Curious Germany
Tags: NLP, Germany, Travel, Curious, Geoner

Bauhaus

Besides many other things, Germany is famous for Bauhaus. “The Staatliches Bauhaus, commonly known as the Bauhaus (German: “building house”), was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts. The school became famous for its approach to design, which attempted to unify the principles of mass production with individual artistic vision and strove to combine aesthetics with everyday function.” Wikipedia.

Take a look at the Bauhaus building in Dessau-Roßlau, and realize it already existed in 1925, which is almost 100 years ago, and compare to the modern buildings (office buildings, airport terminals), you may start hesitating about the age of it, or start admiring the strength of vision of the designers. BTW that Bauhaus building in Dessau-Roßlau was the longest serving of the three Bauhaus locations (1925–1932). Wikipedia.

The Bauhaus building in Dessau by Spyrosdrakopoulos, CC BY-SA 4.0

If you are curious traveler seeing design as gestaltung — composition, constitution, layout, decoration with application of science, engineering, aesthetics — then you could probably be interested to visit all those Bauhaus places.

By googling for those places you could find a good list of them at www.deutschland.de and a story at The New York Times. Then, you will have to figure out the order, timing, costs, etc. to create the trip. We took those places for you, put them into Curiosio, set Berlin as starting and finishing location, and here is your Bauhaus journey in Germany.

Bauhaus trip in Curiosio, route view

Bauhaus trip in Curiosio, itinerary view

You could take this trip and modify it by time, money, points and create your own Bauhaus with other flavors journey in Germany. Click the red button [Modify] and edit anything in the search form. Then click [GET TRIP], another red button. New trip plans in the search results must reflect what you wanted.

Industrial Heritage Trail

Any steampunk lovers here? “Until the 1970s, the Ruhr was one of the most important zones of coal mining and heavy industry in Europe. Since then, many pits, cokeries and steel mills had to close down due to a declined demand and competition from low-wage countries. The economy, landscape and environment of the region has changed dramatically. Many industrial landmarks have been transformed into museums, exhibition halls, cultural institutions, event locations and recreational areas.” Wikivoyage.

Zeche Zollverein in Essen by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE

Curious fact: The Red Dot Design Museum is located in the boiler house of Zollverein coal mine (on the photo above), shaft 12.

There is an excellent stuff for industrial tourism in the Ruhr area in western Germany. It is called Route der Industriekultur. A prime example of the industrial theme. We found it on Wikivoyage. We parsed all points and put them into Curiosio. Here is the trip you could reuse as is, or modify by duration, budget, points — up to you.

Bertha Benz Memorial Route

Bertha Benz

“In 1886, Dr Karl Benz, had invented the internal-combustion powered automobile in Mannheim (Reich Patent №37435) — but nobody wanted to buy his invention. However, after his wife Bertha went with her 13- and 15-year-old sons on a long-distance trip from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in 1888 — without her husband’s knowledge — this proved that the horseless carriage was absolutely suitable for daily use and it became a huge success. There are almost a billion drivers worldwide today, but the first was a woman!” Wikivoyage.

“The Bertha Benz Memorial Route follows the tracks of the world’s first long-distance journey by an automobile powered by an internal combustion engine. In 1888, Bertha Benz drove from Mannheim to Pforzheim in the Black Forest and back three days later. This was a round-trip journey of 194 km (120 miles) within Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.” Wikivoyage.

Karl Benz’s first production car of 1.5 horsepower and a top speed of about 16 km/h (10 mph) sold for about 3,000 marks in 1888.

We took The Bertha Benz Memorial Route from Wikivoyage, parsed the points, put them into Curiosio, made it for 5 days, because the points are interesting, with numerous places to see. Here is the trip that you can take as is or modify.

Saxon Switzerland from Berlin

Jack and Jill blogged about their trip from Berlin to Saxon Switzerland National Park via Dresden. We parsed the points from their blog, put them into Curiosio, and created a modifiable trip for you.

For your information — Bastei place is located in the Saxon Switzerland.

The Bastei Bridge by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE

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