Overview

Roßtal,

one of the most beautiful Franconian villages and a mirror of Franconian history in the Rangau, is located about 15 km west of Nuremberg and ideally connected to the commercial centre of Nuremberg both by the national road 14 as well as the train line Nuremberg-Stuttgart.

Especially the area around the former market square with its old half-timbered houses and St. Laurentius Church is a very picturesque sight and gives every visitor an immediate impression of Roßtal's historic beauty and importance.

Today, Roßtal is surrounded by 16 villages that have had very close relation with Roßtal for centuries and are now joined together in a common district since the district reform of 1978: