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TomInGermany Says: I love to get out of the house and into the woods especially if it is a new set of trails. After looking over my maps of the Odenwald area I decided to hike along the ridge line between Hemsbach and Weinheim. While the weather wasn't the greatest as least the rain stopped by...
christine.j Says: This year has been perfect for sledding , much more snow than in the years before - all the children love it. In some regions around Weinheim there was no school, because the buses couldn't manage the steep roads, which was even better for the children.A great place to go...
christine.j Says: The newer castle in the hills above Weinheim is called Wachenburg. It was built by the fraternities in the beginning of the 20th century, so it's really not an old castle. Each year, in the week before Pentecost, the fraternities have a meeting in Weinheim up on the castle....
christine.j Says: People from Weinheim had emigrated to the USA and settled there. In 1976, some of their descendants came back to Weinheim and put up a memorial to the USA, calling it a salute to 200 years independence. On it they describe the journey to the new world.Just opposite of this...
christine.j Says: One of the counts living in Weinheim about 300 years ago had enough time and money to pursue his hobby of gardening. He sailed across the world and collected seedlings. Some of them grew in Weinheim, like this 300-year-old Lebanon ceder.Close to the park there is also an...
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Woinemer Hausbrauerei: Weinheim's Microbrewery
TomInGermany Says: What makes it special? It is the only restaurant in the town that makes its own beer. Enough said.? No? The Woinemer Hausbrauerei has a a really nice atmosphere and even though we were the only English speaking people in the restaurant we didn't feel out of place. They only...
Café Florian: Great Flammkuchen
christine.j Says: In the year 1000 Weinheim was given the right to have a weekly market and from this time on the market square has been the center of social life. Today there are about 10 restaurants on both sides of the square, right next to each other and always crowded. My favourite is...
Cabana Beach: A beach and a frozen lake
christine.j Says: This restaurant calls itself a Caribbean place with a view over the lake in Weinheim. There are fake palmtrees and inside the restaurant a large plastic shark is hanging from the ceiling.As it was a very cold day in January when we went there, all this was really funny. The...
Burgschenke: Reward yourself after the hike up
christine.j Says: The Burgschenke is the restaurant of the castle Wachenburg. So after a strenuous hike up to the castle or the difficult drive up or the hardship of parking, or simply without any reason, you can sit in the castle yard and enjoy good food. For me it was easy, I hadn't done...
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Each year on the second weekend in August Weinheim goes crazy. Starting from the Kerwehouse in the tanners' quarter, the kerwe begins.There is live music all over the town, lots of food stalls, some rides for the kids, in a word: People partying throughout the weekend. If you happen to be near Weinheim that time of the year, come and join the fun.
Dress Code: Anything goes, but bring a jacket if you decide to stay until morning.
Written May 15, 2006
Address: All over the town
Weinhaus Puppel: Excellent local wine
christine.j Says: Update September 2011:In the meantime I have eaten there several times and must say, the food they serve is just as good as the wine they sell!Is this a restaurant where you can also buy wine? Or a winestore where you can also eat? I wasn't sure, but as I've bought many...
Beltz Book Handlers (Buch Handlung): Sample the Local BookStore Flavors
keida84 Says: Located in a little mini mall, the Beltz Book Handlers have very reasonable prices on their books. They also carry a lot of history books on the town of Weinheim. Sally had shown me her copy of "Die Stadt Weinheim" which traced the history of Weinheim during the war...
So Long Farwell Aufweidsein Good Bye!
keida84 Says: I don't know if this is custom to all folks who live in Germany but in Weimheim and the surrounding areas whever we departed from friends or even a friendly shop clerk we were regaled by the word, " Tschuess" I am not sure how to spell it really, but I loved hearing it said...
keida84 Says: Before I left for Germany I did a bit of reading about things that were different from US culture. One thing I came across was "Apfelwein" or "Apple wine" Apfelwein is mostly found in the Frankfurt Am Main region with Weinheim being a part of it.Everyone warned me how bitter...
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People usually start laughing when they see this traffic sign for the first time, asking if the toads are poisonous or jumping up into peoples' faces to bite.
But it's not such a laughing matter, certainly not for the toads.
Each spring, the toads want to go home to the lake where they hatched and they go, no matter if there's a street or a footpath in between. Many get run over by cars, which - apart from killing the toads - covers the street with lots of slime and makes it difficult to brake. Each year there are local volunteers trying to collect the toads in buckets and bringing them to their "home lake".
This year I happened to be in Weinheim with a tour group when the toads started wandering and mating.We were walking down the hill and had to watch our step very closely, as there were toads all over the place.
Written May 9, 2006
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Luggage and bags: Make sure you have a small collapsible bag that you can off load dirty clothes into to make room for all the souveniers you are going to buy.
Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: Layers, Layers, Layers. Make sure you have some kind of rain gear--e.g. Disposable poncho, small folding umbrella, wind breaker. I brought a Coleman's disposible rain poncho and used it one evening as a particularly sudden thunderstorm brewed up. The weather changes quickly in Weinheim.
Photo Equipment: Bring an extra battery for your camera. I realised I should have purchased an extra re-chargable battery for my camera, it went kaput at the wedding!
Written Jul 6, 2005
christine.j Says: or the Perfect Setting for a Ghost StoryBoth titles would be suitable for a description of the mausoleum in Weinheim. It is hidden in a far away corner of the castle gardens. The family of the counts of Berckheim had it built as their personal cemetery in 1910. It is large...
christine.j Says: When Holly (VT name ringleader) told me her first concert in Germany would be in the Friedrich elementary school in Weinheim, I had to check where this school was, as I had never heard about it. It's in the northern part of Weinheim. When I went there, I discovered that this...
christine.j Says: Near the Rodenstein Fountain there is the old schoolhouse of Weinheim. Just an average looking house, nothing special, but the a small devil is looking above the wall of the old schoolyard. Now I'm wondering:Wre the kids back then ( 18th century) like devils when they went...
Rodenstein Brunnen - Rodenstein Fountain
christine.j Says: This fountain is dedicated to the history and the legends of the Weinheim area. The name Rodenstein is from an old castle near-by. The knight of Rodenstein is said to have assembledan army of ghosts: men, horses and dogs, all dead for a long time, but still forced to ride...
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Weinheim: Small,Two castles and Good Food
We've had lots of snow this year, much more than usually. The children love it and the castle garden is just the right place to go sledding. The name Weinheim could mean home of the crying or home...
1 Wedding, a Funeral and a call to 911 Emergency
It is a good idea to get out and see the world for a better understanding of the various cultures and people in this world. I have never been to Germany much less Europe before. I had a unique...
I've visited the town on two occasions now and still didn't make it into the town for a visit. I walked around the castle ruins above the town and the new castle even higher above the town. I also...
Now I'm not a VT newbie any more! Yesterday I went to my first VT meeting! The meeting took place in the pretty little town of Weinheim and involved - my first ride on an InterCity train - VT members...
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