Discover Petersaurach

Petersaurach can be explored through several clearly distinct themes: the show and teaching garden on Jakob-Müller-Ring, the willow chapel between Petersaurach and Altendettelsau, and paths for learning and reflection. If you plan your stay around your interests, you can treat gardening, chapel history and routes with named stations as distinct highlights.

Gardens and local history

The show and teaching garden is located in Petersaurach on Jakob-Müller-Ring, on the grounds at Ziegendorfer Weiher. The Petersaurach Fruit and Horticultural Society began managing these grounds in 2006. This brings together a specific location in the town and a historical connection to the society’s work. The name “show and teaching garden” combines two perspectives on gardening: looking and learning. The garden therefore offers a distinct focus alongside chapel history and routes in the municipality.

The willow chapel and its history

The willow chapel is located between Petersaurach and Altendettelsau and offers a place for reflection. A Marian chapel stood beside the present-day chapel around 1350, where services were held for farmers from the surrounding villages. In terms of what you choose to explore, this focus differs from the show and teaching garden: here, the chapel and its historical use for services take centre stage.

Routes in the municipality of Petersaurach

The “Four Pearls on the Way of St. James” reflection trail was established in Großhaslach in 2012. Its four stations are called “Water,” “Fire,” “Air” and “Earth”; their names give the route a clear thematic structure. Another connection to the area’s routes is the Middle Franconian Way of St. James, also known as the “Franconian Camino.” It runs from Nuremberg via Großhaslach to Rothenburg ob der Tauber. This makes it possible to distinguish between the reflection trail, with its four named stations, and the course of the Way of St. James through the places mentioned.

The Shepherd’s Path learning site and walking routes

The learning site on the “Shepherd’s Path” reflection trail in Petersaurach is suitable for children aged three and over. The Shepherd’s Path is about a 20-minute walk from both Petersaurach Nord S-Bahn station and Petersaurach main station. The approximate walking time is therefore the same from either starting point. The age recommendation applies to the learning site; the walking time refers to the route on foot from the named starting points.

Culture in the wider destination of Ansbach

The wider destination of Ansbach offers further distinct cultural themes. In Wolframs-Eschenbach, the Literature Trail Franconia is a 2.2 km accessible circular route around the town fortifications. Along 15 information boards, it focuses on authors from the Middle Ages to the present day whose works deal with Franconia. In Königshofen, the “wiegen & messen” museum displays more than 4,000 exhibits, including historic scales, their associated weights, measuring rods, yardsticks and vessels for measuring grain. Thus, in the wider destination of Ansbach, literature and connections to Franconia sit alongside historical units of measurement and objects as distinct cultural themes.

Discover more destinations: Dietenhofen, Colmberg, Heilsbronn, Langfurth, Schnelldorf, Bechhofen, Oberdachstetten, Gebsattel.

Go to the overview of the wider destination: Ansbach.