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It's All About Beer HAVE GERMAN WILL TRAVEL Getranke Was trinken die Deutschen? das Bier, die Biere BAMBERG: MEDIEVAL FINERY AND BEER and a large variety of oeei;s, it Bamberg's old town center is property." Unsuccessfully. The unites all the good 0ld cliches a mixture of Romanesque and gaFdeners, well aware of the tra­ about Germany in one. A roman­ Gothic churches and Baroque ditjrons of their guild, defended tic old town center, sausage and mer<>hant houses. The c0lorful, their trade. However, not many dumplings, good, locally baked painted old town hall, rebuilt in of them are left today. btead - and locals who look like the 18th century, is on an island Niedermeyer's son Sebastian is they just walked out of a painting in the middle of a bridge over the one who wants to continue the by Albrecht Diirer. Regnitz. According to legend, the <teo.turies-old family tradition. He Allied bombs left most of Bam­ bishop wasn't prepared to give is training to become an organic berg untouched during World even one square millimeter of his gardener. "Most people just shake War II and the city today har­ land to the citizens. So the citirz;ens their heads," he said. "They say that bors the largest intact 0ld town of Bamberg sunk posts in the river I won't earn money selling heads of architecture in Europe. Three dis­ and created an artificjal island for lettuce." But Sebastian takes com­ tci.cts oJ the city have been Oll the their town hall. mercial gardening seriously. He World Heritage List sinoe 1993: In Gartnerstadt, Michael Nie­ also believes that the payout from Bei:gstadt (mountain town) with dermeyer still has a nursery for regional production is continually the cathedral square and stately decorative shrubs in Bambe,i;g. improving, and it's becoming cmm­ residential architecture; Inselstadt Although around 400 wmmer­ petitive on the market. (island town) containing dozens of cial gardeners used to Gultivate The success of local BambeFg antiqueshopsburstingattheseams vegetables and herbs in the city, beer says a lot for the futme of and the former fisherman's disttid: today only approximately 20 regionally produced herbs and called "Klein-Venedig"; and Gart­ remain. Wide expanses of field vegetables. "Nobody in Bambei::g nerstadt (gardener's town). are hidden behind 'the gardener's would have a case of beer from a The cathedral on the huge square typical ~mall half-timbered house large company in their cellar," said is the religious stronghold of Bam­ with large entrance gates. Niedermeyer. "Here, people tend berg, residence of emperors and "We had to fight t0 keep it this to drink one local beer or the other bishops. It houses a wealth of art way,'' !Niedermeyer said. "In die - depending on their mood and historical treasures such as the 1960s, they wanted to build a what their taste buds crave." Tilman Riemenschneider sculpture street through here and the city There is even statistical proof of St. Cunigunde and St. Henry OJ1 admi9istrators kept on trying that Bambergers love their beer the royal pair's sarcophagus, die to re-zone the farmland in the with its more than 60 variations: life size Bamberg Horseman, and middle of the Gity as c0D;lffiercial in Bamberg, per capita beer con­ the Veit Stofs Altar. sumption is around 280 liters per year - the German national average is 116. Yet another: the Beer and Castle Route near the city of Kronach. It's All about Beer www.kronach.de/tourismus/touristische_strassen.html You can book a beer tour with the Bamberger Schleichwegla Associa­ The Franconian "Little Switzerland" region also has a lot in store tion, Weidendamm 31, 96047 Bamberg, Tel:+ 49 (0) 951-871161. for beer lovers. About 70 breweries are located within its approxi­ Master Brewer Johannes Schulters offers lectures, beer coaching and mately 2,000 square kilometers. The varied countryside has other adventure seminars for groups, Tel:+ 49 (0) 951-9370349 attractions: romantic valleys, numerous castles, caves and mills. www.fraenki sche-schweiz.com Book beer-tasting tours at Tourismus und Kongress Service, Geyers­ worthstraEe3, 96047 Bamberg. www.bamberg.info The community of Aufsess deserves special mention. With its four breweries and a total of 1,500 residents, it's listed in the Guinness Its approximately 200 breweries give Upper Franconia in northern Book of Records as the place with the highest brewery density in the Bavaria the highest brewery density in the world. A total of more world since September 2000. Local distillers also produce fine fruit than 1,000 different types of beer are brewed here. The Franconian schnapps. www.aufsess.de Beer Route Association gives tours that also include Nuremberg, south-central Franconia or the Steigerwald Hills. www.bierland­ The Franconian "Little Switzedand" region is also a padadise oberfranken.de for hiking and cycling. The region's tourist office has published a brochure called "Breweries, Stills, Cellar Taverns," which includes a Another Franconian tour dedicated to beer is the Aischgriind Beer comprehensive brewery directory that can be ordered online. Route: www.bierstrasse.de www.brauereiwandem.de .
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