":D in Scheinfeld" Scheinfeld by Nemorino

Scheinfeld Travel Guide: 8 reviews and 26 photos

Scheinfeld is a happy town in the Steiger Forest in Franconia, northern Bavaria.

You can tell it’s a happy town because some internet-savvy person has written :D with a felt-tipped marker in the upper left-hand corner of the sign.

Up on a hill overlooking the town there is a castle or palace (the German word Schloss can mean both) called Schwarzenberg and a monastery with the same name.

My photo from 2011

In the summer of 2011 I rode over to Scheinfeld on a car-free bicycle route from nearby Markt Bibart.

Eight years earlier a short-time VirtualTourist member named David (member name DeNisme) walked the same route with a friend of his. When he returned home to Chicago he joined Virtual Tourist, wrote one page with one photo and then disappeared from the site a week later.

His one page was about Scheinfeld, which he described as “just a small town with a Schloss called Schwarzenberg but we had a purpose in going and being there. My friend had lived in the Schloss as a young Lithuanian refugee immediately after the war.”

On a Sunday morning almost sixty years later they “retraced the walks taken from the train station back to Scheinfeld” and took a photo of the town, the castle and the monastery.

Street and Catholic church in Scheinfeld

Nearby towns in the Steiger Forest:

Markt Bibart, 4 km southwest of Scheinfeld

Frankfurt, 5 km northeast of Scheinfeld

Markt Taschendorf, 8 km northeast of Scheinfeld

Location of Scheinfeld on Google Maps

Last visit to Scheinfeld: Aug 2011
Intro Updated Apr 10, 2012
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Reviews (8)

1. Scheinfeld from the bike route - Scheinfeld

The town Things to Do (3)

The city of Scheinfeld now includes not only the original town of Scheinfeld but also the surrounding villages of... more travel advice

Schloss Schwarzenberg Things to Do (3)

This castle on a hill overlooking the town was the traditional residence of the von Schwarzenberg family, or at least... more travel advice

Thierberg Off The Beaten Path (2)

Thierberg is a village up the hill from the monastary, on the way to Frankfurt. Marked hiking trails lead off from... more travel advice

Kornhöfstadt Off The Beaten Path (2)

Although it is only one kilometer from Frankfurt, Kornhöfstadt is officially a district of Scheinfeld, since it is one... more travel advice

Local Customs (2)
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Warnings and Dangers (1)
Death on the road

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alancollins Dec 21, 2012 at 11:01 AM

Lucky I have some Adidas trainers.
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MalenaN Oct 21, 2012 at 7:42 AM

Scheinfeld looks like a nice place to visit by bike. Interesting info about Adidas (and puma)!
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lmkluque Jun 3, 2012 at 9:39 AM

Interesting page and I enjoyed your comments. I was surprise to see no Opera House!
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Mikebb Apr 28, 2012 at 4:26 PM

Hi Don, you do find many interesting small villages on your bike rides. Adidas factory still in Germany, this must be retained for some political reason.I can recall years ago when it was "super cool" to have a pair.
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zadunajska8 Apr 24, 2012 at 1:15 AM

Some great photos of some really pretty buildings here along with great tips as usual. I found the Adidas connection to be really interesting, especially that giant shoe!
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toonsarah Apr 22, 2012 at 3:25 AM

Another lovely little page Don. I enjoyed the photos of the Schloss and the old houses in Kornhöfstadt. The giant Adidas shoe made me think of the nursery rhyme about the old woman who lived in a shoe - it looked just as if you could climb into it ;-)
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HORSCHECK Apr 19, 2012 at 2:47 PM

Don, another oustanding page about a lovely little German gem. Like Ingo, I also didn't know about the Adidas factory in Scheinfeld. Interesting that you hadn't heard about Adi Dassler before. Oh and I am glad to read that Kornhöfstadt has a bus stop. *winkygrin*
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german_eagle Apr 16, 2012 at 1:33 AM

Fabulous little page again. Didn't know about Adidas in Scheinfeld, only knew about Herzogenaurach. Sadly, these crosses for the death toll on roads are getting more and more here, too.
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bugulma Apr 15, 2012 at 2:17 AM

nice happy town :-) interesting story of Adidas
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yumyum Apr 14, 2012 at 7:27 AM

I think that you should also make a Kornhöfstadt page! After all you could write one tip about cycling through on country roads ;-)