €80-110, double €99-130. 
• 4 Hotel zum Prinzen, Hauptstraße 22, ☏ +49 7261 - 92 070. 
• 5 Wincent Hotel Sinsheim, Augrund 2, Sinsheim-Dühren (close to the Autobahn exit in Dühren), ☏ +49 7261 4020 0, fax: +49 7261 4020 1, sinsheim@wincent-hotel.de. single from €50, double from €70. 
• 6 Hotel Zehntscheune, Mettengasse 55, Sinsheim-Hilsbach, ☏ +49 7260 920920, fax: +49 7260 920921. single €55-65, double €85-90.