Guided Tours & Workshops
Take advantage of the range of guided tours and workshops available at the UNESCO World Heritage Lorsch Abbey. Explore individual areas or even the entire complex with qualified experts. The nearby town of Lorsch also offers a variety of themed tours. Satisfy your curiosity!
Guided Tours of the Königshalle (King’s Hall)
You can also visit the Königshalle (King’s Hall) without booking a guided tour in advance. We run hourly tours of the Königshalle (King’s Hall), including the upper floor.
- March – October: Tue – Sun, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. (every hour on the hour)
- November – February: Sat and Sun, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. (every hour on the hour)
Group tours of the Königshalle (King’s Hall) are available at specific times throughout the year. Please contact us by telephone on 06251-86 92 00 or email at info@kloster-lorsch.de.
Prices
- Adults: 6 €
- Reduced: 4 €
- Family ticket: 14 €
Guided Tours of Freilichtlabor Lauresham (Laboratory for Experimental Archaeology)
- Lauresham is open for guided group tours (20+) by reservation (19 March – 30 October 2016). Foreign language tours are available on request.
- Individual visitors may attend a guided public tour without booking in advance.
Tuesday–Friday: at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Saturday–Sunday: hourly from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
INFO & BOOKING
info@kloster-lorsch.de | Tel. +49 (0)6251-86 92 00
Prices
- Adults: 7 €
- Reduced: 5 €
- Famil ticket: 16,50 € (max. 2 adults and 4 children)
- Groups with 20+ persons: 6 € p.p.
- Saisonal ticket: 49 € (Pay 7, get 8.)
Guided Tours of the Schaudepot Zentscheune (exhibition in the Tithe Barn)
Objects excavated in Lorsch and previously stored or exhibited at other sites are now permanently on display in the place they were found. These objects document impressive finds from 200 years of archaeological excavations. They include artefacts from the 2nd and 3rd centuries, Carolingian columns and capitals from the abbey’s heyday, as well as a great number of significant small finds that offer interesting insights into everyday life in the monastery.
INFO & BOOKING
info@kloster-lorsch.de | Tel. + 49 (0)6251-51446
Prices
- Adults: € 7.00
- Reduced: € 5.00
- Groups up to 10 persons: € 70.00
- Available year-round, by reservation only
Public tours (2 or more visitors)
- Every first Sunday a month – 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
- Duration: ca. 90 min
- Adults: € 7.00
- Reduced: € 5.00
Bookable Guided Tours for Groups (min. 2 persons)
Monastery and Freilichtlabor Lauresham
You are welcome to book individual tour dates for 2 or more people for the following offers:
- Königshalle (King's Hall), Klostergelände (Monastery
grounds), Klostergeschichte (History of the Monastery) - Königshalle (King's Hall), Kirchenfragment (Church
Fragment), Zehntscheune (Exhibition in the Tithe Barn) - Schaudepot Zehntscheune (Exhibition in the Tithe Barn)
- Freilichtlabor Lauresham (Laboratory for Experimental Archeology)
INFO & BOOKING
Duration: about 90 min, TUE – SUN
Group price: 70 € (up to 10 persons), more persons 7 € | reduced 5 €
Groups (up to 20 persons) 6 € p.p. (entrence fee to the Museum center included)
Tel. +49 (0)6251-86 92 00 | buchung@kloster-lorsch.de
Guided tours in foreign laguages are possible, please send us a request.
Herb Tour
The Lorsch Pharmacopoeia was written in Lorsch Abbey; it is the oldest work of monastic medicine in the German-speaking world. The text is written in Latin and its sources were predominantly from Antiquity. This period of medical history (which peaked in the 8th–12th centuries) relies on the effects of healing plants. Medicine was practised exclusively by monks and nuns. The extensive herb garden brings this medicinal knowledge to life.
INFO & BOOKING
Duration: 1.5 hrs (Longer if required!)
Group price: € 55 (up to 10 people; € 5.50 for each extra person)
Available year-round, by reservation only.
Tourist-Information NibelungenLand | Altes Rathaus, Marktplatz 1 | 64653 Lorsch
Tel. +49 (0)6251-175260 | info@nibelungenland.net
Guided Tours of the Peony Garden
Throughout the flowering season, we offer tours of our educational public gardens featuring over 70 different species.
INFO & BOOKING
Duration: approx. 60 min
Group price: € 55 (up to 10 people; € 5.50 for each extra person)
Available March through mid-June, by reservation only.
Tourist-Information NibelungenLand | Altes Rathaus, Marktplatz 1 | 64653 Lorsch
Tel. +49 (0)6251-175260 | info@nibelungenland.net
Town Tours and Themed Tours
Would you like to know more about our town? Our team of trained guides offer the following tours:
- Herb Tour – The knowledge of the healing monks is brought to life in the Lorsch Pharmacopoeia Herb Garden. (See details below)
- Königshalle (King’s Hall) Tour – Learn more about the World Heritage Site on an expert guided tour.
- Tobacco Tour – Lorsch has the largest Tobacco Museum in Germany and still cultivates tobacco. Smoking is only a small part of the story…
- Town Tour – Lorsch has many attractive sights: churches, archetypal buildings, half-timbered houses and an entirely-painted room known as the Nibelungensaal.
INFO & BOOKING
Tourist-Information NibelungenLand | Alten Rathau, Marktplatz 1 | 64653 Lorsch
info@nibelungenland.net | Tel. +49 (0)6251-175260 | www.nibelungenland.net
UNESCO Welterbe Kloster Lorsch | Nibelungenstraße 32 | 64653 Lorsch
info@kloster-lorsch.de | Tel. +49 (0)6251-86 92 00
You do not need to join a tour to visit individual museums, the UNESCO World Heritage Lorsch Abbey, the Peony Garden and Tobacco Field. Feel free to explore the World Heritage Site according to your own interests.
Tobacco Workshops and Guided Tours
The town’s prosperity is based on 300 years of tobacco cultivation and processing. Did you know that tobacco was once regarded as a cure and is now used as a CO2 indictor in the field of environmental protection? We can also show you how cigars are rolled. Sampling a cigar and an accompanying drink is voluntary, of course!
INFO
info@nibelungenland.net | Tel. +49 (0)6251-175260
Guided Tours of the Peony Garden
Throughout the flowering season, we offer tours of our educational public gardens featuring over 70 different species.
INFO & BOOKING
Duration: approx. 60 min
Group price: € 55 (up to 10 people; € 5.50 for each extra person)
Available March through mid-June, by reservation only.
Tourist-Information NibelungenLand | Altes Rathaus, Marktplatz 1 | 64653 Lorsch
Tel. +49 (0)6251-175260 | info@nibelungenland.net
Guided Tours of the Peony Garden
Throughout the flowering season, we offer tours of our educational public gardens featuring over 70 different species.
INFO & BOOKING
Duration: approx. 60 min
Group price: € 55 (up to 10 people; € 5.50 for each extra person)
Available March through mid-June, by reservation only.
Tourist-Information NibelungenLand | Altes Rathaus, Marktplatz 1 | 64653 Lorsch
Tel. +49 (0)6251-175260 | info@nibelungenland.net
Guided Tours of the Peony Garden
Throughout the flowering season, we offer tours of our educational public gardens featuring over 70 different species.
INFO & BOOKING
Duration: approx. 60 min
Group price: € 55 (up to 10 people; € 5.50 for each extra person)
Available March through mid-June, by reservation only.
Tourist-Information NibelungenLand | Altes Rathaus, Marktplatz 1 | 64653 Lorsch
Tel. +49 (0)6251-175260 | info@nibelungenland.net