Also, if you know of any restaurants that you would recommend, I'm up for suggestions. Frankfurt is covered, but I haven't done a lot of research in where we're going to eat our main meal of the day.
Frankfurt
Römerberg
Cathedral
various churches
downtown
maybe a museum, but we won't have much time this day
Eisenach
Lutherhaus- where he lived as a child
Bachhaus- where he (Bach) was born in 1685
Georgenkirche (St. George's Church)- place where Martin Luther preached, Bach’s
baptismal church
Nikolaikirche (St. Nicholas' Church)
Luther Monument
Wartburg Castle
English
tour at 1:30
Erfurt
Augustinian Cloister, where Luther spent his time as a monk
and was ordained
St. Marien Cathedral and Seviri Church
small things: Bach’s parents married at the Kaufmannskirche,
Pachelbel served as organist at the Prediger Church
Weimar (maybe, if we have time)
St. Peter
and Paul (Herder Church- Weimar altar piece)
Eisleben
Luther’s Birth House
Church of St. Andrew- where Luther preached his last sermon
Luther’s Death House
St. Anne’s Church- first church to embrace the Reformation
St. Peter and Paul Church- where Luther was baptized on Nov
11
Wittenberg (very small town, people at Oberursel say only to plan to
stay for 2 hours)
Luther House
Melanchthon House
Castle Church
Luther monument
Leipzig
Nikolaikirche (St. Nicholas' Church)
Bach Museum- 10-6, Tue-Sun
Thomaskirche (St. Thomas' Church)- where Bach is buried
Paulinerkirche (or, what's been built to replace it)- in the Augustusplatz
Monument to the Battle of the Nations
(Völkerschlachtdenkmal)
Old and New City Halls?
Various sight-seeing and museums- I need help here- what is worth going to?
Dresden
FRAUENKIRCHE
Zwinger Palace- inside are some collections/museums
Old Masters
Art Gallery- closed for construction
Porcelain
Collection
Rüstkammer-
museum on the arms of the Saxon kings
Hofkirche (Catholic)
Baroque Quarter
What of these is worth going to? I have no idea.
Castle and Green Vault- treasure chamber museum
Fürstenzug- the biggest porcelain painting of the world with
the Saxon princesses and kings
Semper Opera- English tours at 3
Royal Palace (Residenzschloss)
Albertinum (art museum)
Berlin
Umm...way too much here to list, and I’m not kidding. We're not going to make it to everything, but here's a broad overview.
Areas:
Alexanderplatz- this won’t take much time
- St. Mary’s Church
- Berlin Cathedral
- Rotes Rathaus
- St. Nikolai Church
Museum Island
- DDR Museum- small, about the DDR
- Altes Museum- Egyptian artifacts
- Neues Museum- Greek and Roman artifacts
- Pergamon Museum- the Pergamon altar, plus more of a
specific collection from Pergamon and the Ishtar Gate, plus a Middle-Eastern
history section
- Bode Museum- Christian Medieval Art and Sculptures
- German Historical Museum- a trek through German history- one of the best museums I've been to
- Friedrichswerdersche Kirche- a church nearby that
I’d like to see
- National Altegalterie- old paintings; I haven’t been here
Pariser Platz
- Holocaust
Memorial
- Brandenburg
Gate
- Bundestag
- Soviet Memorial
- Siegesäule
Elsewhere
- Checkpoint Charlie
- Topography of Terror (within walking distance of CC)
- Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (maybe come here from the
Siegesäuler through the Tiergarten?)
- Museum for Natural History- largest mounted dinosaur in
the world is here; I haven’t been here; north of Pariser Platz
If you guys get a chance, swing by Magdeburg. I missed it when we went there. Flacius and the Gnesio-Lutheran brothers hid out in Magdeburg in protest of the so-called Leipzig Interim. I would have liked to see Hamburg too, but we never were able.
ReplyDeleteThe Pergamum museum at Berlin is particularly awesome. Sasse was at St Mary's there, Paul Gerhardt was close by too. We did the Brandeburg Gate and everything up there. That was worth it. Alexander the Great's San Souci at Potsdam is very interesting if you can get there.
Leipzig is beautiful, but we only visited the Bach church/museum there. Don't miss the Spener church in Frankfurt.
A couple other cities we loved were Cologne and Aachen (incredible cathedrals), Trier, Nuremberg, Worms (Luther's Here I stand stuff), Augsburg and München.
Heidelberg would probably be fun for your parents. Luther had the famous disputation there, where he won over Johannes Brenz and Bucer to the Reformation. Mark Twain was in Heidelberg for a while, and has some funny accounts of that time. Pastor Wenz has a book about Twain learning German that you might enjoy reading, ask him about if he hasn't told you yet. The Philosopher's Way in Heidelberg was a good walk for us, and fantastic view of the castle and city. Don't forget Bad Homburg has a nice castle to visit if you need a lighter travel day, and Oberursel is really great for visitors. The Brauhaus makes a great Gaudi am Tisch and solid beer. Wow, good memories. Go to Pastor Martens' church in Berlin if you can. He will take good care of you and preach you the Gospel. Enjoy yourselves!