Description of location:
Excellent downtown location, good location in the Hochtaunuskreis, nearby there are plenty of recreational and refreshment opportunities; Shops for daily needs in the immediate vicinity.
The indoor pool can be reached in five minutes on foot and is open all year.
Nationally known and popular is also the Hattstein pond for swimming, which is reached from downtown Usingen by bike in 15 minutes. As Wikipedia documented in a photo, Elvis Presley had a good time there .... see [url] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattsteinweiher [/ url].
For hikers and especially for climbers of interest are the Eschbacher cliffs [url] https://taunus.info/angebote/natur-und-erlebnis/berge-und-felsen/eschbacher-klippen/508/ [/ url]; These are also known from the series of Taunuskrimis.
City district: Zentrum
Public transport connection:
The station Usingen is the working center of the Taunusbahn and is within the tariff area of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbundes (RMV).
From there take the trains of the Taunusbahn (RMV line 15) to Brandoberndorf or to Bad Homburg.
The timetable is designed so that there is always a connection to the S-Bahn line S5 from / to Frankfurt on the trains that end in Bad Homburg.
Buses: Regional Buses 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 82 and FB-35: They connect the station Usingen with the towns and villages of the Hochtaunuskreis and the city of Bad Nauheim in the Wetteraukreis (line FB-35) , A late trip on the bus line 59, which runs from Grävenwiesbach via Usingen to Friedrichsdorf, where there is connection to the S5 to Frankfurt, complements the evening rail traffic.
Source: Wikipedia
Connection to traffic routes by car:
Highway (A5) about 10 minutes, Bad Homburg, Oberursel, Friedrichsdorf about 10-15 minutes; Frankfurt downtown outside the rush hour about 20 minutes.
Schools, kindergardens ect.: The Christian-Wirth-Gymnasium Usingen is directly opposite and responsible for the 5th grade to high school. The Astrid Lindgren School is about 12 minutes away (elementary school). The Helmut Schmidt School is a cooperative comprehensive school and is about 15-20 minutes walk away. An urban kindergarten is ten minutes away.