Adventure Guide: Germany (Hunter Travel Guides)

526 Pages·2005·16.18 MB·English

by  Henk Bekker

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Adventure Guide to
Germany
Henk Bekker
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This guide focuses on recreational activities. As all such activities contain ele-
mentsofrisk,thepublisher,author,affiliatedindividualsandcompaniesdisclaim
responsibilityforanyinjury,harm,orillnessthatmayoccurtoanyonethrough,or
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Coverphoto:SchlossNeuschwanstein(©www.romantischestrasse.de)
Backcoverphoto:Dresden,Zwinger(©ChristophMünch)
Spinephoto:Angel,CologneCathedral
MapsbyToniCarbone ©2005
IndexbyJanMucciarone
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Contents
Introduction 1 Fiction 32
EasternGermany 1
Berlin 33
NorthernGermany 2
History 33
WesternGermany 2
Brandenburg 33
SouthernGermany 3
Prussia 34
History 3
Germany 35
Culture 10
GettingHere 36
Geography 13
InformationSources 36
Climate 13
GettingAround 36
Flora&Fauna 13
Sightseeing 37
Government 14
ZooStationArea 37
TheEconomy 14
Tiergarten 39
TopAttractions14
UnterdenLinden 40
TopDestinations 14
Museuminsel 42
GreatMuseums 15
Friedrichstraße 43
GreatChurches&Cathedrals 16
PotsdamerPlatz 44
GreatCastles 16
Museums&Galleries 44
AmazingSmallTowns 17
CulturalEvents 48
TravelInformation 19 Shopping 49
FastFacts 19 West 49
Population 19 Mitte 49
Location 19 Antiques 50
MajorCities 19 FleaMarkets 50
TimeZone 19 Adventures 50
Orientation 19 WheretoStay 53
WhentoGo 19 Mitte&EastBerlin 53
Customs&Immigration 19 West 55
Transportation 20 Camping 56
GettingHere 20 WheretoEat 56
GettingAround 20 Mitte 57
Embassies&Consulates 23 West 59
USA 23
Brandenburg 61
Canada 23
History 61
MoneyMatters 23
GettingAround 61
Currency 23
InformationSources 62
Money 24
Potsdam 62
Taxes 24
InformationSources 62
Tipping 24
Transportation 62
Food&Drink 24
Sightseeing 63
Electricity 25
CulturalEvents 67
Media 25
Adventures 67
Medical 25
WheretoStay&Eat 68
Restrooms 25
Camping 69
Shopping 25
Spreewald 69
Telephones 26
InformationSources 69
Mail 26
Transportation 69
Dates&Time 26
Adventures 70
Costs 26
Oranienburg 70
Accommodations 26
InformationSources 71
Restaurants 27
Transportation 71
Sightseeing&Events 28
Sightseeing 71
Holidays 28
Adventures 71
PublicHolidays 28
Rheinsberg 72
Festivals&MajorEvents 29
InformationSources 72
Adventures 29
Transportation 72
SpecialInterest 30
Sightseeing 72
InformationSources 30
CulturalEvents 72
Language 30
Adventures 72
AFewUsefulWords 31
WheretoStay&Eat 73
SuggestedReading 31
Nonfiction 31 Saxony 75
TravelingJournals 31 History 75
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Transportation 76 Thuringia 117
InformationSources 77 History 117
Dresden 77 Transportation 117
InformationSources 80 InformationSources 118
Transportation 80 Weimar 118
Sightseeing 80 InformationSources 119
Festivals 87 Transportation 120
Shopping 88 Sightseeing 120
Adventures 88 Theatherplatz 120
WheretoStay 90 Schiller&GoetheResidences 121
DresdenAltstadt 90 MarktArea 122
Neustadt 91 ParkanderIlm 123
Camping 92 Buchenwald 123
WheretoEat 92 CulturalEvents 124
Zwinger-Semperoperarea 92 Shopping 124
SaxonCuisine 92 Adventures 124
Frauenkirche&BrühlscheTerasse 93 WheretoStay&Eat 125
GroßerGarten 93 Camping 126
Neustadt 94 Erfurt 126
Day-TripsfromDresden 94 InformationSources 127
SaxonSwitzerland) 94 Transportation 127
InformationSources 94 Sightseeing 127
Transportation 94 Domplatz 127
Pirna 95 Fischmarkt 128
WheretoStay&Eat 95 Krämerbrucke 128
Bastei 95 ExcursionsfromErfurt 128
Transportation 95 CulturalEvents 129
WheretoStay&Eat 95 Shopping 130
Königstein 95 Adventures 130
WheretoStay&Eat 96 OnFoot 130
Adventures 96 OnWheels 130
CulturalEvents 98 WheretoStay&Eat 130
Moritzburg 98 Camping 131
Transportation 98 Eisenach 131
Sightseeing 98 InformationSources 131
Adventures 99 Transportation 131
WheretoStay&Eat 99 Sightseeing 131
Meißen 100 TheWartburg 131
InformationSources 100 OldTownSights 133
Transportation 100 SideTripsfromEisenach 134
Sightseeing 100 Gotha 134
CulturalEvents 101 CulturalEvents 135
Adventures 102 Adventures 135
Shopping 102 WheretoStay&Eat 136
WheretoStay&Eat 102 Camping 137
Leipzig 103 ThuringianForest 137
InformationSources 103 InformationSources 137
Transportation 103 Transportation 137
Sightseeing 104 Adventures 137
HauptbahnhofArea 104 Shopping 139
MarktArea 104 WheretoStay&Eat 139
NaschmarktArea& Camping 139
Grimmaische Straße 105
Saxony-Anhalt 141
AugustusplatzArea 106
History 141
ThomaskircheArea 107
Transportation 141
FartherAfield 109
InformationSources 142
Leipzig-Göhlis 111
CulturalEvents 142
CulturalEvents 111
Anhalt-Wittenberg 143
Festivals 111
LutherstadtWittenberg 143
Shopping 111
InformationSources 143
Adventures 112
GettingThere 143
WheretoStayinLeipzig 112
Sightseeing 144
Camping 114
CulturalEvents 147
WheretoEat 114
Adventures 147
Markt&Naschmarkt 114
Shopping 148
NikolaikircheArea 114
WheretoStay&Eat 148
ThomaskircheArea 115
Camping 149
DrallewatchArea 115
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Dessau-WörlitzArea 149 Adventures 180
InformationSources 149 WheretoStay&Eat 180
Transportation 149 RügenIsland 181
Sightseeing 150 InformationSources 181
Adventures 152 Transportation 181
WheretoStay&Eat 152 Sightseeing 181
Saale-UnstruttRegion 153 ResortTowns 181
HalleanderSaale 153 Putbus 182
InformationSources 154 Prora 182
Transportation 154 Königstuhl 182
Sightseeing 154 CulturalEvents&Festivals 183
CulturalEvents 155 Adventures 183
Adventures 155 WheretoStay&Eat 184
WheretoStay&Eat 155 Camping 184
Camping 156 Rostock 184
LutherstadtEisleben 156 InformationSources 185
InformationSources 156 Transportation 185
Transportation 156 Sightseeing 185
Sightseeing 157 NeuerMarktArea 185
Adventures 157 KröperlinerStraße 186
WheretoStay&Eat 157 Warnemünde 186
MansfeldLutherstadt 158 CulturalEvents&Festivals 186
InformationSources 158 Adventures 187
Transportation 158 WheretoStay&Eat 187
Sightseeing 158 Rostock 187
Naumburg 158 Warnemünde 188
InformationSources 159 Camping 188
Sightseeing 159 ExcursionsintheBadDoberanArea 188
CulturalEvents 160 BadDoberan 188
Adventures 160 Heiligendamm 189
WheretoStay&Eat 161 Kühlungsborn 189
CampingintheSaale-Unstrutt 161 Wismar 190
HarzMountains 161 InformationSources 190
Quedlinburg 162 Transportation 190
InformationSources 162 Sightseeing 190
Transportation 162 Markt 190
Sightseeing 163 NikolaikircheArea 191
Adventures 165 CulturalEvents&Festivals 192
WheretoStay&Eat 165 Shopping 192
Thale 167 Adventures 192
CulturalEvents 167 OnFoot 192
Adventures 167 OnWheels 192
WheretoStay&Eat 168 OnWater 192
Wernigerode 168 WheretoStay&Eat 192
InformationSources 168 Camping 193
Transportation 168 Schwerin 193
Sightseeing 168 InformationSources 193
Shopping 170 Transportation 193
Adventures 170 Sightseeing 193
WheretoStay&Eat 171 SchlossArea 193
BorderMuseum 171 MarktArea 194
Magdeburg&RomanesqueRoute 172 FartherAfield 195
InformationSources 172 CulturalEvents&Festivals 195
Sightseeing 172 Shopping 195
Adventures 173 Adventures 195
WheretoStay&Eat 174 WheretoStay&Eat 196
Camping 196
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 175
History 175 Schleswig-Holstein 197
Transportation 176 History 197
InformationSources 178 GettingHere 197
Stralsund 178 InformationSources 199
InformationSources 178 Lübeck 199
Transportation 178 InformationSources 200
Sightseeing 178 Transportation 200
AlterMarkt 178 Sightseeing 200
NeuerMarkt 179 HolstentorArea 200
CulturalEvents 180 RathausArea 200
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NorthernAltstadtArea 201 LowerSaxony 227
SouthernAltstadt 202 History 227
Travemünde 202 GettingHere 227
CulturalEvents 202 InformationSources 228
Festivals 203 Celle 228
Shopping 203 InformationSources 228
Adventures 203 GettingHere 228
WheretoStay&Eat 204 Sightseeing 228
Lübeck 204 BergenBelsen 229
Travemünde 205 CulturalEvents 231
Camping 205 Adventures 231
WheretoStay&Eat 231
Hamburg 207
Camping 232
History 207
Hannover 232
Transportation 208
InformationSources 232
InformationSources 208
GettingAround 232
Sightseeing 209
Sightseeing 233
Rathausmarkt 209
RathausArea 233
Alster 209
MarktArea 233
Hauptbahnhof 210
HerrenhäuserGärten 234
StMichaelis 211
CulturalEvents 235
Speicherstadt 211
Adventures 235
PlantenundBlomen 212
WheretoStay&Eat 235
StPauli 212
Camping 236
TheLandungsbrücke 213
Hildesheim 236
Altona 213
InformationSources 236
CulturalEvents 214
Transportation 236
Festivals 214
Sightseeing 236
Shopping 214
MarktArea 236
Passages 214
Michaelishügel 237
AntiquesMarket 214
BrühlArea 238
FleaMarket 214
CulturalEvents 239
Adventures 214
Adventures 239
OnFoot 214
WheretoStay&Eat 239
TownWalks 214
Camping 240
Jogging 214
Goslar 240
OnWheels 215
InformationSources 240
ByBicycle 215
GettingAround 240
ByBus 215
Sightseeing 240
IntheAir 215
KaiserpfalzArea 240
Hot-AirBallooning 215
MarktArea 241
Seaplane 215
TownWalls&Defenses 242
HistoricPlane 215
FartherAfield 242
HelicopterFlights 215
Shopping 243
OnWater 215
Adventures 243
BoatRentals 215
WheretoStay&Eat 243
Canal&HarborCruises 215
Camping 243
WheretoStay&Eat 216
Hameln 244
FartherAfield 218
InformationSources 244
OtherRestaurants 218
GettingAround 244
Camping 219
Sightseeing 244
Bremen 221 Osterstraße 244
History 221 Markt&Bäckerstraße 245
GettingHere 221 CulturalEvents 245
InformationSources 221 Adventures 246
GettingAround 222 WheretoStay&Eat 246
Sightseeing 222 Camping 247
Marktplatz 222 Excursions:UpperWeserValley 247
Böttcherstraße&SchoonViertel 223 Hämelschenburg 247
FartherAfield 223 Höxter 248
Bremerhaven 224 Sababurg 248
CulturalEvents&Festivals 224 Hann.Münden 248
Shopping 225 InformationSources 248
Adventures 225 GettingAround 249
WheretoStay 225 Sightseeing 249
Camping 226 CulturalEvents 249
WheretoEat 226 Shopping 249
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Adventures 250 InformationSources 279
WheretoStay&Eat 250 Sightseeing 279
Camping 250 WheretoSleep&Eat 280
Mainz 280
NorthRhineWestphalia 251
InformationSources 281
History 251
Transportation 281
GettingHere&GettingAround 251
Sightseeing 281
InformationSources 253
CulturalEvents&Festivals 282
Cologne(Köln) 253
Adventures 282
InformationSources 254
WheretoStay&Eat 283
GettingAround 254
Camping 283
Sightseeing 254
Rheingau 283
TheDom 254
InformationSources 284
DomArea 257
Transportation 284
SouthernAltstadt 258
Eltville 284
WesternAltstadt 259
WheretoStay&Eat 284
CulturalEvents&Festivals 259
Johannisberg 284
Shopping 260
WheretoStay&Eat 285
Adventures 260
Rüdesheim 285
WheretoStay&Eat 260
InformationSources 285
BreweryRestaurants 262
Transportation 285
Camping 262
Sightseeing 285
Bonn 262
WheretoStay&Eat 287
InformationSources 262
Camping 287
GettingAround 263
Lorch 287
Sightseeing 263
Camping 288
OldTown 263
CulturalEvents 288
MuseumMile 263
WineTasting 288
Siebengebirge 264
AdventuresinRheingau 288
ExcursiontoRemagen 264
TheLoreleyValley 289
CulturalEvents 265
InformationSources 289
Festivals 265
Transportation 289
Adventures 265
Kaub(RightBank) 289
WheretoStay&Eat 265
WheretoStay&Eat 290
Düsseldorf 266
Bacharach(LeftBank) 290
InformationSources 267
WheretoStay&Eat 290
GettingAround 267
Oberwesel(LeftBank) 290
Sightseeing 267
WheretoStay&Eat 291
ArtMuseums 268
StGoarhausen&theLoreley 291
CulturalEvents&Festivals 268
StGoar&BurgRheinfels 292
Shopping 268
WheretoStay&Eat 293
Adventures 269
Camping 293
IntheAir 269
Kamp-Bornhofen&theEnemy
OnWater 269
BrothersCastles(RightBank) 293
WheretoStay&Eat 269
Boppard(LeftBank) 293
Camping 270
WheretoStay&Eat 294
Aachen(Aix-la-Chapelle) 270
TheMarksburg(RightBank) 294
InformationSources 270
Koblenz 294
GettingAround 270
WheretoStay&Eat 295
Sightseeing 270
Camping 295
DomArea 271
CulturalEvents 296
FartherAfield 272
ConcertSeries 296
Adventures 272
Knights’Tournament 296
WheretoStay&Eat 273
Fireworks–RheininFlammen 296
Camping 273
AdventuresintheLoreleyValley 296
Rhineland-Palatinate 275 TheMoselValley 297
History 275 InformationSources 298
Transportation 275 Transportation 298
InformationSources 276 TheLowerMoselValley 298
TheRhineValley 276 BurgEltz 298
Speyer 277 Cochem 299
InformationSources 277 WheretoStay&Eat 299
Transportation 277 Camping 299
Sightseeing 277 Bernkastel-Kues 300
Adventures 278 WheretoStay&Eat 300
WheretoStay&Eat 278 Camping 300
Worms 278 CulturalEvents&Festivals 300
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Adventures 300 AdventuresintheLahnValley 328
OnFoot 300 Marburg 330
OnWheels 301 InformationSources 330
IntheAir 301 Transportation 330
OnWater 301 Sightseeing 330
Trier 301 Adventures 332
InformationSources 302 WheretoStay 332
Transportation 302 WheretoEat 333
Sightseeing 302 Camping 333
CulturalEvents&Festivals 306 Wetzlar 333
Adventures 306 InformationSources 334
WheretoStay 307 GettingHere 334
WheretoEat 307 Sightseeing 334
Camping 307 WheretoEat 335
Saarland 308 Braunfels 336
Information 308 InformationSources 336
Sightseeing 308 Transportation 336
Sightseeing 336
Hesse 309
WheretoStay&Eat 337
History 309
Camping 337
Transportation 310
Weilburg 337
InformationSources 310
InformationSources 337
Frankfurt 310
Sightseeing 337
InformationSources 311
Adventures 339
Transportation 311
WheretoStay&Eat 339
Sightseeing 311
Limburg 339
Altstadt 311
InformationSources 339
Neustadt 314
Transportation 339
Westend 315
Sightseeing 340
Sachsenhausen 316
WheretoStay&Eat 341
CulturalEvents&Festivals 317
BadEms 341
Shopping 317
InformationSources 342
Adventures 317
Sightseeing 342
WheretoStay&Eat 318
CulturalEvents&Festivals 342
OldTownArea 318
Adventures 343
HauptbahnhofArea 318
WheretoStay&Eat 343
MesseArea 319
Fulda 343
Camping 319
InformationSources 343
WheretoEat 319
Transportation 343
Sachsenhausen 320
Sightseeing 344
Wiesbaden 320
FartherAfield 345
InformationSources 320
CulturalEvents 345
GettingHere 321
Adventures 345
Sightseeing 321
WheretoStay&Eat 345
Adventures 321
WheretoStay 322 NorthernBavaria 347
WheretoEat 322 Franken,E.Bavaria&RomanticRoad 347
Taunus 323 History 347
InformationSources 323 Transportation 347
GettingHere 323 Franken 348
BadHomburgvorderHöhe 323 InformationSources 348
InformationSources 323 Würzburg 348
GettingHere 323 InformationSources 348
Sightseeing 323 Transportation 350
ExcursiontoSaalburg 325 Sightseeing 350
WheretoStay&Eat 325 CulturalEvents 352
Kronberg 326 Festivals 352
InformationSources 326 Adventures 353
GettingHere 326 WheretoStay&Eat 353
Sightseeing 326 Camping 354
WheretoStay&Eat 326 Bamberg 354
Königstein 326 InformationSources 354
InformationSources 326 Transportation 354
Sightseeing 326 Sightseeing 354
AdventuresintheTaunus 327 CulturalEvents 356
LahnValley 328 Shopping 356
InformationSources 328 Adventures 356
Transportation 328 WheretoStay&Eat 357