Fritzlar Old Town
Fritzlar
A thousand-year-old town that grew out of St Boniface’s mission site, where a half-timbered market square faces St Peter’s Cathedral.
Fritzlar lies about 25 km southwest of Kassel. In 723, the missionary Saint Boniface felled the Donar Oak, a tree worshipped by the Germanic peoples, and built a chapel on the spot, from which the small town grew. The old town retains medieval walls and the Grey Tower.
Around the market square stand ornate half-timbered houses and a Roland column, while St Peter’s Cathedral houses a treasury. The town is compact enough to explore in half a day, and it can be combined with Edersee on the same day.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Hercules Monument & Cascades
- Edersee & Waldeck Castle
- Löwenburg
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe Water Features
- Wilhelmshöhe Palace & Old Masters Gallery
- Karlsaue Park
- Museum für Sepulkralkultur
- Grimmwelt Kassel