Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting There & Around
S-Bahn trains from Stuttgart serve the Hauptbahnhof, 750m southwest of the centre. The
Residenzschloss, on Schlossstrasse (the B27) lies 400m northeast of the central Markt-
platz.
Stuttgart's S4 and S5 S-Bahn lines go directly to Ludwigsburg's Hauptbahnhof (€3.50),
frequently linked to the chateau by buses 421, 425 and 427. On foot, the chateau is 1km
from the train station.
There are two large car parks 500m south of the Residenzschloss, just off the B27.
MAULBRONN
Billed as the best-preserved medieval monastery north of the Alps, the one-time Cister-
cian monastery
Kloster Maulbronn
( 07043-926 610;
www.schloesser-und-gaer-
Nov-Feb)
was founded by Alsatian monks in 1147, born again as a Protestant school in
1556 and designated a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1993. Its famous graduates include
the astronomer Johannes Kepler. Aside from the Romanesque-Gothic portico in the mon-
astery church and the weblike vaulting of the cloister, it's the insights into monastic life
that make this place so culturally stimulating.
Maulbronn is 30km east of Karlsruhe and 33km northwest of Stuttgart, near the
Pforzheim Ost exit on the A8. From Karlsruhe, take the S4 to Bretten Bahnhof and from
there bus 700; from Stuttgart, take the train to Mühlacker and then bus 700.
