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→ A39 Köln → Wolfenbüttel Hameln A36 Alfeld starting at starting at 309 € 249 € A7 Group fee (attendance of 20 Group fee (attendance of 20 Höxter and up), rate p.p. in a double and up), rate p.p. in a double room, incl. breakfast and room, incl. half board travel programme and travel programme → Quedlinburg Programme Proposal Programme Proposal Göttingen Old UNESCO Total: Five UNESCO The Harz Mountains: discover Hildesheim Alfeld Goslar Höxter Quedlinburg * Hildesheim 30 km 55 km 70 km 115 km World Heritage sites in five days UNESCO World Heritage sites in Alfeld 0:35 h 55 km 45 km 115 km Quedlinburg and Goslar* Goslar 0:45 h 0:55 h 100 km 60 km Höxter 1:15 h 0:50 h 1:35 h 155 km Picturesque half-timbered houses, modern art behind ancient walls, DAY 1 → arrival in Hildesheim DAY 1 → arrival at Quedlinburg Quedlinburg 1:15 h 1:25 h 0:40 h 2:10 h romantic alleys with small cafés and restaurants, dominated by the → guided city tour: ›UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Hildesheim‹ → guided city tour of Quedlinburg and on → overnight stay in Hildesheim the Schlossberg, spare time afterwards Romanesque collegiate church: Quedlinburg is the living UNESCO → overnight stay in Quedlinburg World Cultural Heritage town in the northern Harz foothills! The DAY 2 → morning: UNESCO World Heritage in Alfeld (35 km) different districts (including and ) combine → tickets for: UNESCO Visitor Centre, DAY 2 → morning: trip with the HSB-steam train to (25 km) Fagus-Gropius Exhibition, Fagus Gallery → lunch break in Alexisbad World Cultural Heritage with a spa town and nature- based recre- optional: lunchtime snack at Fagus Factory → afternoon: transfer by bus to Wernigerode (55 km) ation. The most important feature is the of Quedlinburg → afternoon: transfer to Höxter (45 km) → guided city tour of the ›Colorful town in the Harz foothills‹, with its 2,069 half-timbered houses spanning eight centuries. Yet, → admission to Corvey Castle spare time afterwards optional: guided tour: ›From imperial abbey to World → return to Quedlinburg and overnight stay the town is alive: you can visit artists’ workshops, and the three- Cultural Heritage at Corvey Castle‹ tiered theatre offers a versatile stage program. You are also invited → return to Hildesheim and overnight stay DAY 3 → morning: transfer to Goslar and guided city tour IMPRINT Between the Harz Mountains to feel the homely atmosphere during Advent season. → lunch break and spare time Publishers: Hildesheim Marketing GmbH, Kulturkreis Höxter-Corvey gGmbH, Quedlin- DAY 3 → morning: guided tour through the Dommuseum Hildesheim → afternoon: visit to the museum and mines of burg-Tourismus-Marketing GmbH, Stiftung Bergwergwerk Rammelsberg, von Goslar und Oberharzer Wasserwirtschaft, Fagus-GreCon Greten GmbH & Co. KG and the River Weser → afternoon: transfer to the Harz Mountains, Water → return to Quedlinburg Picture credits: Bischöfliche Pressestelle Hildesheim, photo: Ina Funk; Dommuseum SERVICE, CONSULTATION Management System (60 km) Hildesheim, photo: Florian Monheim; Goslar Marketing GmbH, photo: Stefan Schiefer; GROUP OFFERS & RESERVATIONS → transfer to Goslar and overnight stay SERVICE, CONSULTATION & RESERVATIONS Hildesheim Marketing, photo: Jens Kotlenga; Kulturkreis Höxter-Corvey gGmbH; Kulturkreis UNESCO World Heritage Sites Höxter-Corvey gGmbH, photo: Andreas Hub; Stadt Höxter, photo: Jens Hornung; Quedlin- Sightseeing tour (walk) of Quedlinburg-Information der Quedlinburg-Information der burg-Tourismus-MarketingSie haben GmbH, nicht photo: genügend Jürgen Meusel; Zeit, UNESCO-Welterbe um Fagus-Werk; DAY 4 → morning: guided city tour through the historic town of Goslar, Harzwasserwerke GmbH; Weltkulturerbe Erzbergwerk Rammelsberg Goslar GmbH alle Welterbestätten zu besuchen? in Alfeld, the Harz Mountains, UNESCO World Heritage, Quedlinburg-Tourismus-Marketing including an interior tour of the famous Quedlinburg-Tourismus-Marketing GmbH Translation: Britta Neumann • Layout: deteringdesign.de Status: October 2020,Lassen subject toSie modifications sich einzelne Bausteine including the Old town and GmbH → afternoon: visit to the museum and mines of Rammelsberg, Tel: +49 (0) 3946 905625 individuell zusammenstellen. in Hildesheim, Höxter and the Schlossberg Markt 4, 06484 Quedlinburg including a guided tour [email protected] Tel: +49 (0) 3946 905625 → overnight stay in Goslar www.quedlinburg.de Duration: 120 minutes [email protected] www.adventsstadt.de UNESCO im Quedlinburg WELTERBE Group fee (attendance of 15 www.quedlinburg.de DAY 5 → morning: transfer to Quedlinburg (60 km) HARZ and up to 40 participants): www.adventsstadt.de → guided city tour through the historic town of Quedlinburg starting at 160 € (in english) optional: lunchtime snack You don’t have enough time to visit all World Heritages Sites? Let us arrange individual components for you, matching your needs SERVICE, CONSULTATION & RESERVATIONS and ideas! The Tourist Information Hildesheim and the Quedlin- burg-Information would be happy to help you! QUEDLINBURG Hildesheim Marketing GmbH Welterbestadt Tourist Information Hildesheim EN Tel. +49 (0) 5121 17980 * Offer upon request and subject to availability

QUEDLINBURG Welterbestadt Five World Heritage Sites between the Harz Mountains and the River Weser The region between the Harz Mountains and the River Weser is characterized by a high density and variety of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Within a range of approxi- mately 100 kilometers, five World Heritage Sites are waiting to be discovered: in Alfeld, the Harz Mountains, in Hildesheim, Höxter and Quedlinburg. Alfeld Goslar / Harz Hildesheim Höxter Each World Heritage site is unique and re- Fagus Factory Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic St Michael’s Church, Carolingian Westwork and presents its particular history. Still there are Town of Goslar and Upper Harz St Mary’s Cathedral and Civitas Corvey historical commonalities: while the Upper Harz Water Management System and the Water Management System the Cathedral Treasure mines of Rammelsberg in Goslar reflect minings time of prosperity , the World The Fagus Factory was built in 1911 as the first example of modern What visitors to the World Heritage site »Mines of Rammelsberg, Two churches in Hildesheim, including their art treasures, were With its almost 1,200 years of history, the former Benedictine industrial architecture by the architect and founder, Walter Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System« accepted by the UNESCO to the World Heritage lists in 1985: abbey near Höxter was considered one of the most important Heritage churches in Hildesheim and the Gropius. 100 years later, in 2011, it was declared a UNESCO World get to see is rare and special: An mine from the 12th century St Michael’s Church, one of the most beautiful early-Romanesque monastic establishments in the . The monastery, con- former imperial abbey Corvey are im- Heritage site. The architect managed to give a medium sized compa- with the oldest tunnels in Europe. A medieval town centre with churches in , and St Mary’s Cathedral with its Cathedral veniently located right on the banks of the River Weser, was sub- pressive testimonials of medieval church art. ny an unaccustomed appearance that was completely divergent from 1,500 half-timbered houses. The »Kaiserpfalz«, or Imperial Palace, Treasure. Closely related on an historical and spatial level, they pre- ordinate directly to the emperor. During the 9th and 10th century The historic districts of Goslar and Quedlin- traditional architectural styles. The plant reflects an architectural from where German emperors made world politics. Or the Upper serve a unique ensemble of medieval decorative art. Both churches it blossomed into a spiritual, cultural and economical center in the burg enchant the visitor with their well concept which, for the first time, respected the human need for light, Harz Water Management System, one of the largest pre-industrial are examples of the arrangement and decoration of a Romanesque area. With its almost completely preserved Carolingian air and clarity. Moreover, the living monument is characterized by energy supply systems worldwide in the midst of breathtaking land- church room rarely found on this scale. Westwork and the immersed Civitas Corvey, the former imperial preserved half-timbered buildings from its active production plant. For more than 100 years, shoe lasts have scapes. Whether above ground or below, with helmet or rucksack, abbey and recent castle ground was awarded World Heritage Site several centuries, whereas the Fagus Factory been manufactured in this significant industrial building. on your own or with a World Heritage guide – come and experience status by UNESCO in 2014. in Alfeld , the first industrial building of unique World Heritage in the Harz. SERVICE, CONSULTATION SERVICE, CONSULTATION SERVICE, CONSULTATION SERVICE, CONSULTATION modern era, is still actively producing. GROUP OFFERS & RESERVATIONS GROUP OFFERS & RESERVATIONS GROUP OFFERS & RESERVATIONS GROUP OFFERS & RESERVATIONS The close distance between the World he- Guided tour through the living UNESCO-Welterbe Fagus-Werk Current group offers can be found Stiftung Guided tour ›UNESCO World Hildesheim Marketing GmbH Guided tour ›From imperial abbey Kulturkreis Höxter-Corvey gGmbH monument UNESCO World Hannoversche Straße 58 on the following websites: UNESCO-Welterbe im Harz Heritage in Hildesheim‹: guided Tourist Information Hildesheim to World Cultural Heritage‹ Schloss Corvey ritage sites allows you to visit several land- Heritage Fagus Factory, 31061 Alfeld Bergtal 19 city tour, including interior tour of Rathausstraße 20 (Tempelhaus) 37671 Höxter including a visit to the shoe Tel. +49 (0) 5181 790 Mines of Rammelsberg: 38640 Goslar St Michael’s Church and 31134 Hildesheim Duration: appr. 1,5 hours Tel. +49 5271 68168 marks in only one day. Alternatively, you lasts production area [email protected] www.rammelsberg.de Tel. +49 (0) 5323 98950 St Mary’s Cathedral Tel. +49 (0) 5121 17980 Group fee (maximum of 25 [email protected] might prefer to visit all five sites during a www.fagus-werk.com [email protected] Duration: 2 hours [email protected] participants): 70 € plus museum www.welterbe-corvey.de Duration: 1 hour Historic Town of Goslar: www.welterbeimharz.de Group fee (attendance 10 and up): www.hildesheim.de/english entrance fee (in english) 5-day-tour. www.goslar.de starting at 155 € plus 0,50 € p.p. Please contact us for an external guide fee cathedral/rosebush Arrangements including boat tour, individual offer in English. Upper Harz Water Management lunch buffet and guided city tours We cordially invite you to become acquain- Short guided tour of the System: are also available. Further infor- UNESCO World Heritage ted with the UNESCO World Heritage sites www.bergwerksmuseum.de mation: www.hoexter-tourismus.de experience exhibition

United Nations Mines of Rammelsberg, between the Harz Mountains and the River Educational, Scientific and Historic Town of Goslar and Duration: 30 minutes Cultural Organization Upper Harz Water Management System Weser! World Heritage since 1992 Group fee: 19 €