Pforzheim Attractions

In the south of Pforzheim is the Stadtgarten (Municipal Park), with the Reuchlinhaus (named after the humanist Johannes Reuchlin, 1455-1525, a native of Pforzheim). In the Reuchlinhaus is the Jewelry Museum (Schmuckmuseum), devoted to the local jewelry and clock-making industries, with periodic special exhibitions of art and applied art.

Opposite the Reuchlinhaus can be seen the Schütt exhibition of precious stones.
The museum has over 2,000 pieces on display representing over 5,000 years of jewelry history.

To the west of the Stadtgarten in Pforzheim, at Bleichstrasse 81, is the Museum of Technology, run by the Federation of the Clock-Making and Jewelry Industry (manufacturing processes, old machinery and workshops).

In the Eutingen district near Pforzheim, down the Enz valley, is the Country Museum (opened 1983), in an old half-timbered house (arable farming, harvesting, stock-rearing, transport, etc.).

On Tiefenbronner Strasse in Pforzheim lies a 15 ha/37ac game park (native and exotic animals; breeding enclosure for eagle owls and snowy owls, etc.).

At Westliche Karl-Friedrich-Strasse 243 in Pforzheim can be found the Heimatmuseum (history of the town, domestic interiors, crafts). An interesting item is the first Oechsle scales, a device invented by a local goldsmith, Ferdinand Oechsle.

In the Marktplatz, in the south of Pforzheim, stands the Town Hall (1968-73; carillon). Close by is the Stadthalle. Farther south, in the angle between the Enz and the Nagold, is the Town Church (1964-68); from the detached tower, 76m/249ft high (lift), there are extensive views.

Near Kanzlerstrasse in Pforzheim (in the direction of Mäuerach) are the remains of a Roman villa of the second C.

Of the old palace of the Margraves of Baden-Durlach in Pforzheim, there remain only the Archives Tower and the palace church (11th C., rebuilt). In the choir of the church are the Renaissance tombs of Landgraves of Baden.

In the east of Pforzheim stands the Romanesque church of St Martin (12th C.). In the choir are fine frescoes, long forgotten and then rediscovered during restoration work after the Second World War.