Top Timber-Framed Towns Along the Deutsche Fachwerkstraße
Germany preserves over two million half-timbered (Fachwerk) buildings. Our top train-accessible picks include Quedlinburg (2,000+ timbered homes across six centuries), Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bamberg, Bacharach on the Middle Rhine, Cochem on the Moselle, Celle, Wernigerode, and Esslingen am Neckar.