Welcome to Pforzheim!
Connected to the Black Forest and encompassed by the Kraichgau and Stromberg regions, Pforzheim is situated in a scenic location. At the confluence of the three rivers Enz, Nagold and Würm, it is also known as the three-valley city, offering much in the way of recreation. As gateway to the Black Forest, Pforzheim is also an ideal starting point for hikers and cyclists.
No other town in Germany is so closely linked to the history of the jewellery and watchmaking industry as the “Golden City” of Pforzheim. Here you can experience the world of jewellery at first hand, for example in Pforzheim’s jewellery museum in the Reuchlinhaus. What is more, Pforzheim offers its visitors further cultural attractions and highlights, such as the 360° panorama in the old gasometer.
Set off on a tour of discovery and get to know Pforzheim with all its characteristic and endearing facets. Follow our guides through the city centre or visit one of our many sights of interest.
Did you know?
Pforzheim is in the state of Baden-Württemberg and was called ‘Portus’ (Latin: port/ford) by the Romans. The city is located on the northern edge of the Schwarzwald, at the confluence of the Enz, Nagold and Würm rivers.
In the 18th century, Pforzheim became home to a jewellery and watch-making industry that became famous around the world, and, for this reason, it became known as the ‘Golden City’, or the city of gold, jewellery and watches.
Tourism in Pforzheim
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Embedded in the Black Forest, surrounded by Kraichgau and Stromberg there is Pforzheim, the Golden City, the center of the German jewelery and watch industry. The upper center of the Northern Black Forest region is the ideal starting point for the Black Forest vacationer. Hikers start here, for over 100 years, to the high altitude trails (West, East and Middle) through the Black Forest.
Experience the “Goldstadt” on a city tour, in the jewelry museum, on the goldsmith’s mile or during a visit to one of our numerous museums. In addition, a program of events lures all year round.
Come and see Pforzheim
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When margrave Karl Friedrich von Baden founded the manufactory of jewelry and watches about 240 years ago, he laid the basis for the development of a small town to a city and a center of jewelry and watch industry with global reputation.
In the course of the past centuries, national and foreign goldsmiths established locations in this place, where in former times people worked with saws and hammers, bent their products into shape and did soldering work, and the continuous development of high-precision technologies gave the impulse for the creation of an advanced jewelry center that is unrivaled throughout the whole world and does a great performance not only in business but in various fields!
Culture in Pforzheim means a rich cultural landscape with a three-branch theater, jewelry museum, Osterfeld cultural center, Southwest German chamber orchestra, a lively art and design scene, with a colorful urban society and a wide variety of events.
