Hofgeismar Attractions
Some 23km/14mi north of Kassel on the Deutsche Märchenstrasse (German Fairy Tale Route) is Hofgeismar (pop. 15,000).
The old town with its handsome half-timbered houses is still largely surrounded by its ring of walls. The Romanesque and Gothic Altstädter Kirche (Old Town Church) has a beautiful Passion Altar (c. 1335). In the Town Hall is the Municipal Museum (prehistory and the early historical period, history of the town and garrison, treasury of silver, ceramics). Nearby, in Apothekenstrasse, is the Pharmacy Museum (Apothekenmuseum).
In the former Kurpark, northeast of the town, are the Gesundbrunnen, a chalybeate mineral spring housed in a classical temple, and the little neo-classical Schloss Schönburg.
The Fairy Tale Route continues northeast through the Reinhardswald to the outlying district of Sababurg. On a basalt cone can be seen the ruins of a hunting lodge built in the late 15th C., which is famed as the setting of one of the Grimm brothers' fairy tales. Below it is a game park, with a Museum of Forestry and Hunting.
The old town with its handsome half-timbered houses is still largely surrounded by its ring of walls. The Romanesque and Gothic Altstädter Kirche (Old Town Church) has a beautiful Passion Altar (c. 1335). In the Town Hall is the Municipal Museum (prehistory and the early historical period, history of the town and garrison, treasury of silver, ceramics). Nearby, in Apothekenstrasse, is the Pharmacy Museum (Apothekenmuseum).
In the former Kurpark, northeast of the town, are the Gesundbrunnen, a chalybeate mineral spring housed in a classical temple, and the little neo-classical Schloss Schönburg.
The Fairy Tale Route continues northeast through the Reinhardswald to the outlying district of Sababurg. On a basalt cone can be seen the ruins of a hunting lodge built in the late 15th C., which is famed as the setting of one of the Grimm brothers' fairy tales. Below it is a game park, with a Museum of Forestry and Hunting.
Sababurg - Sleeping Beauty, Germany
(Near Hofgeismar)
The small town of Sababurg is home of the Briar Rose Castle which is best known for being the home of 'Sleeping Beauty' from the tales of the Brothers' Grimm. Today, the castle is home to a theater, concert hall and gallery within a respected castle hotel.
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