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rexvaughan Says: Daytrip to Bad WimpfenWe had a free day while in Goeppingen and considered going to Stuttgart, but had had such a full trip that we just weren’t up to trying to see another city in a short time,so opted instead for a day trip to Bad Wimpfen. Also, I had seen VTer...
Kakapo2 Says: As you might already know from reading my pages: Handball is the most exciting team sport in the world! It is the second fastest sport after ice-hockey. To get a feeling for the game attend a game of the Göppingen team – named Frisch Auf! - in EWS Arena (formerly:...
More Things to See and Do in and around Göppingen
Kakapo2 Says: Oberhofenkirche (see intro)Kunsthalle (Art Gallery)Marstallstraße 55Phone (07161) 650 777Open Tue – Sun 10am – 12pm and 2pm – 6pm, Thu afternoon until 8pm, closed on MondayIn the suburb of Jebenhausen (first town from the town centre towards Autobahn A 8)Städtisches...
Get in Touch with Dinosaurs at Urwelt-Museum Hauff
Kakapo2 Says: This Museum of the Prehistoric World - Hauff is just the name of the owners/creators - is located in Holzmaden, near the Autobahn (A 8) exit Aichelberg. It sign-posted from the Autobahn.The exhibited fossils are from the Jurassic Period, 180 million years ago, when the world...
More Water – Fill up your Bottles
Kakapo2 Says: When we were young we went to Eislingen or Göppingen on most Saturdays and filled up the bottles of several crates with mineral water, called Sauerwasser (sour water) – for free!Thanks to historic rights (from 1747, to be exact), this tradition still exists today. In...
Barbarossa-Thermen – if you Need a Break
Kakapo2 Says: Formerly a simple indoor swimming pool, this aquatic centre has developped into a wellness oasis with spa, sauna, slides, etc. Also on offer are massage and all kinds of beauty therapy. It is located opposite Hohenstaufenhalle at the corner of Lorcher & Nördliche Ringstraße,...
Kakapo2 Says: If you stand in front of the main entrance of the museum you will quickly understand the name “Storchen” – meaning: stork/s. Some stork sculptures stand in front of the historic half-timbered building near Schillerplatz. The “Storchen” was erected right on the city wall for...
The “real” Walking Tour of the Staufer Mountains
Kakapo2 Says: The three classic Staufer mountains (Stauferberge) are Hohenstaufen, Hohenrechberg and Stuifen. You either take the car or bus to Hohenstaufen and make a return-trip over the three mountains, or you organise a pick-up service in the little village of Wißgoldingen which is...
Travel on the Straße der Staufer (Staufer Route)
Kakapo2 Says: This tourist route leads from Bad Boll (near the autobahn A 8) via Göppingen, Schwäbisch Gmünd and Heidenheim to Giengen/Brenz, and covers about 300 kilometres. See detailed info on this website:http://www.stauferland.de/
Kakapo2 Says: Germans are obsessed with their trillion of different kinds of bread and rolls, and the Schwaben (Swabians) are rightfully proud of their great Brezeln (pretzels) – read my praise on my Gingen page. As I am a little bit on cold turkey in New Zealand, I got very aware on my...
Half-timbered and Colourfully Restored Houses
Kakapo2 Says: You see beautifully restored half-timbered houses and other fantastic old buildings everywhere in the city centre - although not a real lot of them survived the big fires and city planning actions in more modern times. Many inner city streets are car-free, so you can stroll...
Harald Immig – this Artist Knows Hohenstaufen best
Kakapo2 Says: Harald Immig is a local multi-talented artist. He is a watercolour painter, poet, singer and song-writer. To me he looks a bit like a medieval knight with his long curly hair and the moustache. I discovered him by coincidence many years ago when walking up to the ruins of...
The further Walk up to the Top of Hohenstaufen
Kakapo2 Says: After a walk uphill on a zig-zag track (about 15 minutes from the documentation centre) you reach the summit of Hohenstaufen. As said, there is not much more to see of the former castle than some remains of the foundation walls. The latest addition is an octagonal stele...
Get Yourself Up to Hohenstaufen
Kakapo2 Says: As there is public bus service to the village of Hohenstaufen you do not necessarily need a car to get up to the remains of the foundation walls of the former Staufer castle.From the town centre (church) walk up the steep street towards the castle (Burgruine). At the last...
San Valentino Eiscafe: Lunch in Bad Wimpfen
rexvaughan Says: As it was lunch time, we started looking for a place to eat. It was a Monday, there were very few people on the streets, and many places seemed to be closed. However, we did find what I later learned was mainly an ice cream and pizza place, but we went in and had a very...
Rommentaler Burgstüble: Good Swabian cuisine
rexvaughan Says: Our German cousins took us here for dinner because it is their favorite Swabian restaurant. I knew it would be good as soon as we walked in and saw that the family knew the owner very well. Her name was Manuela and she spoke very good English which she was glad to practice...
Arche Noah (Noah’s Ark): Good Greek cuisine
rexvaughan Says: This little restaurant was actually just down the street a few blocks from our hotel, but we were picked up by some of our German cousins for a very nice dinner. The name does not give it away, but its cuisine is Greek. Once again, our family knew the owner and we were very...
Hotel Hohenstafen Restaurant: Good local cuisine
rexvaughan Says: The restaurant seems to popular with locals as well as hotel guests, as we saw a number of people coming in after parking on the street. It is a charming place and the food has a definite local Swabian character and is excellent, so that is no surprise. We made reservations...
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This historic regional and kids fest means four days of party in the whole city, with music, dance, food and drink. Its roots go back many hundred years, being a celebration of thanksgiving and peace after the Thirty-Year War (1618 – 1648), as Göppingen had also been occupied during this nearly endless war – even until 1650!
The first celebration of the new freedom and the end of hunger, disease and suppression in Göppingen took place on 11 August 1650. This tradition has been kept alive over the centuries, soon called Maientag (May Day). Only the more religious character has changed a little into a more worldly and party atmosphere. But the carnival-like cortege has been transformed back into the presentation of historic events in historic costumes.
Highlights are the historic cortege on Saturday and the Maientagsball, a big dancing ball.
In 2008 the date for the Maientag celebrations is 30 May to 2 June.
Written Sep 20, 2007
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You cannot miss the tourist information centre. It is in the middle of the city centre, at the intersection of Hauptstraße and Marktstraße, in the Marktplatz wing of Town Hall (Rathaus).
ipunkt im Rathaus
Hauptstraße 1
73033 Göppingen
Phone (07161 ) 650-292
Fax (07161) 650-299
E-Mail: ipunkt@goeppingen.de
Internet: http://www.goeppingen.de/
Updated Sep 20, 2007
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