butterflygirl

Want to spend one day seeing one of the below places - which would you pick?

1. Tubingen

2. Ulm

3. Esslingen

4. Würzburg

5. Freiburg

I am most interested in seeing smaller towns that are very pretty and typical of an old world style Germany (hope that does not sound silly) - the older the town the better.

meyerfamily

Hi,
I am taking my Mother to Germany in Sept. & have the same dilema. I think we will be staying in Esslingen & taking day trips to a couple of the others mentioned. Esslingen is noted as one of the few old towns in Germany the servived the war without damage. I ran acoss a web site that had an online gallery of the stained glass church windows from this town. They looked amazing, if that is an interest to you. Good luck with your trip & planning.
Kim

Michael

The centers of Ulm and Freiburg were flattened out during the war, so would they still qualify as old, even though they were reconstructed in the old style? In any case, I would drop Ulm from the list.

traveller1959

Würzburg is a very nice town. It includes a splendid palace. If you want to see a small village, there is Veitshöchheim very close to Würzburg. Picturesque setting at the riverbanks, old houses, park and wineries. They also organize tours and tastings.

There are several websites, some of them are in German only. So, you may send them an email.

http://www.wuerzburg.de/system/international/englisch/
http://www.veitshoechheim.de/
http://www.wuerzburgerland.de/Wuerzburger-Land.htm
[email protected]

treplow

Of these, Wuerzburg would be my first choice, even though it was badly destroyed in WWII. But they did a wonderful job of rebuilding it along the old plans, and the Residenz ( palace in town) and the Festung Marienberg (castle) are real gems.

Freiburg would probab;y be my second choice. It saw little damage.

rex

I'll speak up for Ulm. The Münster certainly wasn't "flattened"! It's not "medieval", but it certainly has an element of old world feel, in my book!

Best wishes,

Rex

Michael

Neither Münster in Freiburg and Ulm was severely damaged because they were used to zero in the town. But everything around them was flattened out. I believe that the Ulmer Münster has the tallest tower in Germany.

gargamel

There is "something" in every of those towns.
Ulm has the highest church town worldwide and the "Fischerviertel" is a nice with its old houses. But You are through in about 15 minutes.
Tübingen has a lot of "flair" even in summer (lots of students, and the "jewells" are in the surrounding (Bebenhausen, Wurmlingen ...).
Würzburg has its Unesco-site with the Residence, but there arent a lot of origine old house as it was nearly complete destroyed.
Freiburg also is a "student-town", with nice houses, the Münster and cosy places

gargamel

oops, too fast.

... to relaxe.
Esslingen is the biggest, not destroyed city in Germany. Old timbered houses, city wall, market place are worth to be seen.

rex

<< I believe that the Ulmer Münster has the tallest tower in Germany ... >>

Wikipedia has extensive info on the tallest "structures", the tallest buildings, the tallest churches, etc - - and they actually list the Ulmer Münster as the tallest church in the world (the Sagrada Familia will eventually surpass it when completed, 20 years from now) - - it just nosed out the Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom), which was the tallest structure/building in the world from 1880-1884, surpassed at the time by the Washington Monument (which counts as a structure, but not as a "building&quot. By 1890 when the Ulmer Münster was finished, the Eiffel Tower had been completed, and it is taller.

Germany also gets acknowledgment for the world's tallest <i><u>brick</u></i> church - - St. Martin - - in Landshut.

See more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%2...lest_structure