| Zwiesel | ||
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| State | Germany | |
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| Federated state | Bavaria | |
| Region | Government District of Lower Bavaria | |
| Territory | Regen district | |
| Altitude | 580–750 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 41.14 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 9.257 (2013 census) | |
| Prefix tel | 49 9922 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 94227 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | St. Nicholas | |
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Zwiesel (in BavarianZwiesl), is a town and spa town in the Bavarian Forest of the Bavaria. The town is known for today's glass industry (Zwiesel Kristallglas AG), crystal factories (Theresienthaler Krystall Glasmanufaktur) and the glass school (Glasfachschule) Zwiesel.
To know
Zwiesel has a long glassmaking tradition behind it to this day. Distributed throughout the city, there are glass galleries, ateliers and glass factories. For which Zwiesel is also nicknamed the glass city.
In 1872 the construction of the "Annathal" glassworks, now "Zwiesel Kristallglas AG" (formerly "Schott Werke") began. With its products, the company in Zwiesel is the world leader in the hotel and gastronomy sector.
Geographical notes
In the middle of the Bavarian Forest which is part of the Šumava, at the confluence of the rivers Grande Regen and Piccolo Regen, is the town and spa town of Zwiesel. This confluence gave them their name; Zwiesel comes from "Zwie-Sal" (in Bavarian "Zwiesl", (IT) twice the river bed).
When to go
In the summer Zwiesel is a place of passage for tourists interested in visiting the Šumava, and is well populated by an influx of tourists interested in the glass art that historically was practiced throughout the central part of the Bavarian forest up to Bohemia. winter Zwiesel is a stronghold for tourists. The highest mountain in the Bavarian Forest in Šumava, the Great Arber, attracts many fans of this sport with its ski slopes. Alpine and Nordic skiing competitions and international World Cup ski competitions are also regularly held there.
Background
The exact foundation year of the place is not known. The place was first documented in 1255, referred to as a village with a wooden church. The first settlers of the place were gold workers.
How to orient yourself
Zwiesel: full screen map.Neighborhoods
The municipality of Zwiesel is divided into eleven districts;
- Ableg (fraction),
- Bärnzell (village incorporated on 1st May 1978),
- Glasberg (fraction),
- Griesbach (village),
- Innenried (village),
- Klautzenbach (village incorporated on 1st October 1971),
- Lichtenthal (city area),
- Rabenstein (Village church, Kirchdorf incorporated on January 1, 1978),
- Theresienthal (city area),
- Zwiesel (city area),
- Zwieselberg (village).
How to get
Ports in the vicinity (traffic excursions and river cruises on the Danube) are a Deggendorf is Passau.
On the train
The station of Zwiesel is the most important railway junction in the Bavarian Forest.It is located on the railway line Plattling ↔ Bayerisch Eisenstein ((CS) Bavorská Železná ruda).
How to get around
By public transport
Zwiesel has a service of Urban bus and services of extra-urban bus, managed by companies Lambuerger is Ostbayernbus (RBO).
7143Zwiesel urban line (Stadtbuslinie Zwiesel). 
Single ride tickets (Erwachsenen-Einzelfahrschein) EUR 1.60, daily (Tageskarte) EUR 3.20. Children 4 to 10 years for a single trip (Kinder-Einzelfahrschein) 1, - EUR. Children up to 4 years of age travel for free.- 6086 line Zwiesel ↔ Grafenau (Niederbayern), Busbahnhof / Bahnhof.
- 6121 line Zwiesel ↔ Grafenau (Niederbayern), Busbahnhof / Bahnhof ↔ Passau, Hauptbahnhof.
- 6193 line Zwiesel ↔ Langdorf.
- 7142 line Zwiesel ↔ Rabenstein.
Single ride tickets (Erwachsenen-Einzelfahrschein) EUR 1.60, daily (Tageskarte) EUR 3.20. Children 4 to 10 years for a single trip (Kinder-Einzelfahrschein) 1, - EUR. Children up to 4 years of age travel for free.What see
- 1 Catholic parish church of "San Nicola" (Katholische Stadtpfarrkirche «St. Nikolaus "), Kirchplatz 1, ☎ 49 9922 84410, fax: 49 9922 844141, @[email protected]. Building erected in brick with magnificent stained glass windows, with three naves with transept and the 86 m high tower. Planned by the architect Giovanni Battista Schott built from 1892 to 1896, in neo-Gothic architecture. On August 10, 1898, the bishop of Passau, Michael Rampf consecrating the building to solemnly astonished proclaimed: "This is not a church - it is a cathedral!". Since then, the church has also been called the "Bavarian Forest Cathedral".
- 2 Underground tunnels of Zwiesel (Unterirdische Gänge Zwiesel), Parking, Frauenauer Straſʒe 5 (Entrance from the car park at the rear of the Herrenhaus Stenzer located at Stadtplatz 30), ☎ 49 170 6011032 (mobile phone), @[email protected]. Adults 2,50 EUR, Children 1, - EUR.
Mon-Sat 4:00 pm, Sun and holidays closed. Advance registration is possible at the tourist information office.. The underground tunnels of Zwiesel are a transitional system, under the central area of the town of Zwiesel, excavated for centuries and served primarily as a refuge from invasions. The exact age of the tunnel system is unknown, estimating that the first ones were probably already excavated in the Middle Ages. - 3 Zwiesel Forest Museum (Waldmuseum Zwiesel), Kirchplatz 3 (The museum is located in the former parish school for girls, behind the church of St. Nicholas.), ☎ 49 9922 503706, fax: 49 9922 503708, @[email protected]. Adults 6, - EUR, under 6 years free.. summer (1 / May-31 / October) Wed-Mon 10: 00-17: 00, winter (01 / November-30 / April) Wed-Mon 10: 00-16: 00. Yes 1,200 square meters, the themes of "forest, house and glass" are exhibited and presented.
Mon-Sat 4:00 pm, Sun and holidays closed. Advance registration is possible at the tourist information office.. The underground tunnels of Zwiesel are a transitional system, under the central area of the town of Zwiesel, excavated for centuries and served primarily as a refuge from invasions. The exact age of the tunnel system is unknown, estimating that the first ones were probably already excavated in the Middle Ages.Events and parties
- April
- [link not working]Easter Monday (Emmaus Gang or Glasmacher Bittgang), Glaspark, Theresienthaler Straſʒe (near the Theresienthaler Museumsschlöſʒchen), ☎ 49 9922 8405-23, fax: 49 9922 8405-27, @[email protected]. free. Easter Monday, 2pm. Transition with the awakening nature. Even today, this beautiful old custom on Easter Monday in Zwiesel, on a section of the Glass Road (Glasstraſʒe), with the procession, for almost a mile and 165 feet in altitude, towards the chapel of the glassmakers of Theresientahl (Theresienthaler Glasmacherkapelle).
- [link not working]Easter Monday (Emmaus Gang or Glasmacher Bittgang), Glaspark, Theresienthaler Straſʒe (near the Theresienthaler Museumsschlöſʒchen), ☎ 49 9922 8405-23, fax: 49 9922 8405-27, @[email protected].
- May
- [link not working]May tree erection (Maibaum Aufstellen), ☎ 49 9922 8405-23, fax: 49 9922 8405-27, @[email protected]. free. May 1.
- [link not working]May tree erection (Maibaum Aufstellen), ☎ 49 9922 8405-23, fax: 49 9922 8405-27, @[email protected].
- July
- Grenzlandfest, ☎ 49 9922 8405-73 (tourism Office), @[email protected]. free. nine days of celebration in the second week of July. The largest folk festival in Zwiesel
- Grenzlandfest, ☎ 49 9922 8405-73 (tourism Office), @[email protected].
What to do
Sport
- 1 Zwieseler Erlebnisbad (ZEB), Badstraſʒe 4-6 (north-west from Zwiesel railway station), ☎ 49 9922 50104-10, fax: 49 9922 50104-17, @[email protected]. Adults: Up to 1 hour 3, - EUR, extra hour 1, - EUR, over 6 hours (day pass) 8, - EUR. Children (6-18 years): half price. Children (under 6 years old): free entry, but must be accompanied by at least one adult (from 19 years of age). In summer, the indoor and outdoor pools can be used with a single entrance ticket. Reductions in summer to access the outdoor pool only.. Mon 12: 30-17: 00, Tue-Fri 12: 30-19: 00, Sat 10: 00-19: 00, Sun and holidays 10: 00-17: 00. During holiday periods (in Bavaria) daily 10: 00-20: 00. Pleasant pools for water lovers with a water surface of 2100 m² and a water volume of 3000 m³. The water temperature in the indoor sports pool is kept at 27 ° C, the indoor relaxation pool at 34 ° C, the outdoor pool at 32 ° C and the children's pool: outdoor at 34 ° C. There is also a natural pond, numerous play options, including a children's pirate ship, a multifunctional sand sports field and a large lawn. Second hydrotherapeutic path Kneipp, 25-meter indoor pool, outdoor pool with a counter-current river basin, steam sauna, infrared cabin, herbal inhalation, solarium and a café. Space for use of food and grills.
Sauna
- 2 Bayerwald Sauna, Badstraſʒe 6 (next to the Zwieseler Erlebnisbad (ZEB)), ☎ 49 9922 50104-0, fax: 49 9922 50104-17, @[email protected]. Day pass (11: 00-23: 00) EUR 13, - Entrance vouchers can also be purchased at the Zwiesel Tourist Office.. Mid September until mid May; Fri-Wed 11: 00-23: 00 (mixed sauna), Thu 13: 00-23: 00 (sauna for women only); closed on 24th December and after 4pm on 31st December. Here you sweat in different saunas; There Tennen Sauna ((IT) sauna in a farmyard), (85 ° C and 15% humidity) with infusions of mountain pine, fir, spruce cones. There Kräuter sauna ((IT) herbal sauna), (55 ° C and 45% humidity) with herbal infusions or broths, rosemary, sage, mint, elderberry, thyme, cymbopogon, blood orange, mandarin, green apple. There Bärwurz Sauna ((IT) mountain fennel sauna), (50 ° C and 45% humidity) with alcoholic extract of Meum athamanticum (Bärwurz). There Leucht Sauna ((IT) light sauna), a normal Finnish sauna without essences, (80 ° C and 10% humidity) with wooden walls with niches decorated with glass and crystal glasses by Zwiesel. Outdoors there is a basin of water (34 ° C), enriched with (2%) Brine da Bad Reichenhall. In addition there is a solarium, a natural wall diffused by the inhalation of frost, a sun place, a place to relax and finally a small café-bistro.
Shopping
- [link not working]Werksverkauf Zwiesel Kristallglas, Dr.-Schott Straſʒe 35 (Under the arches), ☎ 49 9922 98249, fax: 49 9922 98587, @[email protected]. Free entry. Mon-Fri 09: 00-18: 00, Sat 9: 00-16: 00. Free parking for cars and buses.
How to have fun
Night clubs
- 1 Discothek Colosseum, Prälat-Neun Straſʒe 5, ☎ 49 9922 803950. Small nightclub with dance.
- 2 Discothek Eazy, Alfons-Maria-Daiminger Straſʒe 16, ☎ 49 9922-869999, @[email protected]. 21:00→.
Where to eat
Average prices
- 1 Dampfbräu (Gasthaus Dampfbräu), Buschweg 8, ☎ 49 9922 4737, fax: 49 9922 5223, @[email protected]. hot kitchen: 11: 30-15: 00 and 17: 30-21: 00. Bavarian cuisine.
- 2 Zur Waldbahn (Gasthaus zur Waldbahn), Bahnhofplatz 2 (close to the train station), ☎ 49 9922 8570, fax: 49 9922 857222, @[email protected]. hot kitchen: 11: 30-13: 30 and 18: 00-21: 30. A good restaurant with Bavarian cuisine with accommodation options.
Where stay
Moderate prices
- 1 Pension Wittmann, Franz-Betz Straſʒe 21, ☎ 49 9922 9045, @[email protected]. summer p.P. 24, - to 29, - EUR, winter 26, - to 32.– EUR incl. breakfast, excl. City tax.. Private guesthouse, Heinz und Erna Wittmann, with 10 beds, 5 double rooms, all 5 rooms with shower, toilet, TV and balcony (some with panoramic views).
Average prices
- 2 GlasHotel (*** S), Hochstraſʒe 45, ☎ 49 9922 854-0, fax: 49 09922 854-100, @[email protected]. Check in: 14:00-18:00, check-out: 08:00-11:00. Hotel of the hotel chain "GreenLine Hotels".
Safety
Health
- 1 Kreiskrankenhaus Zwiesel Hospital (KKH Zwiesel), Waldschmidtweg 40 (by city bus Stadtlinie Zwiesel - № 7143), ☎ 49 9922 99-0, fax: 49 9922 99-321, @[email protected].
How to keep in touch
Around
Itineraries
- Glass Road (Die Glasstraſʒe) - It runs between the Upper Palatinate region and the Bavarian Forest in Eastern Bavaria, in the largest forested region ofEurope.
