Wendtshof

Trendelburg

Along the nearby German Fairy Tale Road:
Sleeping Beauty’s Castle, rosegarden and park at the Sababurg – Romantic setting, roofless castle ruins where open air plays and other events take place in the summer. Beautiful garden with a growing rose collection. Below the Sababurg are extensive grounds where all sorts of animals are kept in near-natural habitats. Tierpark Sababurg Rapunzel Tower at Trendelburg – This little quaint town built on a hill has a restaurant in the Burg. See the old church and quaint old rathaus next to it. Only recently a jewish ritual bath was discovered underneath an old Trendelburg house. This has been restored and may be visited.

Hansel and Gretel Town Höxter (Hoexter). The county seat on the banks of the Weser figured prominently as the river crossing place of important trade routes in bygone centuries. Höxter has many half-timbered houses in the Weser Renaissance style. The well-to-do town was ransacked and burned during the 30 Years War.

Corvey, former imperial Abby at Höxter, was founded 823 by monks from Corbie in Northern France. The old cloister, scriptorium and library were burned during the 30 Years War. Prior to this, copies of the first five books of Tacitus’ Annals were found there which were brought to Florence, Italy. The Cloister was rebuilt after the 30 Years War, und secularized in 1803. Later it came into the possession of the Landgrave of Hessen-Rotenburg who relocated his library to Corvey. He amassed a notable collection of trivial English literature. 1860, the writer of the German national anthem and many children’s songs, Hoffman von Fallersleben, was installed as the librarian. He is buried in the Corvey churchyard.

In the church, the so-called “Westwerk” (built 873-885), which withstood the 17th century destruction, parts of 9th century wall murals that depic ancient themes have survived. They are the only such murals north of the alps.

The Porcelain Manufactory Fürstenberg (Fuerstenberg), founded 1747 by the Duke of Brunswick, situated high on the cliffs above the Weser, is the 2nd oldest Porcelain Manufacturer on the continent (after Meissen). The porcelain Museum is worth a visit, you\’ll drift back into past centuries. Stand at the windows and you’ll have a spectacular view of the River Weser and the Weserbergland. The manufactory offers an Open Door day every 2 years, where you can see how this fine porcelain is made. There is a Porcelain Shop.

• The Baroque town of Bad Karlshafen, founded by Landgrave Carl I of Hesse was built by Huguenots who had fled France.
• Hessian troups who fought on the side of the British in the American Revolutionary War embarked from the Karlshafen Weser harbor.
• Huguenot Museum offers a view of how the people of this French colony on the Weser lived.
• The Weserbergland Therme at Bad Karlshafen offers spa relaxation and swimming fun for the whole family.
• Apothecary Museum in Hofgeismar
• Grimm Brothers Museum at Kassel
• Wilhelmhöhe Art Museum Kassel, oldest on the continent, notable Rembrandt collection
• Wilhelmstal Palais at Calden
• Half-timbered City of Hannoversch Münden

The Weser River begins at Hannoversch Münden where the Fulda and Werra rivers join to form the Weser. Before the railroads were built, the Weser River figured prominently in the transport of immigrants to the seaport of Bremerhaven, where they embarked for the journey to America. For pre-railroad immigrants, the rolling hills of the Weserbergland and the River itself were the last impressions of the old country.

Just around the corner from us:
Borgentreich has Germany’s first organ museum, where exhibits may be touched and implemented. The notable baroque church organ, transported here on 32 farmer wagons after the Cloister at Dalheim (now Cloister Museum) was dissolved in 1803, is the only of it’s kind in the world. The presently dismantled organ is in need of repair, a fund raising drive has been started for this purpose.

Dalhausen is the village of basket makers and other wicker work. Baskets, wicker furniture and deck-chairs for oceans liners were made in Dalhausen. The Wicker Handicraft Museum (Korbmachermuseum) exhibits wares of the last 2 centuries. Deckchairs made in Dalhausen accompanied the well-to-do passengers relaxing on the decks of famous ocean liners. Dalhausen wares were exported to the United States and elsewhere.

• Open Air Museum (Freilichtmuseum) Detmold – reconstructed houses and villages – this will immerse you into how people lived and worked in this region in the past centuries.
• Computer Museum in Paderborn
• Cloister Museum at Dalheim
• Göttingen (Goettingen)
• Pied Piper Town of Hameln
• “Iron Curtain” Museums at Duderstadt (East of Göttingen) and Bad Sooden-Allendorf
• Seasonal events take place in the entire region.