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The Russian to have their own house of worship
Maria250 Says: Together with the English, the Russians predominated Bad Homburg´s spa guests at the end of the 19th century. The initiative to provide them a place of worship originated with the Russian Privy Councillor Proworoff, widely known in Bad Homburg as the "Rosenkavalier". This...
Maria250 Says: Isaak von Sinclair (1775 − 1815) was long known as a friend and patron of Friedrich Hölderlin. But von Sinclair - politician, philosopher and thinker - was more than just a companion to the famous poet. It is Sinclair’s philosophical texts above all else that now...
Bad Homburg's beautiful Kurpark
Maria250 Says: Bad Homburg's beautiful Kurpark offers hot chalybeate saline fountains which are used in the treatment of gastric, intestinal, and gall-bladder diseases and metabolic disorders. This English-style Kurpark is however in any cases most beautiful. It's about 100 acres large and...
The English to have their own house of worship
Maria250 Says: The English loved Homburg vor der Höhe as a spa. Their numbers grew continuously among the spa guests, especially when the later King Edward VII started visiting Homburg at frequent intervals. The English nobility followed – indeed it became the custom to travel to the...
Maria250 Says: The White Tower, Bad Homburg's landmark, is dominating the city's west side. The White Tower (13th century) is the focal point and is overlooking the palace which provids the great Hall of Mirrors and the Banqueting Hall (17th century).
North end of Hölderlin Path at Sinclair House
Nemorino Says: Photos:1. Sinclair House with the entrance to the palace grounds and the White Tower.2. Sinclair House at the corner of Dorotheenstraße and Löwengasse.3. Hölderlin Path sign on the fence at Sinclair House.The Hölderlin Path ends (or begins) at the Sinclair House right across...
Nemorino Says: Another landmark of the Kurpark is this Russian Church, built from 1896 to 1899. It was designed by the architect Prof. Louis Benois of St. Petersburg, who also designed a Russian Church in Darmstadt at around the same time.The last Russian Tsar, Nikolaus II, came to Bad...
Lantern Fountain in the Market Square
Nemorino Says: When I first saw the Lantern Fountain, by Harri R. Freder, in the Market Square in Bad Homburg, I assumed it was referring to the German tradition of having groups of kindergarten and primary school children make their own lanterns (ideally with the help of their teachers,...
Nemorino Says: The Bad Homburg City Hall (Rathaus) is a modern building near the railroad station, with city offices, a shopping center, cafés and restaurants.There is also an information office which is primarily intended for residents, not tourists, but in fact they gave me a better city...
Cafe/Restaurant Am Roemerbrunnen: Cafe/Restaurant Am Roemerbrunnen
Maria250 Says: There as well we have not eaten yet I found that restaurant's outward, its garden and surroundings already very inviting and idyllic. Guess, if meals there are as tasty as the restaurant looks lovely, the food must be most delicious. Parking spots are not too difficult to...
Maria250 Says: We have not eaten there yet the restaurant's location lies conveniently at Bad Homburg's main street which is well covered by local public system. Also parking spots can be found along that road pretty good. The spa park is right in front of that restaurant for taking a walk...
Gasthaus Schlemmereck: Beer garden/Gasthaus Schlemmereck
Maria250 Says: Since it was another cold-cold spring that place was closed (as for the beer garden/out side part). I yet thought it looked cosy, and maybe "Gasthaus Schlemmereck"s indoor is as nice as its outside. Restaurant/beer garden lies a little away from noisy main road and in some...
Nemorino Says: Photos:1. Bicycle route signs near the Bad Homburg City Hall.2. Bicycle route signs at the U2 station in Gonzenheim.3. Cyclist in Bad Homburg, Obergasse.4. Cyclist in Bad Homburg, Dorotheenstraße.There is certainly no lack of bicycle-route signs in Bad Homburg, but putting...
Nemorino Says: Photos:1. Buses at the Kurhaus in the center of Bad Homburg.2. In a bus in Bad Homburg.3. Information screen in the number 1 bus, showing the next four stops.Bad Homburg had a tram system from 1899 to 1971, but now public transport within the city is provided exclusively by...
F. Supp's Buchhandlung: Neat, little bookstore
Maria250 Says: Though nowadays real books seem to be out of fashion, it's a true pleasure to have a look around this very little bookstore's offer with yet an amazing selection of books, yes, real books one can hold'em in one's hands and read through the pages before purchasing. Also staff...
Maria250 Says: This Evangelical church's interior is decorated in the neo-Byzantine style: Its walls are richly decorated in marble, its ceilings are covered with gold mosaics. In contrast, the six-armed aureoled in the transept dome resembles that of San Marco in Venice, while Christ...
Maria250 Says: Bad Homburger Musiknacht is about a local music festival where at different bands play, doing shows, and gigs. Great gathering. Check out the link on program/time/place of Bad Homburger Musiknacht/festival (unfortunately written in German...
Nemorino Says: Photos:1. Gotisches Haus (Gothic House).2. Displays on the history of Bad Homburg in the Gothic House.This Gothic House was originally built in the early 19th century as a hunting lodge and vacation retreat for the Landgrave of Hessen-Homburg and his family. It is now used...
Hölderlin alcove in the Gothic House
Nemorino Says: Photos:1. Hölderlin alcove in the Gothic House.2. Books by Hölderlin and his friends, with a relief of Susette Gontard in the middle.3. Bust of Susette Gontard.4. Hölderlin's friend and benefactor Isaac von Sinclair.The museum in the Gothic House includes a small but...
Hat Museum in the Gothic House
Nemorino Says: Photos:1. Machine used to form hats in the 19th century2. Hats made in HomburgHat making was an important industry in Bad Homburg in the 19th century, and this is documented in the Gothic House in a large museum display which they claim is unique in Germany (which I suppose...
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Photos:1. Entrance to the palace grounds.2. In the palace courtyard.3. Romanische Halle, built 1901.4. Museum entrance and shop in the palace.The Bad Homburg...
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Bad Homburg vor der Höhe is now an affluent suburb of Frankfurt am Main. In the 19th century, Bad Homburg -- or just "Homburg", as it was officially called until 1912 -- was a fashionable spa for the...
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Bad Homburg, a city of style and romance
The Hesse-Homburg family was founded by Friedrich I of Hesse-Homburg. Friedrich II (1680 - 1708) attained fame as Prince of Homburg. In 1866, as a result of the Prussian War, Homburg became Prussian...
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This lovely City is approx. 1000 years old according to the frist documents that were found. Obviously the castle is still one of the evidences. In the vicinity of the castle excavations revelead...
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Bad Homburg is one of the larger towns close to the villages and small towns where I grew up. Here I went to school for the last three years before going to University. The town is an old spa town, in...
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