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Venue: Mercure Hotel Dieselstraße 2 - 70839 Gerlingen GPS :N 48° 48' 7.67'' E 9° 4' 33.64''

Transport services close to the hotel

Underground Station: U 6 Gerlingen - Siedlung Airport STUTTGART: 22.00 km

Accommodation Expenses (Per night and breakfast included)

Single room: 79 €

Double room: 84 €

Extra Bed (1,80 x 0,90 m) : + 27 € Venue Seminar

DAN-EXAM: Hauptstraße 1, 70839 Gerlingen

SEMINAR: Zedernweg 1, 70839 Gerlingen

Tourist Information Gerlingen & Stuttgart

GERLINGEN

Restaurants:

• Chinese Restaurant: Shanghai, Weilimdorfer Str. 70

• Italian Restaurant: Gusto, Leonberger Str. 2

• Swabian Restaurant: Grimmler Alm, Im Bonholz 101

The Grimmler Alm is the Swabian Restaurant in the area. Its´ interior design is rustic and the atmosphere is supported by Swabian Music. The menu is written on Swabian and the restaurant offers only Swabian Food – e.g. Sauerbraten with spaetzle and Swabian square tortellini (see on the picture). The Grimmler Alm is the best location to end a day in the south of .

Bars:

• EXLIBRIS

Supermarket:

• Real (open from 8:00-22:00)

• LIDL (open from 8:00-20:00 Uhr)

STUTTGART

Solitude Palace (1)

Address: Solitude 1 Information about the : 70197 Stuttgart The Rococo Castle Solitude, which cannot hide phone: +49 (0)711 696 699 its relationship with Sanssouci in Potsdam, was fax: +49 (0)711 620 50 51 built in the years 1764 to 1775 by the building [email protected] masters Friedrich Weyhing, Philippe de la Guêpière and Reinhold Ferdinand Heinrich Opening hours: Fischer. 1st April – 31 st October: The castle itself served for the purpose of Tues. - Sat. 9 - 12 and 1:30 - 5:00 representation, for the accommodation of living, Sun 9.00 - 17.00 social, dining and servants' rooms, on its back 1st November – 31 st March : side a series of so-called cavalier's buildings Tues. were constructed. - Sat. 1:30 - 4:00 The facility is connected with the residence Sun. 10.00 - 4.00 castle in through a twelve kilometer long, straight street, the course of which can Entrance is free. easily be recognized. The High Carls School, a favorite project of Carl Eugen, began its work at Solitude. Schiller's father, the Capitain Johann Kaspar Schiller, was "intendant" at Solitude in those years.

From 1972 to 1983, the castle was completely renovated. Today it is the home of the Academy Castle Solitude, founded in 1990, a Swabian "Villa Massimo" for art scholarship holders from around the world who have been given living, working and exhibition space in the cavalier's buildings.

The Television Tower (2)

What about first having lunch at the restaurant “UNTEN ”1?

Address: Informations about The Television Tower Jahnstraße 120 The world's very first television tower is to be 70597 Stuttgart found in Stuttgart and has a height of 217 m. Phone: (+40) (0)711 232597 http://www.fernsehturmstuttgart.com/ After a construction period lasting 20 months, the Stuttgart Television Tower was inaugurated on 5th Opening Hours: Feburary 1956.

- Daily from 09:00 am Originally the Süddeutscher Rundfunk (South - Sunday - Wednesday open till 11 p.m. German Broadcasting Company) had intended to - Thursday - Saturday open till 2 a.m. install its antennas on top of a 200-metre-high, - Last ascent 3 minutes before closing guyed iron lattice mast. However, Professor Fritz time Leonhardt, the famous Stuttgart bridge builder and structural engineer, proposed a concrete tower Prices: instead. His concept was not only an innovation from the construction point of view, but also Per person 4,10 £ because of the plan to use it for tourism and Groups > 20 persons 2, 45 £ per P. catering purposes. Thus an aesthetic tower came into being which incorporated an almost circular cylindrical pod with an observation deck, restaurant and transmitter technology. The costs of construction, 4.2 million marks, were recouped within the space of five years from the takings in admission charges.

Today the Television Tower is one of Stuttgart´s best-known landmarks. No other view in Stuttgart can compare with its impressive panoramas over the city, the vineyards of the Neckar Valley and the Swabian countryside as far as the Alb, the Black Forest and the Odenwald.

The restaurant “UNTEN”

Taking the dessert at the café “OBEN” 2 and having an amazing view over Stuttgart. The lift will bring you within 35 seconds up to 147 meters. For making amazing pictures you have to climb up the stairs up to the roof.

1 engl. = downstairs. The restaurant lays at the foot of The Television Tower 2 engl. = upstairs

Mercedes Benz Museum (3)

Address: Take a journey through 125 years of fascinating automotive history – and on into the future. Mercedesstraße 100 70372 Stuttgart Transporting you to a height of 34 metres, the phone: +49 (0)711 173 00 00 museum lift will take you on a journey back in time fax: +49 (0)711 173 04 00 – to the year 1886. For this is where the legend www.mercedes-benz-classic.com/museum begins, with the pioneering invention of Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz – the automobile. Opening Hours: Two interlinked museum tours guide the visitor - Tues-Sun 09.00 a.m. to 06.00 p.m., through the spectacular architecture of the building - Last admission 05.00 p.m. and the eventful history of the Mercedes-Benz - Closed on Mondays brand – combining the key moments in contemporary world history with super sports cars, Prices: Silver Arrows and Gullwings. The two tours lead to the same end point: the innovations of the present. Day ticket 6,55 £ (adults) Over an area covering 16,500 square metres on nine levels, the exhibition presents 160 vehicles Evening ticket 3,30 £ (adults) and over 1,500 exhibits, divided into Legend (4.30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Ticket desk closes rooms and Collection rooms. The Legend rooms at 5.00 p.m.) document the history of the Mercedes-Benz brand and are subdivided into themes and epochs. The Simulator 3,30 £ Collection rooms offer a thematic presentation of All museum visitors over 140 cm. the wealth and diversity of vehicles made by the Tickets are available at the Simulator brand. ticket desk.

Public guided tours 3,30 £

The city centre the Königstrasse (4)

Over a kilometer in length – is a busy shopping boulevard with specialist shops, department stores, international chains, cafés, restaurants and relaxation areas. Europe's longest shopping thoroughfares; it begins opposite the main railway station and runs right through the heart of the city. It´s amazing, you also pass by the “New Castle”.

Built in 1746, the kings of Wuerttemberg resided in the New Castle until the middle of the past century. Today the New Castle is the home of the ministries of the Baden- Wuerttemberg state government and representation rooms.