Bad Wimpfen (Germany Baden-Wurttemberg)

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Bad Wimpfen cruise port

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Europe Rivers

Local Time
2024-10-30 15:35

min: 46 °F (7 °C) / max: 60 °F (16 °C) 58°F
14.5°C
Wind: 48°/ 2 m/s  Gust: 2.6 m/sWind: 48°/ 2 m/s  Gust: 2.6 m/sLight breeze
2 m/s
Min / Max Temperature60 °F / 16 °C
46 °F / 8 °C
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Bad Wimpfen is a Neckar River/Rhine River cruise port and spa town in Germany's Baden-Wurttemberg state (Heilbronn district) with a population of around 7,000. The town is approx 15 km (9 mi) north of Heilbronn (state's 6th-largest city with a population of around 125,000).

The initial settlement was a Celtic village which (named Wimpina) was developed in the 2nd-century BC (during the Roman Empire). It received market town rights in 965 (granted by Holy Roman Emperor Otto I / 912-973). As a spa town, Wimpfen emerged in 1752 when the first bore-holes for brine (salt-water) were drilled. Permanent salt production was established in the early-19th-century. As the brine was also used therapeutically, in 1835 was opened town's first spa hotel (Mathilden). In mid-19th-century, the spa town was expanded and started to develop more after the opening of the Heilbronn-Heidelberg railway.

Among the best-known tourist attractions are Stadtkirche (13th-century church), Dominikanerkirche (18th-century church), Johanneskirche (15th-century church), Cornelienkirche (15th-century church), Burgerspital (13th-century), Burgermeister-Elsasser-Haus (early-18th-century), Nurnberger-Turmchen (mid-17th-century tower).

 

As a cruise port, Bad Wimpfen is included in the schedule of Nicko Cruises riverboat Casanova (2001-built). The next table shows the ship's 7-day itinerary between homeports Stuttgart and Saarbrucken. Prices start from ~USD 1900 pp (double occupancy).

Date / TimePort
17 Aug 18:30Departing from Stuttgart, Germany
17 Aug 22:00 / 18 Aug - 12:30 (overnight)Ludwigsburg, Germany
18 Aug 16:30 / 19 Aug - 05:30 (overnight)Lauffen am Neckar, Germany
19 Aug 10:00 / 20 Aug - 05:00 (overnight)Bad Wimpfen, Germany
20 Aug 15:00 - 21:00Heidelberg, Germany
21 Aug 03:30 - 11:00Mainz, Germany
21 Aug 16:00 - 19:00Koblenz, Germany
21 Aug 23:45 / 22 Aug - 05:00 (overnight)Treis-Karden, Germany
22 Aug 15:00 - 23:59Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
23 Aug 07:00 - 13:00Riol, Germany
23 Aug 23:00 / 24 Aug - 06:00 (overnight)Saarlouis, Germany
24 Aug 09:30Arriving in Saarbrucken, Germany
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