Geocaching adventure – find treasures in Thuringia
Treasure hunting
Thuringia offers a year-round treasure hunt with GPS device, called geocaching. Many tourist information in the country will asisst you with this new form of walking. It is suitable for families with children, and this modern form of treasure hunting now enjoys an increasing popularity. And at the end of the tour, there is always a small treasure with a souvenir.
Geocaching in Thuringia - find treasures via GPS
With the GPS receiver in your hand
…and the coordinates of a place, where someone hid a “treasure”, you can start the search. The so-called caches provide exciting names, notes, smart keywords, or just numbers. Anything but gold and precious stones can be expected. Who takes something out of the treasure box, shall, in return, put again something into it – so the next pulp hunters will still find something interesting. Guaranteed are lots of fun and the discovery of the country and its people.
The routes are all moderate
…and about 4 km long – so enjoyable even for inexperienced hikers. If you do not own a GPS – device, please contact a local authorized dealer or one of the many tourist offices in Thuringia.
Mountain bike marathon & Festival
Mountain bike marathon & Festival at Tabarz: The last event – The rush into the biking season on the last weekend in April exceeded all expectations by far.
According to the perfect weather, about 135 drivers took the downhill route and looked at the pros JD Swanguen (USA) and Mio Suamesa (JPN) from MS Intense Factory Racing team. But not only the international stars came to Tabarz, also the national prominence represented by Antje Kramer, the German champion in downhill, followed the invitation.
At the press conference on Saturday, Soren Schmidt, the chief organizer for the marathon and the downhill, announced a further improvement of cooperation with the municipality Tabarz, who will be the organizer of both upcoming events.
Mountain bike marathon – New Websites
Both the website of Tabarzer marathon as well as the downhill on the Inselsberg are redesigned and given a modern and striking layout.
The revision of the page to Tabarzer Mountain Bike Marathon, fahrrad-schmidt.de/marathon has been completed a few days ago and is available including the online registration for the marathon.
This is also an appropriate site to purchase professional bikes, as well as Fahrrad Erfurt Shop in the region of Thuringia.
Tabarz, Thuringia: New events and partners
Thuringia is always worth a visit, and during the past years especially for marathon or downhill.
Having perceived this new trend, The Thuringia Tourism Company is the new partner and main sponsor of the Tabarz Mountain Bike Marathon on 31.5./1.6. 2008, with his presence to visit the “green heart of Germany”.
The new event will include a kids mountainbike competition, a short race and last but not least, a family program with a brilliant celebration finish.
Through the further development of biking paths and special mountain bike trails around the Inselsberg region, cyclotourists will even find more attractive destinations to enjoy their passion in Thuringia.
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media country
April 23, 2008 by jwgoethe
Filed under Events, Miscellaneous
Since the late 90s, the Free State established a media site – and since the end of 2003 it marketed itself as a “Children media country.” The 2007 image campaign, issued by the Free State, explains what is at stake: “The home of the Kinderkanal (children’s channel), ARD and ZDF and the Children’s Media Festival “Goldener Spatz” convinces with the nationwide highest concentration of media companies in the field of children’s content”.
Until then, it was a long way: “At the beginning, there was nothing and now we have quite a few productions here,” puts Inge Lore König this development in a nutshell. “The problem was simply that there existed no tradition in Thuringia for media.” With its children’s film company, she operates in Thuringia since 2000 and produces, among other things, the Ki.Ka broadcast Trickboxx. König is a pioneer in the Thuringian film business.
Picture by: chris.gt
And today, things turned out really good for the location of Thuringia. Prime Minister Dieter Althaus (CDU) said on Tuesday on the eve of the anual Thuringian media symposium: “Thuringia was not only a successful children’s media and production site. From here, we developped consistently many ideas and innovations, which influence new media services for children through significant future projects.” “In future”, according to Althaus, “we will increase even more production and research capacities”.
Thuringia supports 1. International Solar Congress
April 15, 2008 by admin1000
Filed under Events, Miscellaneous, Politics
From the 25th to 26th November 2008, the 1. International Congress “BAUHAUS.SOLAR – technology, design and environment” will take place at the Erfurt Fair. The Ministry of Economic affairs supports the preparation and implementation of this specialized symposium with 62,545 euros.
A corresponding decision was dropped by Thuringia`s Economics Minister Juergen Reinholz today, who immediately informed Dr. Frey from the Thuringian SolarCluster SolarInput e.V.
“In Thuringia, there is an unique opportunity to connect the idea of the Bauhaus with the future of solar technology”, said Thuringia’s Economics Minister Juergen Reinholz at the funds transfer in Erfurt.
The International Symposium “BAUHAUS.SOLAR – technology, design and environment” starts 2008 for the first time. Consistently, the organization of the conference will be handled by the team of the SolarInput e.V. The goal is to provide an exchange and cooperation platform for architects, designers, producers, researchers and developers from home and abroad for a cross-sectoral dialogue.
With this Congress, the Thuringian economy and higher education receive another cornerstone and an ideal platform for the development and application of new products in the field of solar technology. Approx. 200 participants and an international audience of specialists from Germany, Europe and overseas are expected to attend this innovative event.
New Encounters in Buchenwald
April 9, 2008 by admin1000
Filed under Events, Miscellaneous, Travel
63. Liberation Day
With the opening of the new “Jugendbegegnungsstätte Buchenwald”, on the occasion of the 63. Liberation Day April 11th, an art project of three high schools and The International School Weimar will receive public attention. Over several months, 75 students have been intensively facing up to the history of the concentration camp and with today’s memorial Buchenwald.
Get in touch with history
In the beginning, there was one question: “How do young people today deal with the crimes in the former concentration camp at Buchenwald, when the opportunity is given to express artistically?”. To anticipate: The artistic work surprises with a thoughtfull seriousness and maturity, which wasn´t necessarely expected from 15- to 18-year-olds.
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Artistic work of students
The assortment of the artistic tools varied from school to school: Schiller- high schoolers preferred woodcuts and Goethe pupils applied themselves with graphic work. The students of the Thuringia International School chose photography, the Humboldt Gymnasium room installations. All together are showing those very intense reflections, which can be found in any of their pictures and short texts. The head of the Buchenwald Memorial is so much pleased with this impressive student work, so that a selection will be permanently visible in the new youth centre of encounters.
Pleasure – the pope will come to Thuringia
Pope Benedict XVI. wants to spend time also in Thuringia – during his extended Germany visit in 2009.
There is a good chance that the Pope will come to Heiligenstadt in the Eichsfeld, said Prime Minister Dieter Althaus (CDU) in an interview with the radio station Antenne Thuringia.
After a private audience with the Pope on Thursday, the Holy Father has accepted his invitation.
The roundrtrip to his German home country is scheduled for April 2009. Besides the Eichsfeld, it is also planned to visit Berlin, he said.
There, he will meet with German President Horst Koehler and Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit (SPD).
Thuringia is glowing!
März 30, 2008 by admin1000
Filed under Events, Miscellaneous
Just two more weeks and the Thuringian barbecue season will be opened with a celebration at the Cathedral Square in Erfurt! The three “originals” from the 1st German bratwurst museum, Propst Johann von Siebeleben, master`s butcher Huldreich Jacobi and journeyman Hans Wurst, are wearing their garp already – to ignite the bratwurst sausage fire at the museum in Holzhausen. A ceremony, which can not be taken seriously. But those guys always invent something new to promote Thuringias most delicious piece of culture.
On Wed 26th, they did the same for the festival at the Erfurt Cathedral Square. Everything will revolve around the sausage for the third time in a row – “Rusting Culture 2008 – Thuringia is glowing” on April 12th.
Better said, around the “Thuringian sausage” first mentioned in a Arnstädter abbey bill back in the year 1404 – and protected since December 2003 in Brussels. “In the past year, 33000 tons of those were produced!”, said Horst Schubert, managing director of the association “Thuringian / Eichsfelder sausage and meat”.
Easter in the snow
The Rennsteig municipalities are happy that the winter yet taken hold.
Tourists and locals look like the snow kings: Since one week the Rennsteig region presents itself in a magnificent white dress. Not the Christ child, but the Easter Bunny brought, albeit belated, winter sports fun in the western Thuringian Forest.
Meanwhile, South Thuringia supplies an approximately 400 km long network of trails and rambling routes. “People wanted their Easter not just for skiing and running. But hardly anybody is really upset about that. This year, no one is fed up with the snow. There wasn`t so far that much” said Renate Stengel from the Tourist Office Floh-Seligenthal. Even the Brotteroder are pleased with the additional Easter surprise. “People take their chances on our special sport offers. Usually you can`t do such things around this season, “said Dagmar Köllner, the managing director of the Inselberg tourism Inc.
Worschech won “St. Georg”
With a rating above 70 percent, Nadja Luise Worschech from the RV Gut Ringhofen Mühlberg won the Prix “St. George” at the Thuringia Indoors.
Speechless Nadja looked at the scoreboard: “70.83 percent, this never happened before! That is a very good round, I felt. Rosalie did a great job. Now I am overjoyed about this great fifth S-win in my career … ” Smiles the 22-year-old business student from Erfurt, starting for the riding club Gut Ringhofen. Since this season, she appeared in the Age class “tab”, and looks back on a very successful Young-rider time.