Where exactly is everything?

We will be staying with family friends in a tiny village called Erkelsdorf - no shops, no restaurants but cows and horses!

The nearest village to Erkelsdorf with a train station is Neukirchen bei Sulzbach-Rosenberg or Neukirchen for short. Please be aware that there are more than one Neukirchens as well as a Neunkirchen in the area, so you want Neukirchen bei Sulzbach-Rosenberg only.

The train from Neukirchen links you directly to Nuremberg, which is the closest airport and biggest town in the area. The service is reliable and regular and takes about 45 minutes. Neukirchen also has a small supermarket, baker, butcher, pharmacy, dentist and GP in addition to a restaurant and hotel, which you can book for your stay (Neukirchner Hof).

The church wedding will take place at St. Nikolaus zu Etzelwang, a lutheran church, very close to Erkelsdorf.

The registry wedding will take place in the registry office in Neukirchen.

The reception will be held in Oed, a very small village close to Etzelwang the opposite direction to Neukirchen. There is only one restaurant / hotel in Oed, where we are holding the reception, but there are no further shops or conveniences.

Nuremberg has everything a normal town of reasonable proportions has in England - the old town or Altstadt - has cinemas, restaurants, pubs, clubs and the usual shops. Public transport is good, reliable and cheap with trams, buses, taxis and an underground system.

Nuremberg is considered a safe town; the area around Neukirchen is also safe with people leaving doors and cars unlocked. If you wander around at night, you will be more likely to bump into a horse or fall into manure, than a scary guy trying to mug you.

Distances
Erkelsdorf to Oed - 2km
Erkelsdorf to Neukirchen - 2km
Erkelsdorf to Etzelwang - 4km

Etzelwang to Oed - 2km
Etzelwang to Neukirchen - 2km

Oed to Neukirchen - 4km

The three main locations, Neukirchen, Etzelwang, and Oed are best thought of as points of a triangle with Erkelsdorf between Neukirchen and Oed.