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| federal state | Baden-Wuerttemberg | |
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| Residents | 24.943 (2019) | |
| height | 485 m | |
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Vineyard is a city in Upper Swabia. It is located in the Schussental in the immediate vicinity of the district town Ravensburg.
background
getting there
By plane
The nearest airport is that Friedrichshafen Airport
(IATA: FDH). The BOB train goes from there directly to Weingarten / Berg. The drive from the airport to Weingarten takes about 30 minutes.
By train
Arriving by train takes place with the InterRegioExpress trains (IRE) from the north via Ulm and from the south via Friedrichshafen. In Friedrichshafen or Aulendorf you can change to the Bodensee-Oberschwaben-Bahn (BOB), which then goes to Weingartener Bahnhof, the Weingarten / Berg stop. From there you can change to line 15, which goes directly to the city center and the districts "Stadtesch", "Kreuzbergweiher" and "Meisterhof". Another option is to take the InterRegioExpress trains (IRE) to Ravensburg and then change to city bus routes 1, 2 or 5.
By bus
There are bus connections to Ravensburg, Friedrichshafen and Ulm.
In the street
Arriving by car from the north via the B30 (exit Weingarten) and from the south also via the B30.
By boat
Arrival by ship is via the ferries from Friedrichshafen harbor.
mobility
By bus
The city of Weingarten is connected to the district town of Ravensburg and the surrounding area by lines 1, 2, 5, 6, 15, 20, 30, 31, 7534, 7556 and 7573. You can get the timetable free of charge from the bus driver or at the sales outlets in Ravensburg (at the train station) and Weingarten (get off at the "Güterbahnhof" stop). Further information can be found here.
By train
The Bodensee-Oberschwaben-Bahn (BOB) runs every hour in the direction Aulendorf and Ravensburg - Friedrichshafen. With line 15 you can change to the BOB.
Tourist Attractions
Churches
- 1 Basilica of St. Martin and Oswald, one of the largest baroque churches in Germany with rich furnishings, including frescoes by Cosmas Damian Asam and organ by Joseph Gabler (1750). The Holy Blood relic is the focus of the pilgrimage, especially on Blood friday (Friday after Ascension Day) with the Blood kick.
Buildings
- Weingarten Monastery (nowadays a.o. Pedagogical University)
- 2 Schlössle (now the City Museum), Scherzachstr. 1
Monuments
Museums
- City museum in the Schlössle
- 3 Alemanni Museum in the Kornhaus, Karlstr. 28
- Museum of Monastic Culture
- Mardi Gras Museum
Streets and squares
Parks
- City garden with modern art and a café
various
activities
- Weingarten is a stronghold of the Swabian-Alemannic carnival.
- The Blood kick is probably the largest equestrian procession in Germany and takes place annually on the Friday after Ascension Day.
shop
- Downtown, vineyard.
kitchen
- Hotel Gasthof Bären
- MC Donalds
- Burger King
nightlife
Various student parties take place quite often through the "Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten" and the "Pedagogical University Weingarten". Clubs and discos are more likely to be found in Ravensburg.
accommodation
The next youth hostel is on the Veitsburg in the neighboring one Ravensburg.
Learn
Higher schools:
- Weingarten secondary school
- Weingarten grammar school
Universities:
- Weingarten University of Education
- University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten (based in Weingarten)
Work
Schuler (formerly Müller Weingarten)
security
health
- Hospital 14 first responders
Practical advice
trips
- Ravensburg with its medieval old town is immediately south of Weingarten and can be reached by city bus in a few minutes
- Altdorfer Wald, the largest contiguous forest area in Upper Swabia; Fish ponds and small canals (Silent brook among others) testify to the land use of the Weingarten monastery in earlier times
- Wolfegg (Renaissance castle in an impressive location above the valley, unfortunately only visible from the outside; baroque church, farmhouse museum) and Forest castle (Castle on one of the highest elevations in the area, in good weather great views with an alpine panorama)
- Bad Wurzach with the nature reserve Wurzacher Ried
- Bad Schussenried with a former monastery (church, library room), Schussenquelle, beer mug museum, museum village Kürnbach, village church Steinhausen and Zellersee
- Friedrichshafen
- Lake Constance: All tourist destinations on lake (Birnau, Bregenz, Konstanz, Langenargen, Lindau, Mainau Island, Meersburg, Reichenau Monastery Island, Überlingen, Unteruhldingen Pile Dwelling Museum) and at the Upper Swabian Baroque Street can be easily reached as a day trip, at least by car.
- For the harvest festival, some churches in the area are richly decorated, including those made from fruit Thanksgiving rugsthat show annually changing Christian motifs (biblical scenes, saints). Most of all they are known for this tradition mountain (west of Weingarten on the hill) and Otterswang (District of Bad Schussenried, the baroque church is worth seeing all year round, even without the Thanksgiving jewelry).
- Tourism in Upper Swabia is traditionally based on the medieval imperial cities, the baroque churches and monasteries (Upper Swabian Baroque Street), some castles (Heiligenberg, Tettnang etc.) and the mud baths. But you shouldn't be fooled by this: As a traveler, you can also put together contrast programs that are free of church and baroque styles.
- Art: museums in Biberach, Ravensburg, Friedrichshafen, Special exhibitions in many other places, e. B. Castle Achberg
- History of technology: the Burghaldentorkel in Ravensburg, Zeppelin Museum and Dornier Museum in Friedrichshafen, Hymer Museum (caravan) in Bad Waldsee, Automobile museum in Wolfegg, Lake Constance shipping, but also individual objects such as the bridges over the Bad and the Shot
- Open-air and farmhouse museums: Bad Schussenried (District Kürnbach), Wolfegg, and in the neighboring Allgäu is also Illerbeuren still within reach of a day trip
- From the Stone Age to the Alamanni:
- Pile dwellings from the Neolithic and Bronze Age (UNESCO World Heritage), as such initially not to be visited, but museums are in Constancy (State Archaeological Museum), Unteruhldingen (Pile dwelling museum and village) and Bad Buchau (Federseemuseum, including one of the oldest wagon wheels in the world, and an archaeological educational trail)
- Celts: Heuneburg, a princely seat on the hill above the Danube valley, partially reconstructed, with large burial mounds in the area and a museum in Dog singing
- The visible traces of the Romans are mostly not very spectacular. At sea: Bregenz, Constancy, Arbon. - In the direction of the Danube: amounts-Ennetach (Fort of the Danube Limes and archaeological circular hiking trail, the museum opened in 2001 was closed again in 2015) and Cracks. - It gets more impressive in the Allgäu: Kempten (Cambodunum Archaeological Park, but the Roman Museum in the city center has been closed for years), Kellcoin.
- Early and High Middle Ages: A large Alemannic burial ground was excavated in Weingarten (Alemannic Museum). In Kanzach (between Bad Buchau and Riedlingen) a wooden (!) castle was reconstructed 'out of nowhere', the Bachritterburg Kanzach (open-air museum).
