On the calendar · Updated October 20, 2026
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Manheim is a Lancaster County borough laid out in 1762 by Henry William Stiegel and the Philadelphia merchants Charles and Alexander Stedman, and it was incorporated as a borough in 1838. Stiegel's glasshouse at Stiegel and Charlotte streets blew its first glass in 1764 and became known as the American Flint Glass Manufactory. Stiegel gave the Lutherans land for a church at a rent of one red rose a year, and Zion Lutheran Church still pays a rose to a Stiegel descendant on the second Sunday in June.
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A historic estate built by the Grubb ironmaster family, whose Federal-style mansion dates to 1800-1805 and was enlarged to 32 rooms in 1895, now home to a winery, brewery, cidery and distillery. Its wine shop is open Wednesday through Sunday, and the grounds host outdoor festivals including the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire.
A Lancaster County market that began as a poultry auction in 1925 and opens every Tuesday, year-round, with local produce, meats, baked goods and prepared food. The Old Mill Flea Market runs Tuesdays, an open-air flea market runs Saturdays from April through November, and auctions sell animals, equipment, produce and plants.
A 90-minute guided bus tour of a working dairy farm that starts at the Kreider Farms Welcome Center, drives through the barns and looks down on a milking carousel where 1,800 cows are milked three times a day. Tours run Monday through Saturday and require reservations.
The tasting room on a sixth-generation family farm offers seated wine flights, glasses and bottles with views of the estate vineyards, plus cheese plates with Sturgis pretzels and Miesse chocolate. It is open Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and guests may picnic on the front lawn.
The society's Harry B. Shearer Heritage Center holds documents, photographs, deeds, atlases and artifacts on the history of Manheim and Penn and Rapho townships, with staff on hand to help with research. The society also cares for the town's railroad station, trolley car, Keath and Fasig houses and the Howard Street clock.
A glass studio about 100 yards from where Henry William Stiegel built his first Manheim glassworks, making hand-blown art glass in his tradition since 1976. The studio is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
An entertainment center with a 9,000-square-foot two-level laser tag arena, a holographic augmented reality theater called Verse Immersive, and an arcade. Passes start at $24.99 and include unlimited arcade play.
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Subscribe free →Places to go in Manheim include Mount Hope Estate & Winery, Root's Country Market & Auction, Kreider Farms Farm Tour, Waltz Vineyards Estate Winery. Each one on this page links to its own website for hours and admission.
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