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Kon rad - H ub er - St ra ß e CUltURAL LIFE IN THE TOWN INTERESTING SIGHTS OF THE GUELPHS Don't miss out on these Tradition and experience unite 1 5 Guided tours Festivals Basilica A stroll through the history of - Fasnet (Swabian-Alemannic carni- Weingarten's abbey and the town. val) (February/March) 1 May to October, 3 p.m. Saturdays. - Blutritt (Procession of the Holy Abteistraße Tourist-Information Meet: In the garden of the Stadt- Blood) (May) Sterngasse 2 Münsterplatz 3 6 HISTORY CLOSE ENOUGH TO TOUCH museum (Town Museum) in the - Guelph Festival (July) (square for public events) Schlössle, Scherzachstraße 1, time: - Town Festival (August) Stuttgart Four museums to discover Weingarten’s history about 1.5 hours, - Kite Festival (September) price: 4 EUR per person Motorway 8 Events Tübingen Town Museum in the Schlössle piety from churches and monas- Town Hall 4 Mostgässle Railway - Weingartener Spielzeit cultural Kirchstraße 2 LIVING faITH IN Visitors to the Schlössle can ex- teries. The collection ranges from Tourist Information in Weingar- Ferry festival (all year round) Ulm perience an exciting trip into the objects of devotion linked to the 3 Stadtgarten park 7 Augsburg BAROQUE SPLENDOUR ten also offers numerous topic 8 Fruchtkasten Border past through the multi-faceted veneration of the Holy Blood, - Art and Museum Night (June) and landscape related tours as (Library of the Airport DEUTSCHLAND Weingarten's treasures in the impressive atmosphere - Abbey Festival (August) history of Weingarten. Interactive Upper Swabian clerical habits, Kornhaus universities) well as children's tours. All tours 5 of the Basilica - Promenade concerts Löwen- (Alamannic Museum) 7 displays and audio installations pilgrimage statues and paraments, can also be booked all the year platz 81 cover the time from the rule of right up to Christmas cribs. (May-July/September) Karlstraße round for groups. More tours at u Biberach - International organ concerts na Basilica decorated console. The monu- the Guelphs and the foundation Do Heinrich-Schatz-Straße 20, opening www.weingarten-online.de. Liebfrauenstraße Schlössle Statue of the 30 96 (August/September) Landrichtergasse 6 Massive and splendid, Germany's mental sonority means that every of the Abbey to the history of the hours: Fri to Sun 2 p.m. to 5 p.m 4 St James Pilgrim 8 Weekly markets - International Weingarten New (Town largest Baroque basilica stands at service and concert becomes a Basilica and up to the Blutritt Museum) Memmingen Fasnet Museum - In the town centre, Wednesdays, Music Days (November) the top of the Martinsberg, visi- new experience. procession, still relevant today 7 96 If you want to learn all about 7.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. WEINGARTEN ble from afar and inviting you to Scherzachstraße 1, opening hours: Swabian carnival, the Plätzler- - In the “Untere Breite”, Saturdays Find the current dates in Scherzachstraße Überlingen come in. Enchanting façades, al- Current dates and times for music Wed to Sun 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Ravensburg Blutfreitag (Blood Friday) Ceremonies on Blutfreitag zunft (guild of traditional 7.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. the events calendar at Stuttgart tars and ceiling frescoes, remind- in the Basilica can be found at n Singen Probably the most impressive Ascension Day ei 30 32 r Alamannic Museum carnival characters) in the Fasnet - In the Oberstadt, Fridays 7 a.m. www.weingarten-online.de le ers of the mystery of faith, by www.weingarten-online.de and Rh BO 8 Konstanz MoIl torway Weingarten tradition is the 7.15 p.m. Evening Mass in the The Alamannic Museum shows Museum is just the place for you. to 12.30 p.m. 1. The Basilica in Weingarten – The mighty “Hirsch” (Stag) building, 5. This granary, built in 1621, is 7. Today, the former seat of the DE Friedrichshafen Tübingen Cosmas Damian Asam impress in the “Music in the Basilica” 7 NS Railway E famous Blutritt – Europe's larg- Basilica the most beautiful finds from the This exhibition covers more than heart of our town and the most an inn, once the offices of the now the home of the Alamannic Landvogtei governor and impe- E thousands of visitors every year – leaflet available in the Tourist Ferry Ulm est equestrian procession – on 8.30 p.m. Feast-day sermon by well- 801 early mediaeval Alamannic three hundred square metres and beautiful place of faith and calm. former Landvogtei of Swabia, Museum. The exhibition displays rial judge accommodates the Lindau as do the precious treasures: the Information Office. Bregenz Border Augsburg the day after Ascension Day. known clerics, followed by proces- graves. These include wafer-thin displays over 50 life-size figures, The Basilica is one of the most the Martinusbrunnen fountain significant grave goods such as Stadtmuseum (Town Museum). Zürich Gabler organ and the relic of the Dornbirn Airport DEUTSCHLAND Relic of the Holy Blood For centuries, Weingarten has sion of lights to the Kreuzberg gold leaf crosses, precious fibula newspaper articles and countless important church buildings of the and the Guelph sculpture in the jewellery, clothing and weapons Visitors can familiarise them- ÖSTERREICH Holy Blood. SCHWEIZ St.Gallen 14 Christ's blood mingled with been celebrating this solemn 10.30 p.m. organ music High Baroque period along the Kleiner Münsterplatz. from the time of the Alamanni, selves with the history of the 7 brooches and rare runic inscrip- masks and photographs of the 81 earth – the Abbey of Weingarten festival in honour of the relic of tions. Visitors at the hands-on history and development of the Upper Swabian Baroque Route. discovered during the excavation Abbey and of the town in this Open to visitors every day from u received this gift in 1094 as a the Holy Blood. On the evening Blutfreitag 4. The Rathausplatz (Town Hall of 801 graves. magnificent Renaissance building IMPRINT Tourist-Information Weingarten na Biberach 8.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m., apart from displays learn about clothing, Altdorf Fasnet. Do bequest of the Guelph duch- before, thousands of pilgrims 11.30 p.m. to 3.30 a.m. Prayers in 2. This Baroque storehouse Square) was once used for read- dating from 1550. Publisher and editor: Münsterplatz 1 30 96 during services. weapons or jewellery, getting to Am Vorderochsen 3, ess Judith of Flanders. Abbot and faithful worshippers form the Basilica building was built for the Ben- ing out judgements and public 6. For centuries, Weingarten Stadt Weingarten, Tourist- 88250 Weingarten know the everyday life of the opening hours: Sundays and Memmingen Gabler organ Sebastian Hyller had the Basilica a procession with lighted 6 a.m. Eucharist edictine Abbey of Weingarten in pronouncements, as well as for has been an important station 8. The Stadtgarten park is con- Information Weingarten tel. 00049 (0) 751 405232 Alamannic settlers. public holidays 1.30 p.m. to 5 p.m. 96 The organ built by Josef Gabler built as an abbey and pilgrimage candles from the Basilica to the 7 a.m. Start of the Blutritt with the 1688 to store grain and wine. To- holding markets. Today, you can on the Way of St James. The sidered the prize-winning green [email protected] WEINGARTEN Karlstraße 28, opening hours Wed fascinates its listeners now as it church to make a worthy site for Kreuzberg. On Friday morning, handing over of the Holy Blood Further information day, the so-called Fruchtkasten still see a statue of St Conrad and Statue of the St James Pilgrim centre of town life with large- Design: www.diezone.net www.weingarten-online.de Überlingen to Sun 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Ravensburg did then. Various instrumental the relic. Today, the relic of the the Blutreiter (Rider of the Holy relic to the Blutreiter and prices can be found at (Fruit Store) contains the library a fresco of the Guelph legend is a reminder of this tradition of scale sculptures by internation- Picture credits: Reinhard Jakubek, n Singen ei 30 32 r sounds, birdsong, the cuckoo's Holy Blood is placed by the main Blood), accompanied by about 9 a.m. Mass for Pilgrims Museum of Monastic Culture www.weingarten-online.de of the universities. on the town hall building. Next pilgrimages. Next to it, in the so- ally famous artists. Children can Anja Koehler, Achim Mende, Derek Opening hours le Rh BO Konstanz Il call and the tubular bells, altar at the entrance to the choir. 3,000 riders and more than a 11 a.m. The Blutreiter is received in In a permanent exhibition, the lo- For inquiries contact to these, the Fasnetsbrunnen called “Sammlung”, the Abbey paddle in the water course or let Schuh, Johannes Volz Mon 10.00 a.m.-1.00 p.m DE Friedrichshafen 7 NS E and above all the legendary hundred musical bands, rides the outer courtyard of the Abbey cal historian Jürgen Hohl displays tel. 0049 (0) 751 405255 as well as 3. The Münsterplatz is used all fountain alludes to the historic of Weingarten founded a convent off steam along the play trail. Tue to Fri 10.00 a.m.-1.00 p.m. E human voice “Vox Humana” are through the city and the fields to 11.15 a.m. Pontifical mass and his collection of sacred objects [email protected] and the year round for festivals and Plätzlerzunft, the guild of tradi- for Franciscan nuns. Status: March 2016. We reserve and 2.00 to 4.00 p.m. Lindau Bregenz all special features on the richly bless them. blessing and other testaments to popular [email protected] events. Special highlights are the tional Fasnet characters.