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Registration: Room 33 (Service-Portal for International Students), Seminarstraße 2 Mon 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. and 1 – 3 p.m., Tue, Wed, Fri 10 a.m.– 12 p.m. Departure: Bahnhofstraße (rear „Bauhaus“/ opposite „Penny“)

Saturday,14 Oct.: MAULBRONN/PALATINATE /WINEFESTIVAL Sunday, 03 December: NUREMBERG I MAULBRONN: (UNESCO World Heritage), a fully preserved Visit to the finest and most famous German Christmas former monastery from the 12th/13th century where Hermann Market (”Christkindlesmarkt”) , tour of the city including Hesse went to school. imperial fortress, Albrecht Dürer House, tomb of St. Visit of the scenic wine-growing area of the Palatinate: Sebaldus by Peter Vischer, St. Lorenz with the Angel´s Burg Trifels, an ancient imperial fortress on a lofty crag with a Greeting by Veit Stoß, market square with Frauenkirche superb view of the Palatinate Forest and the Rhine valley, church and famous fountain (“Schöner Brunnen”). formerly the imperial treasury and state prison. Visit to the Toy Museum (history of toys from antiquity to Trip along the Deutsche Weinstraße. the present). Visit of the “Festival of New Wine” in Landau : marked by a pleasantly rustic atmosphere, this traditional festival honors Registration: starts Monday, 27 November New Wine with a colourful music program, wine huts and Price: 18,– Euros (incl. transport, tour and entrance) palatine specialities. Departure: 7.30 a.m. Excursion also available on 10/16/17 December Registration: Wednesday, 11 Oct., 10.00 a.m. – 13.00 p.m. Friday, 13 Oct., 10.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m . Price: 15,– Euros (incl. transport, tours and entrance fees) Saturday, 09 December: STUTTGART / ESSLINGEN II Departure: 8.00 p.m. For description see 02 December Registration: starts Monday, 04 December From Friday, 20 Oct.: Registration for Hamburg (03- 05 Nov) Sunday, 10 Dec.: NUREMBERG II

For description see 03 December Sunday, 22 October: FREIBURG / BLACK FOREST I Registration: starts Monday, 04 December FREIBURG : Walk through the “Capital of the Black Forest“, including a visit to the cathedral with Saturday, 16 Dec.: NUREMBERG III „Christendom´s finest spire” and the western portal with remarkable sculptures; cathedral square with Historic For description see 03 December Merchants´ Hall; Old and New City Hall, Old University, Registration: starts Monday, 11 December House of the Whale and the typical Freiburg “Bächle”. Trip to the Schauinsland mountain with great panorama view across the Black Forest and the Rhine valley. Sunday, 17 Dec.: NUREMBERG IV For description see 03 December Registraton: starts Monday, 16 October Registration: starts Monday, 11 December Price: 16,– Euros (incl. transport and tour) Departure: 8.00 a.m. Wednesday, 01 November (holiday): Starts Friday, 19 Jan.: Registration for BERLIN ( 15 – 18 Feb.) FREIBURG / BLACK FOREST II

For description see 22 October Registration: starts Monday, 16 October. Saturday, 20 January: BAMBERG Friday, 03 Nov. – Sunday, 05 Nov.: HAMBURG Explore Germany´s oldest preserved historical town centre (UNESCO World Heritage ): This trip takes us to two famous Northern German ports and trading cities (cities of the Hanseatic League). Old City Hall with unique site on a river island, “Little Venice“ HAMBURG: bus tour of the city, walk through the city centre with original fishermen´s houses; Romanic-Gothic with City Hall and Exchange, Jungfernstieg, church of “Kaiserdom ” (Imperial Cathedral) with the famous St.Michael´s including ascent of the “Michel” tower (emblem “Bamberg Horseman “ and imperial tomb, Old Palace of the city), Nikolaifleet (ensemble of old Hamburg houses), (Renaissance). Speicherstadt (UNESCO World Heritage), St.Pauli-landing bridges with visit of the traditional Fish Market , harbour Guided tour of the baroque New Residence . tour . Registration: starts Monday, 15 January BREMEN : walk through Germany`s oldest port, market Price: 16,– Euros (incl. transport, tour and entrance fee) square with historical City Hall, the “Bremen Town Musicians” Departure: 7.00 a.m. and statue of Roland ( UNESCO World Heritage ), Schnoorviertel: a well-preserved quarter of old crooked lanes. Registration: starts Friday, 20 Oct., from 9.00 a.m. Saturday, 27 January: STRASBOURG Price: 75,– Euros (incl. transport, tours, fees, harbour tour, Walk through the Old City ( UNESCO World Heritage ) including visit 2 overnight stays with breakfast in to the cathedral (sculptures in the portal of St.Mary and the Pillar of city hostel in Hamburg) Angels, important glass paintings, famous astronomical clock, etc.); Departure: 6.30 a.m. former leather-tanning district "La Petite France ” with fine half-timber buildings. Visit to the Museum of Modern Art . Saturday, 11 November: WEIMAR “Capital of Europe” Strasbourg with fotostop at the European The “city of German classicism“ ( UNESCO World Heritage ): Parliament. Goethe House, Schiller House, Wittumspalais, German National Registration: starts Monday, 22 January Theatre, Castle, Gothic Herder Church with famous altar by Lucas Price: 16,– Euros (incl. transport, tour and entrance fee) Cranach, impressive market square, park on the river Ilm with Goethe`s Departure: 7.30 a.m. garden house, Bauhaus-University.

Registration: starts Monday, 06 November Price: 18,– Euros (incl. transport and tour, Monday, 12.02.: CARNIVAL IN DÜSSELDORF Goethe House and Schiller House not included) Visit to the Rosenmontag procession in Düsseldorf, Departure: 6.00 a.m. one of the highlights of the Rhenish street carnival. This years´s motto „Jeck erst recht“. Saturday, 25 November: COLOGNE

Explore a city that is over 2000 years old: Cathedral/Dom Registration: starts Monday, 05 February (UNESCO World Heritage , epitome of Gothic architecture Price: 16,– Euros (incl. transport) and Germany´s most famous architectural monument), St. Departure: 8.30 a.m. Maria im Capitol – Romanic church on a Roman temple site; historical old town with Old Market, city hall with Renaissance arcades, statues of ”Tünnes and Scheel” (popular figures symbolising Cologne humour). Thursday, 15 Feb. – Sunday, 18 Feb.: BERLIN

Bus tour of the city including Kurfürstendamm, Brandenburg Registration: starts Monday, 20 November Gate, “Holocaust-Monument“, Potsdamer Platz, Charlottenburg Price: 17,– Euros (incl. transport and tour) Castle, Stop at “East-Side Gallery” (Berlin Wall). Departure: 7.30 a.m. Guided walk through the historical city centre: Nikolaiviertel,

Rotes Rathaus (Red Town Hall), the Gendarmenmarkt, Berliner

Dom, “Museum Island“ (UNESCO World Heritage ); Saturday, 02 December: STUTTGART / ESSLINGEN I Exhibition „Topographie des Terrors“; Stuttgart: Königstraße, Old Castle with Renaissance Visit of Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial; arcades, baroque New Castle, Schiller Square with Old Visit to the Reichstag building with its famous new dome, Chancellery, Christmas Market : splendidly decorated lecture in the Bundestag (Federal Diet). wooden roofs with impressive winter landscapes. Mercedes-Benz Museum : the museum presents the more than 125 year old history of the automobile. Esslingen: old imperial city with romantic half-timber houses, historical city hall, St.Paul`s (Germany´s oldest mendicant-order church). “A historical winter´s tale” – Registration: starts Friday, 19 January, from 9.00 a.m. Mediaeval Market with romantic Christmas market. Price: 95,– Euros (incl. transport, tours, entrance fees, Registration: starts Monday, 27 November 3 overnight stays with breakfast Price: 15,– Euros (incl. transport, tour and entrance fee) in City Hostel Berlin) Departure: 7.30 a.m. Departure: 6.30 p.m. Excursion also available on 09 December