Arrival will be on Tuesday, September 11, 2001.

We would like to ask you to register on arrival at our Welcome Desk at the Hotel after 4:00 pm.

The Workshop starts on Wednesday morning at 9:00 a.m.

Payments

Payment at the Workshop Secretary and of extras at the restaurant should be made in Deutsche Mark (DM).

You may exchange easiest foreign currencies on arrival at an exchange office at the airports, where also traveller cheques (in US $ or Deutsche Mark) may be cashed. Traveller checks (DM) and Eurocheques (ec) may be used for payment or chashed at the local bank offices and the local post offices up to DM 400,- + bank handling. If not possible otherwise currency exchange of European currencies (convertible in Germany) and US $ may also be done during the working hours of the local bank offices.

Travelling

Weimar can be reached:

By car:

Leave the free-way A4 at one of the Weimar exits and drive towards the main railroad station.

By plane:

By train:

Some additional links with touristic orientation:

Visiting Weimar

If you plan to stay at Weimar for a couple of days before or after the Workshop,

please contact for Hotels,

for general information here,

and for museums here.

Visiting Eisenach

Half ways between Frankfurt/Main and Weimar Eisenach is situated where you might want to stop at your way to Frankfurt Airport. Eisenach is connected with many names of German History: J.S. Bach was born there and M. Luther spent his youth in the town. The famous Wartburg castle is situated there. The castle is famous because of St. Elisabeth who lived here and the so-called "Singers War" took place here. The site is related to the Tannhaeuser story. It is an important place in the history of Protestant Reformation. Here Luther, named for his stay Knight Joerg, translated the New Testament into German, after banned by the Pope and declared to be outlawed by Karl V at Worms Reichstag taken care of by one of the Saxonian Dukes. Bach's living house, the house of the Cotta family, in which Luther lived during his youth, and the house of the writer Reuter bear museums nowadays. The Reuter museum shows also a large collection of autographs by Richard Wagner.

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