Göppingen Travel Guide

 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... 

 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... 

 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... 

 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... 

 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... 

 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... 

 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... 

 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... 

 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... 

 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... 

 Kakapo2 Says:  This once was the bus exchange. Now it is a nice square, named after the poet Friedrich Schiller, where you can relax perfectly, either in one of the many cafés or restaurants, or just sitting at a fountain, either named Künstler- or Theaterbrunnen (I will research; but it... 

 Kakapo2 Says:  The most important part of the project of enhancing the city centre, called Neues Zentrum (New Centre) now, was to ban through-traffic from the centre. Only buses are allowed to pass Hauptstraße, for example. Water features, outdoor seating and cafés now dominate the... 

 Kakapo2 Says:  The Town Hall was built from 1784 to ’86. It is located at the intersection of Hauptstraße and Marktstraße which leads down to the railway station. Like all other buildings in the area it got a coat of fresh paint during a huge restoration project in the early 2000s, and it... 

 Kakapo2 Says:  This church, built in 1618, is opposite the castle in the city centre. If you pass on the right side of the church, coming from the castle, you walk past a new but nevertheless very interesting door. It tells modernised versions of stories from the bible, about hunger, war,... 

 Kakapo2 Says:  This inner city castle was built by Duke Christoph of Württemberg from 1555 to 1568 who needed a nice residence while using Göppingen’s spa facilities. You enter from a normal street into a courtyard, the park is on the backside. It has tower-like additions at the four...