Einbeck – City of brewing and half-timbered architecture

18 April 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Market Square with St Jakobi Church © Losch

Market Square with St Jakobi Church © Losch

Einbeck is a town in the district Northeim, in southern Lower Saxony. It is located on the German Timber-Frame Road. Einbeck is famous for its 600 year old beer brewery, home of Einbecker Bier, the origin for the term Bock beer. It is believed to be one of the oldest breweries in Germany. Einbeck is the birthplace of Henry Mühlenberg, who emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1742 and became the patriarch of the Muhlenberg family dynasty as well as the founder of the Lutheran church in the American colonies.   read more…

The Hanseatic city of Stade

14 October 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Former Fish Market Square © Kolossos

Former Fish Market Square © Kolossos

Stade is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany and part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region (Metropolregion Hamburg). It is the seat of the district named after it. The city was first mentioned in a document from 994. Stade is located on the German Timber-Frame Road.   read more…

German Half-Timbered House Road

31 March 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Living, Working, Building, Museums, Exhibitions Reading Time:  4 minutes

Complete overview of the seven regional routes of the German Half-Timbered House Road © Wolfgang A. Köhler

Complete overview of the seven regional routes of the German Half-Timbered House Road © Wolfgang A. Köhler

The German Half-Timbered House Road (German: Deutsche Fachwerkstraße) is a German tourist route leading from the river Elbe in the north to Lake Constance in the south. Along the road you can find nearly 100 cities and towns with remarkable timber-framed houses. It is divided into seven sections, leading through the following states of Germany: Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Hesse, Thuringia, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. The total length is nearly 3,000 km (1,864 mi).   read more…

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