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The Oberkirch Magazine
Summer 2017
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Welcome
Dear guests of the Oberkirch, here comes the summer 2017 edition of our magazine - already the 20th issue we have published.
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Our Summer Season List:
• Music Festivals In Our Region, Summer 2017 (pages 3-7) • 35th Zelt-Musik-Festival Freiburg, 5th - 23rd July 2017 (page 3) • 29th Colmar International Classic Music Festival, 5th-14th July 2017 (page 4) • 24th Stimmen ("voices")-Festival, Lörrach, 6th - 30th July 2017 (page 5)
Apart from the music festivals dominating the cultural life in our region as every summer we present to you some other events of cultural interest.
This year we are happy to introduce you to you more of those events than in any previous summer edition and we hope to make you feel like visiting Freibug this summer. In particular we would like to draw your attention to an article written by Hartmut Stiller from our partner Historix-Tours on pages 1012 of this magazine - basically a "do-ityourself city tour".
We hope you like our magazine and we are looking forward to seeing you again soon in the Oberkirch. We wish you a wonderful summer Doris Hunn and all her staff
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• 12th I EM Music, Emmendingen, 20th - 22nd July 2017 • Open Air In The Park, Bad Krozingen, 21st July - 4th August 2017 (page 6) • 17th African Music Festival, Emmendingen, 4th - 6th August 2017 • 70th Foire Aux Vins d’Alsace, Colmar, 27th July - 6th August 2017 • Jazz-Festival météo Mulhouse, 22nd - 26th August 2017 (page 7) • Events In Freiburg, Summer 2017 (page 8) • Festivities And More Events During Summer 2017 In Freiburg (page 9) • 2nd Freiburg Choir Night, 14th July 2017 • Around Freiburg's Minster - by Hartmut Stiller (Historix-Tours) (pages 10-12) • About Historix-Tours (page 10) • "Organ Concerts During Market Hours" Every Saturday (page 11) • A Special Shopping Experience In Freiburg This Winter (page 12) • The Historix Mystery-Trail (page 13) • The Oberkirch Changes (page 14) • OrganMagic And CulinaryDelight (page 15) • SummerJam - The Right Package-Deal For All Concertgoers (page 16) • ChanterelleWeeks - Enjoy In The Oberkirch (page 17) • StopOver - Recharge In The Oberkirch (page 18) • Seasonal Recipe (page 19) • Preview: Autumn And Winter In The Oberkirch (page 20)
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classical
35th Zelt-Musik-Festival Freiburg, 5th - 23rd July 2017 date
location "Zirkuszelt" (8 p.m. unless stated otherwise)
location "Spiegelzelt"
Wed, 5/07
Patricia Kaas
9 p.m.: Kyle Gass Band
Thu, 6/07
Kris Kristofferson
Fri, 7/07
Dieter Thomas Kuhn & Band (sold out)
Sat, 8/07
LaBrass Banda
Sun, 9/07
Amy Macdonald
8.30 p.m.: Georg Ringsgwandl & Band 8.30 p.m.: Kadavar
8.30 p.m.: Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
Tue, 11/07
9.30 p.m.: Frightened Rabbit
Dieter Thomas Kuhn & Band (sold out)
Sat, 15/07
Irie Révoltés
9 p.m.: Lucky Chops 8.30 p.m.: Kofelgschroa 2.30 p.m.: Magic Steifi 8.30 p.m.: Jesper Munk 2.30 p.m.: Classical Music Matinée With Latona Twins
Sun, 16/07
Gregor Meyle & Band
Mon, 17/07
Konstantin Wecker "Poesie und Widerstand"
9 p.m.: RY X
Tue, 18/07
Sportfreunde Stiller "Stumm & Stille"
8.30 p.m.: Ephemerals
Wed, 19/07 7.30 p.m.: A-capella-Nacht SLIXS und Viva Voce
Thu, 20/07 7.30 p.m.: Double Feature: Mighty Oaks & Kaleo
8.30 p.m.: Mine
2.30 p.m.: marotte Figurentheater 9 p.m.: Megaloh 2.30 p.m.: BamBam-Band
world music/ folk
Fri, 14/07
2.30 p.m.: Freiburger Puppenbühne
8.30 p.m.: Jeremy Loops Fri, 21/07
Anastacia
10 p.m.: Root Down Special
Sat, 22/07
7.30 p.m.: Double Feature: The Toy Dolls & New Model Army
2.30 p.m.: Die Traumausstatter
Sun, 23/07
Herbie Hancock
8 p.m.: The Teddyshakers
artistry/ magic
7.30 p.m.: José Gonzalez
9 p.m.: Teesy
comedy
Thu, 13/07
2.30 p.m.: Theater Budenzauber
chanson
noon: Classical Music Matinée
jazz/ soul
8.30 p.m.: Julian Philipp David
Schlager
2.30 p.m.: Classical Music For Kids
9 p.m.: Fanfare Ciocărlia
Wed, 12/07 Michael Mittermeier "Wild"
rock/pop
2.30 p.m.: Theater Budenzauber
Mon, 10/07 Helge Schneider 7 p.m.: Philharmonic ZMF-Gala "Peace & Soul"
theatre/reading
IN OUR REGION
hip hop/ rap/ house
Photo: Matthias Pohlmann
Photo: Photo: Silke StadtKaiser/ Basel pi-
Music Festivals
11 a.m.: Christopher Park 9 p.m.: Otto Normal
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29th Colmar International Classic Music Festival, 5th - 14th July 2017 date
early afternoon (Koïfhus)
late afternoon (Chapel Saint Pierre)
9 p.m.: Russia National Philharmonic Orchestra, François-René Duchâble (piano). Works of Dutilleux and Ravel
Wed, 5/07
Thu, 6/07
12.30 p.m.: Fanny Clamagirand (violin) & Alexandre Kantorow (piano). Works of Saint-Saëns, Debussy and R. Strauss
Fri, 7/07
Sat, 8/07
12.30 p.m.: Quatuor Arod. Works of Haydn and Schubert
Thu, 13/07
Fri, 14/07
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6.15 p.m.: Hélène Mercier (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin). Works of Beethoven, Chausson and Ravel
9 p.m.: Russia National Philharmonic Orchestra, Sofja Gülbadamova (piano), Philippe Quint (violin). Works of Bizet, Poulenc, Bernstein and Chabrier
6.15 p.m.: Vladimir Spivakov (violin), Timur Pirverdiev (violin), Petr Gladysh (cello), Zoya Abolits (piano). Works of Ravel and Franck.
9 p.m.: Russia National Philharmonic Orchestra, Grand Choir "Masters Of Choral Singing" Moscow. Works of Berlioz
12.30 p.m.: Agnès Langer (violin), Maï Suzuki (violin), Zoya Abolits (piano). Works of Bartok, Chausson, Szymanowski, Poulenc and Ravel
9 p.m.: Russia National Philharmonic Orchestra, Adam Laloum (piano), tba (soprano). Works of Schönberg, Mozart and Mahler 9 p.m.: Russia National Philharmonic 6.15 p.m.: Sänger der Académie de Choral Orchestra, Danielle Akta (cello). Works of Singing de Michel Plasson: French Arias Massenet, Saint-Saëns, Tcherepnin and Scriabin
Tue, 11/07
Wed, 12/07
9 p.m.: Russia National Philharmonic Orchestra, Grand Choir "Masters Of Choral Singing" Moscow. Works of Saint-Saëns and Hilarion
9 p.m.: Russia National Philharmonic 6.15 p.m.: Grand Choir "Masters Of Choral Orchestra, Alexander Romanovsky Singing" Moscow - A cappella Konzert (piano) Works of Rachmaninov
Sun, 9/07
Mon, 10/07
evening (Church Saint Matthieu)
12.30 p.m.: Sofja Gülbadamova (piano), Anastasia Kobekina (cello). Works of Schumann, Schubert and Franck
9 p.m.: Grigory Sokolov (piano). Works of Mozart and Beethoven
6.15 p.m.: Trio Wanderer. Works of SaintSaëns and Chausson
9 p.m.: Russia National Philharmonic Orchestra, Nikolaï Luganski (piano). Works of Beethoven 5 p.m.: Russia National Philharmonic Orchestra, Clara-Jumi Kang (violin). Works of Tschaikowsky
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24th Stimmen-Festival (voices festival), Lรถrrach, 6th - 30th July 2017 date
programme
date
programme
Thu, 6/07
Thomas Quasthoff Quartet
Tue, 18/07
Benjamin Clementine
Fri, 7/07
En Chordais
Wed, 19,07.
Chaka Khan, Support: Fatcat
Sat, 8/07
Lรถrrach sings!
Sun, 9/07
Lure and 100 voices
Sat, 22/07
Grace Jones, Support: L.A. Salami
Mon, 10/07
- Break -
Sun, 23/07
Beginner, Support: Robeat
Tue, 11/07
Christian Immler & Geir Draugsvoll
Mon, 24/07
- Break -
Wed, 12/07 China Moses, Support: Miu
Tue, 25/07
Nina Attal, Support: Annie Goodchild
Thu, 13/07
Stiller Has
Wed, 26/07
Blick Bass // Rodrigo Leรฃo & Scott Matthew
Fri, 14/07
Elbow, Support: Jordan Prince
Thu, 27/07
Jacob Collier, Support: Becca Stevens
Sat, 15/07
Ute Lemper
Fri, 28/07
Faada Freddy, Support: Awa Ly
Sun, 16,07.
St. Paul & The Broken Bones
Sat, 29/07
Fuel Fandango, Support: Bye Beneco
Mon, 17/07
- Break -
Sun, 30/07
Lambchop, Support: Fenne Lily
Tom Odell, Support: Kong Kass
Thu, 20/07
Fri, 21/07
Sat, 22.07
Philipp Poisel
Andreas Bourani
Rea Garvey
theatre/reading rock/pop artistry/ magic
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hip hop/ rap/ house
world music/ folk
comedy
We have refurbished
cabaret
12th "I EM Music", Emmendingen, 20th - 22nd July 2017
chanson
(Information as of 16th May 2017)
classical
ZZ Top, Support: The Red Devils
jazz/ soul
Petits Chanteurs de Strasbourg & Thu, 20/07 Children's Choir Lรถrrach Fri, 21/07
See more on page 14
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Open Air In The Park. Bad Krozingen, 21st July - 4th August 2017 Fri, 21/07
Sat, 22/07
Fri, 28/07
Fri, 4/08
Max Giesinger & Band
Klaus Doldinger’s Passport & Max Mutzke
Gala Concert: featuring: Hansi Hinterseer Die Feldberger Liane
Roger Hodgson (Ex-Supertramp)
Fri, 4/08
Sat, 5/08
Sun, 6/08
"Salsa Latino Time"
"Reggae Rage"
"Afro/World"
Soneros De Verdad
Dellé
Soweto Soul
Soulfamily Ritmo Jazz Group
Meta & The Cornerstones Fire Of Soul
Afrobatik Heim & Flucht Orchester
70th Foire aux Vins d’Alsace, Colmar, 27th July - 6th August 2017 programme
date
programme
Thu, 27/07
M. Pokora
Wed, 2/08
Pixies LP
Thu, 3/08
Maître Gims MHD
Status Quo Fri, 28/07 Kansas Uriah Heep Sat, 29/07
Kids United (sold out) followed by 11:55 a.m.: Nuit Blanche
Fri, 4/08
Julien Doré Vianney Claudio Capeo
Sun, 30/07
Renaud Gauvin Sers
Sat, 5/08
Placebo The Jacques
Mon, 31/07
Sting (sold out)
hip hop/ rap/ house
jazz/ soul
date
world music/ folk
chanson
Schlager
rock/pop
17th African Music Festival, Emmendingen, 4th - 6th August 2017
Hard Rock Session Sun, 6/08
Tue, 1/08
Les Insus (sold out)
Amon Amarth Hammerfall Gotthard Pretty Maids
…the right package-deal for all concertgoers:
SUMMERJAM …read more on page 16… 6
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Jazz-Festival météo, Mulhouse, 22nd - 26th August 2017 date
Tue,
time / venue
artist(s)
more information
6 p.m., Office de Tourisme
Sébastien Leser/ Lukas Ricki/ Johannes von Buttlar
double bass / piano / drums
8 p.m., Théâtre de la Sinne
Evan Parker/ Matthew Shipp
sax / piano
9.30 p.m., Théâtre de la Sinne
Marc Ribot/ Ches Smith/ Shazam Ismaily
guitars / drums / bass & electric guitars
12.30 p.m., Chapelle Saint-Jean
Eve Risser
piano
2.30 p.m., Parc Steinbach
Carole Rieussec/ Jean-Christoph Camps
electro-acoustic installations
22/08
5.30 p.m., Temple Saint-Etienne Alvin Curran
manuals / electro / shofar
Wed,
6.30 p.m., Temple Saint-Etienne Yann Gourdon
hurdy-gurdy
23/08
9 p.m., Noumatrouff
Valentin Ceccaldi/ Sylvain Darrifourcq/ Xavier Camarasa
cello / drums & percussions / piano
10.30 p.m., Noumatrouff
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten/ Julien Desprez/ Mette Rasmussen/ Mads Forsby
double bass / guitars / sax / drums
midnight, Noumatrouff
Tony Buck/ Lloyd Swanton/ Chris Abrahams
drums / double bass / piano
12.30 p.m., Chapelle Saint-Jean
Bill Orcutt solo
guitars
5.30 p.m., Kunsthalle
Alvin Curran
manuals / electro / shofar
6.30 p.m., La Fonderie
Hild Sofie Tafjord/ Isabelle Duthoit
horns / vocals & clarinet
9 p.m., Noumatrouff
Tony Buck/ Magda Mayas
drums / piano
10.30 p.m., Noumatrouff
Edward Perraud/ Ingebrigt Håker Flaten/ Benjamne drums / double bass / sax / Dousteyssier/ Aymeric Avice trumpet
midnight, Noumatrouff
Will Guthrie/ Oren Ambarchie
drums / guitars / electro
12.30 p.m., Chapelle Saint-Jean
Laura Cannell
violin
4.30 p.m., L’Entrepôt
Norbert Möslang/ Jason Kahn
everyday-electronics / drums
5 p.m., L’Entrepôt
Oren Ambarchie
guitars / electro
6.30 p.m., La Filature
Onceim plays John Tilbury
ca. 30 musicians play music by and together with John TIlbury
9 p.m., Noumatrouff
Alvin Curran/ Frederic Rzewski/ Richard Teitelbaum
manuals / electro / shofar / piano / vocals
10.30 p.m., Noumatrouff
The Turbine feat. Toshinori Kondo
double bass / drums & percussions / trumpets / electro
midnight, Noumatrouff
Chris Corsano/ Bill Orcutt/ Guro Skumsnes Moe
drums / guitars / bass / vocals
12.30 p.m., Chapelle Saint-Jean
Franz Hautzinger solo
trumpets
5 p.m., La Filature
Onceim "Laminaire #7"
ca. 30 musicians play directed by Frédéric Blondy
6 p.m., Noumatrouff
L’Ocelle Mare (Thomas Bonavlet)
electr. banjo / harmonica etc
9 p.m., Noumatrouff
Pere Ubu "The Moon Unit"
vocals / drums / guitar / clarinet / sax / percussions
10.30 p.m., Noumatrouff
Peter Brötzmann/ Toshinori Kondo/ Sau Toyozumi
sax / trumpet / electro / drums
Thu, 24/08
Fri, 25/08
Sat, 26/08
in italics= admission free Did you know? There are very good connections by public transport from Freiburg to Mulhouse 7
Events in Freiburg
The music festivals in and around Freiburg are the centre of the cultural life in our region during summer, of course. But there are several events of cultural interest beyond these music festivals.
42nd Rathaushofspiele From 21st July 2017 there will be the “Rathaushofspiele” - for the 42nd time in Freiburg. They will play. "The Black Rider", a musical by William S. Burroughs, Tom Waits and Robert Wilson, according to the press release a "now legendary Freischütz (marksmen) musical". If you buy your ticket early, you have the chance to buy an all-weatherticket, so you can enjoy the play even if it rains (then the location will be the Wallgraben-Theater, which only has half the seats available compared to the open air version) You can find more information at www.wallgraben-theater.com/stuecke/ freilichtspiele.html
Theater Freiburg The Freiburg Theatre will continue its presentations until 25th July 2017 The programme includes the last performances of the opera "Crusades" by Ludger Vollmer, which is a debut performance as well as "Carmen" and "Unterwerfung" (Submission, based on the controversial novel by Michel Houellebecq) 8
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As every year there will also be organ recitals in our famous cathedral - starting 20th June 2017 until late September with the exception of Tuesday, 15th August - this concert will take place on Wednesday, 16th August. We recommend to book our package-deal “OrganMagic & CulinaryDelight” read more one page 15.
platz Stühlinger. They will tour through Europe afterwards.
The “Freiburg Minster Summer” features performances of the “Circus Harlekin” on the Münsterplatz (cathedral square) from 14th to 20th June 2017.
www.muensterorgelkonzerte.de
Don’t miss the Piano Festival of the International Piano Academy in the Historical Merchants Hall. Located next to our hotel you can expect four extraordinary piano recitals between 17th and 30th July 2017.
www.internationaleklavierakademie.org
From 27th to 30th July 2017 you are invited to discover books during the “StadtLesen”-Festival at the Kartoffelmarkt Freiburg. The museums of Freiburg offer to you the “Museums Night” on 22nd July 2017 when you will be able to visit our museums (all featuring an overall topic) until 1 a.m - the same day you are challenged to take part in a "Bächlebootrennen" (race with small boats in the "Bächle" of Freiburg) On 28th and 29th July 50 young adults coming from 10 European cities and from Freiburg will perform the large-scale production "Power of Diversity - The Crossing Lines" on the Kirch-
During August readings of entertaining, exciting and hilarious poetry will be on offer - under the stars in the Spechtpassage in Freiburg. Find more information at http://theater.freiburg.de www.freiburg.de/museen www.reha-laden.de (Bächlebootrennen) www.jbw.de (Circus Harlekin) www.freiburg.de/stadtbibiliothek (StadtLesen) www.power-of-diversity.eu www.vorderhaus.de (under the stars readings in August)
Summer Night Cinema As every year there will be offered a ‘Summer Night Cinema‘ (open air) throughout August in Freiburg. There will be shown less films considered to be blockbuster cinema, but more sophisticated films, some of them in English. Around 15th July the programme will be published - every day a different film will be shown starting at sundown. You can find the website of the organiser at www.sommernachts-kino.de. The ambiance alone makes this venue worth a visit!
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Photo: Andreas Trepte/ Wikipedia
Festivities And More Events DURING SUMMER IN FREIBURG Festivities during summer 2017: There will be many festivities in Freiburg in summer 2017, for example the Oberlindenhock, 23rd to 25th June 2017. Located only 2 minutes on foot from our hotel this festivity will cause a different access route to our hotel - please contact us for details, should you stay with us during that period of time. From 6th to 11th July 2017 enjoy once again the possibility to discover the wines of our region - at the “Freiburg Wine Festival”. This will also cause a different access route to our hotel. We kindly ask for your understanding. Almost at the same time, from to 10th July 2017 our Carnival Association invites you to visit the Rathausplatzhock at the Rathausplatz. 7th
Visit the Schlossbergfest from July until 30th July 2017 and celebrate while having a scenic view all over the city. 27th
The “Freiburger Weinkost” may be seen as a smaller version of the Freiburg Wine Festival - discover wines originating in our city from 3rd to 13th August 2017 in the Historic Merchants Hall. .
More Events And Music, Summer 2017: The "Ebneter Kultursommer" from 18th June until 6th August 2017 will offer you a very diverse programme - reaching from the "Dramas of Loriot" to "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare and from French chansons to "Brahms meets Zorbas" - find details at ebneter-kultursommer.de. Enjoy our province's largest participatory music festival “Freiburg Joins In” on 2nd July 2017 - and discover your inner musician - visit www.freiburgstimmtein.de for more information. On 15th and 16th July 2017 at the Tunisee Freiburg the SEA YOU Festival enthusiasts of electronic music will have their field day.
On 27th July, 4th August and 10th August 2017 in the Grether Innenhof (patio) there will be the 11th edition of the “Grether Nach(t)lese”. Manuela Fülle will read from her novel "Luftbad Oberspree", works of Siegfried Kracauer and Marc Hoffmann will also be presented. On 29th July 2017 you will be welcome to visit the “Grether Patio Party”.
2nd Freiburg Choir Night, Friday, 14th July 2017: For the first time there was a "Freiburg Choir Night" in Summer 2016, which proved to be very successful. So it does not come as a surprise that there will be a second edition - on Friday, 14th July 2017 in Freiburg's inner patios, this time featuring even 19 different choirs from Freiburg. They will perform a quite diverse programme. In the historical patios of the "Schwarzes Kloster", the "Basler Hof" and the Old City Hall from 7 p.m. until midnight there will be performances of: Camerata Vocale Freiburg, the choir of the Educational University Freiburg, the German-French Choir Freiburg, the Protestant Student's Church Choir, the Freiburg Chamber Choir, the Freiburg Cantata Choir, The Freiburg Oratorio Choir, the Herdermer Vokalensemble, the John Sheppard Ensemble Freiburg, the chamber choir of the Freiburg University of Music, the Martin's Choir Freiburg, the Madrigal Choir Freiburg, the Girls' Church Choir of the Freiburg Minster, the Senior Jazz Choir, the "Soulfamily", "Twäng!", the University's Choir Freiburg, "Vivificat" and "Voice Event". More information is to be found at freiburger-chornacht.de.
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Historix-Tours offers guided city tours 365 days a year - tens of thousands of already performed tours are a treasure trove of experience every guest can benefit from. During Summer Season, Historix-Tours also offers open tours in English every second Friday - no reservation required.
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Around Freiburg's Minster - by Hartmut Stiller (Historix-Tours) We are standing in front of the Western tower of the Freiburg Minster which is 116 meters high and even used to be the "highest tower in Germany"
Photo: Matthias Pohlmann
About Historix-Tours Historix-Tours®: Their love for their home town Freiburg, their love for tourism as well as the firm belief in a new kind of city tours led to the foundation of Historix-Tours in 1998. Inspired by the English tradition of "Ghostwalks", native Freiburg citizens Hartmut Stiller, M.A. and Dipl. chem Nicola Aly have been working ever since on a symbiosis of theatre, entertainment, drama and transfer of knowledge in order to present history and stories in an entertaining and thrilling way. Since the 3rd August 1998 Historix-Tours has been continuously offering guided city tours performed by actors on a daily basis, which is why in Germany they are considered to be the inventors of this type of regular commercial guided city tours.
BY HARTMUT STILLER
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Photo: Matthias Pohlmann
Around
was a booming city and it was the desire of the citizens as well as that of Duke Bertold V of Zähringen (who had the Minster built as his burial plot) to show off their wealth. But strictly speaking the Minster was nothing more than
The "Freiburg Cubit" on the cathedral's front
Being a ground-breaking enterprise, Historx-Tours is consistently searching for new entertaining ways to present our city. "Freiburg is one of the most beautiful cities on earth, which we as globetrotters actually can assess. We are working to make our city even more attractive and worth living in".
upon completion around the year 1300. A very unusual fact, as during that period of time Freiburg had not been a bishop's see, it was as late as 1827 when the archbishop's see was changed from Konstanz to Freiburg. Since then, the "Minster" is a "cathedral". While the Roman Catholic Church names it "cathedral" as you can see in "Cathedral Choir School" or "cathedral's office", Freiburg's citizens have continued to name "their" church "Minster".
Since 2012 Historix-Tours has been an official partner of the city of Freiburg.
The reason why the tower was built so high is that Freiburg used to be a very rich city around the year 1200. It
a simple church when completed. "And Freiburg will probably remain the most beautiful tower on earth", said art historian Jacob Burckhardt in 1869 during a lecture which is where the famous phrase of "Christianity's most beautiful tower" originated. The open-worked spire is unique regarding its height: With a height of 45 meters it was the first and biggest spire in the Middle Ages and inspired many others such as Strasbourg, the St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna or the cathedrals of Cologne and Ulm. The master-builders of St. Lamberti in Münster/Westfalia even copied the whole tower during the 19th century.
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Photo: Matthias Pohlmann
Freiburg's Minster
(HISTORIX TOURS)
Around Freiburg's Minster, Part 2: If you are standing in the entrance hall, used to hold Blutgericht ("bloodcourt") during the Middle Ages, you can discover many signs and symbols on the walls. For example, there is the "Freiburg Cubit" left of the entrance or outside left of the front gate the measurements for bread. If a baker offering his goods on the nearby market did not comply with the mandated measurements, one could check it there immediately. If a baker was caught multiple times being incorrect, often he was sentenced to "Schupfen": He would have been put in a cage, the cage would be put on some kind of see-saw. As entertainment for all bystanders the baker then would be plunged into a pool of excrements or a cesspool - a humiliating and unpleasant thing to do.
The Historic Merchants Hall is a typical case of that: While its front featuring the emblematic "Habsburgred" now shows all its splendour towards the cathedral, originally it was the backyard facing in this direction while the front was towards the Schusterstrasse. From 1520-32 it was rebuilt in its current form. In the Merchants Hall, foreign merchants could offer and clear goods. The most important Habsburgian and Austrian sovereigns are shown on the front as Freiburg had been the cultural centre of Further Austria for centuries, from 1651 onwards even as its capital. See Emperor Maximilian I, who visited Freiburg several times on the left hand side as well as his son Philipp I ("the handsome") who visited Freiburg in 1496. While he was very well-liked in Freiburg, he died rather early in 1506 due to a flu.
Walking on the right side of the cathedral you will enter the southern cathedral place used today as the market place, as a restaurant's terrace or just for relaxation. In the (distant) past however, people were not too keen to live at the cathedral place as there used to be the cemetery (mostly at the northern, but also the southern part) as well as the place of execution. While the gallows were situated outside of the city, the market place was also used during times, when they were not easily accessible. So understandably houses used to be oriented off the Minster and the backyards towards the church.
His (already during his lifetime) very jealous wife Johanna apparently went insane afterwards as she ordered not to bury him with other dead people, especially not with females. She ordered to keep his dead body laid out in her bedroom for many years, so she could keep an eye on him! Therefore it does not come as a surprise that she is remembered as "Johanna the insane" in history books. However, two of her sons became famous emperors and are shown on the Historic Merchants Hall's front, too: Emperor Charles V (second from the right) and Emperor Ferdinand I (right).
25 minutes of matinée every Saturday: "Organ Concerts During Market Hours" Every Saturday during midday visitors can enjoy organ concerts even outside worship hours and outside the evening concerts on Tuesday. A matinée of about 25 minutes offers the possibility to find reflexion and devotion even during busy market hours. During Summer 2017 there will be playing: •3/06 Jörg Josef Schwab, Freiburg •10/06 Boris Böhmann, Freiburg •17/06 Hyo-Jong Kim, Seoul •24/06 Felix Ketterer, Freiburg / Offenburg •1/07 Ramona Hummel, Freiburg •8/07 Georg Koch, Singen •15/07 Beatrix Ott, Freiburg •22/07 Alexander Niehues, Mannheim •29/07 Lydia Schimmer, Stuttgart •5/08 Jochen Bösch, München •12/08 Kirsten Galm, Freiburg •19/08 Bernhard Marx, Freiburg •26/08 Manfred Faig, Koblenz to be continued until Christmas
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However, there still is a lot of construction going on on the edges of Freiburg's inner city. While the "Platz der Alten Synagoge" (Old Synagogue's Square) now is visibly taking shape every day, the "Neugestaltung des Siegesdenkmals" (rearrangement of the Victory Monument's Square) now is the most prominent construction site. Due to these constructions the tram lines leading north are suspended between Bertoldsbrunnen and Siegesdenkmal for the time being. For the Winter Season - just in time for the Christmas Market - construction between Bertoldsbrunnen and Siegesdenkmal will be finished. But as the tram line will resume its services at a later date, the shops adjacent to the Kaiser-Joseph-Strasse will be allowed to use the boulevard in order to offer a very special shopping experience. For now there are no details published yet - but for sure it will be even more worthwhile than usual to visit Freiburg this winter - we will keep you informed!
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Around Freiburg's Minster, Part 3: Going further to the choir of the cathedral you can see "messages from the afterworld" vis-à-vis of the "Alte Wache" (built in 1733): "graffiti"
I have left, so I want to be married as you are". The legend does not disclose whether or not she found a suitor. On the northern cathedral square you can see the contours of the former St.-Andreas-Chapel, which used to be
Photo: Matthias Pohlmann
Freiburg will offer a special shopping experience this winter: Last year we showed you some photos of the changing centre of Freiburg.
Part 3
Photo: Matthias Pohlmann
Photo: Stephanie Hofschlaeger / pixelio.de
AROUND FREIBURG'S MINSTER
made by young sentries who scratched their names, year dates, sometimes even sketches of weapons (a canon for example) and crests in the front. Hopefully these "graffitis" will be preserved when the choir will be renovated in the future. Walking around the Minster, look out for a very special waterspout: it's an old nun pointing her finger towards her mouth. Legend tells that during Protestant Reformation nuns in monasteries were told that they were permitted to marry as long as they still had at least one tooth left. So a very old nun then had presented herself to the shocked citizens, pointing to her very last tooth and saying "One tooth
the bone house of the cemetery during the Middle Agey. An arch with skeletons aged at least 500 years is still preserved below ground. As late as 2016 there were more bones added - found during the construction of a new cellar next to the Minster. So the old cemetery is far from being vanished, even if you might forget about it due to the busy market above. You can discover more anecdotes and historic peculiarities all year long with the guided city tours by HistorixTours: www.historix-tours.de
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Photo: Udo Behr
Photo: Udo Behr
The Historix-Mystery-Trail The Historix-Mystery-Trail: Historix-Tours now offers a totally new combination of thrilling town history and fiddly riddles. How do you explain something entirely new? As "escape-room to-go"? As "treasure-hunt with history"? As a city tour featuring riddles but not a guide? Let's try it this way: Upon arriving at the meeting point with your group you will receive a "mysterious bag". After that, the group is on its own… but what is in the bag? How can the content be revealed? Where is the treasure hidden? These questions will accompany you all through the inner city while you will learn a lot of thrilling facts about Freiburg's history. A group of up to 10 persons will have to search, rack your brain and think outside the box in order to bring the group one step forward. The goal is to follow a mysterious map and so to find the treasure. On your way you will walk through the atmospheric inner city, through narrow alleys, across the famous "Bächle" and past the most important places of interest in Freiburg - all of which are presented with fascinating texts (to read/read out).
The result will be a new, playful and thrilling form of a "guided city tour" (without a guide, however), which will culminate in finding the "treasure". The "Historix-Mystery-Trail" is suitable for people aged 12 and above and there is no previous knowledge required. There are different versions for children/adolescents or adults available. An english version is in preparation, however as long as there are people in your group capable to translate, you still will be able to enjoy the German version. There are different kinds of riddles to be solved, so within a group different skills are required. There are no knowledge-checks, everything is unlocked logically on-site while you are learning a lot about the thrilling history of Freiburg. So the Historix-Mystery-Trail is for example a perfect fit for: friends, companies, teams, families, youth groups, sports clubs, school classes… as a birthday party, company event, excursion, supporting programme for symposia and a lot more.
About the Mystery-Trail: Age: 12 - 99 (different versions for children/adolescents/adults available) For groups of: 2-10 persons Your group is bigger? No problem, it is possible to do several mystery-trails simultaneously - the teams starting 5-10 minutes after each other. Price: 95 Euros per group of 10 people (including "treasure") Or 80 Euros per group, if you are providing your own "treasure", which you then should hand over "inconspicuously" to your contact person. Happy Hour: Wednesdays, starting time between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.: 75 Euros including treasure (or 60 Euros if you provide your own treasure) Bigger groups require several mystery-trails. The price then depends on the number of mystery-trails. Start: "Am Schwabentor" (inner face, at the staircase "Schwabentorsteg") Duration: ca. 2 - 2,5 hrs.
Find more information at www.mystery-trail.de.
Route: ca. 2 kilometers
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Changes
Photo: Ronny Breitkreuz
Photo: Ronny Breitkreuz
THE OBERKIRCH
We have renovated!
Now, three months later, we certainly want to do so and give you some impressions of the new rooms of the Hotel Oberkirch.
Photo: Ronny Breitkreuz
In the Spring-2017-Edition of our magazine we were not able to present you photos of our newly renovated rooms as the completion of the rooms happened at a time when the magazine already was in the process of being printed.
We hope you are enjoying this first impression of our newly renovated rooms - more and more photos will be published on our website and on Instagram. We are very happy about your notably positive feedback about these rooms - your praise of course also means an extra incentive for us. By the way, on Instagram you can find us here:
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ORGAN
CULINARY ...SummerJam
Magic &Delight
Our package-deal OrganMagic & CulinaryDelight includes:
One three-course Baden dinner including aperitif if desired vegetarian before or to some extent after the concert. On request, with advance reservation and depending on our availability you can enjoy your dinner the day after the concert. Your menu will be accompanied by 2x0.1l of Burgundy wines, of course
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Indulge your ears as well as your palate!
From late June until September you can enjoy an extraordinary organ concert every Tuesday at 8.15 p.m. in the cathedral, the Freiburger Münster.
Artists from Germany and all around the world will take you to a world of wonderful and magic sounds.
One ticket for the organ concert in the Freiburg Minster Why don’t you indulge your palate, while you’re at it? Enjoy your truly magic concert after having an excellent dinner. Rate for our package-deal Euro 59,50 per Person This package-deal is available on every Tuesday featuring an organ concert th (20 June to late September) - however, we only have a limited number of tickets per Tuesday available. Please note that this is a package-deal not including an overnight stay Please note that there will be no organ concert on Tuesday, 15th August. Instead it will take place on Wednesday, 16th August 2017.
Combine your concert evening with a three-course Baden dinner…
….and take your time as you can (for example) certainly enjoy your dessert after the concert if desired.
This offer is non-binding and only available on request and with advance reservation depending on availability.
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Jam
SUMMER Make your stay in Freiburg unforgettable!
Visit one (or several) of the numerous concerts in and around Freiburg this summer...
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Our package-deal SummerJam includes:
...drive through Freiburg in a velotaxi (for two persons) or
...get two tickets for a museum in Freiburg or ...enjoy coffee and a piece of cake for two persons in our restaurant
...let us take care of preserving your memories in a photo book.
and ...get a disposable camera, so you can preserve your memories
...not only the memories regarding the concert...
...including production and delivery of a photo book made of your photos for as little as €39 (in addition to your overnight rate)
...but also those of your velotaxi-tour through this vivid city.. ...or those of your visit to a museum in Freiburg... ...or relax with coffee & a piece of cake in our restaurant Oberkirchs Weinstuben.
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As our restaurant is closed every Sunday, coffee and a piece of cake can only be offered from Monday to Saturday. Thank you very much for your understanding. Please note that this is a package-deal not including an overnight stay.
This offer is non-binding and only available on request and with advance reservation depending on availability.
Photo:Erika Hartmann/ pixelio.de
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Chanterelle
WEEKS
Our package ChanterelleWeeks includes:
We walked through the forest for you! Chanterelles are one of the most popular seasonal delicacies in our region.
One overnight stay including our revitalising breakfast *** One three-course-chanterelle-menu main course including fish or meat alternatively including one aperitif and twice 0.1l of quality wines from Baden
This offer is available from June until the end of August 2017 (as long as our chanterelles menu is in place)
Price for the “ChanterelleWeeks” package per person in a comfort double-room: from €139 in a comfort single-room: from €184,50
In our restaurant Oberkirchs Weinstube you can experience, how chameleonic they are, depending on how they are prepared.
And you can combine that with an overnight stay - why not in one of our renovated rooms?
After our revitalising breakfast you can start your next trip with fresh energy - or you add an extra night.
This offer is non-binding and only available on request and with advance reservation depending on availability.
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Over
STOP Still a long way to go?
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Our package StopOver includes:
One overnight stay including our revitalising breakfast
Arrive relaxed at your holiday destination - or come back relaxed,
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make a stopover in our Hotel in Freiburg.
One voucher to get 10% off your dinner in our restaurant Oberkirchs Weinstuben children will also get one large beverage for free *** For one child (up to 12 years) sleeping in the parents’ bed, the overnight stay and the breakfast are free. For any additional child there is a child’s reduction.
Come in, relax and recharge for the rest of your journey.
If you wish, you also can take a lunch package with you for your journey.
This offer is available from 21st August until 9th September 2017.
In any case - let us take care of a stress-free beginning and end of your holidays
Price for the “StopOver”-package per person
in a comfort double-room: from €69 in a comfort single-room: from €99
This offer is non-binding and only available on request and with advance reservation depending on availability.
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Recipe Photo: Bernd Kasper/ pixelio.de
Photo: Heinz Ober/ pixelio.de
SEASONAL
Gazpacho
WITH GARLIC PRAWNS
Gazpacho with Garlic Prawns: For 4 persons you will need: How to prepare: • • • •
Peel the onion and chop it Peel the cucumbers, seed them, put one quarter aside and dice the rest Wash and dice the tomatoes Wash the paprika, put one quarter aside and dice the rest
• Purée the dices of paprika, cucumber, tomato as well as the onion, half of the oil, vinegar, the bread for toasting and on eighth of a litre until you have a fine purée • Add salt and pepper and put it for at least one hour in the fridge • • • •
Dice the remaining vegetables in fine pieces Wash and chop the parsley Peel the prawns and remove the gut Peel and chop the garlic
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2 slices of bread for toasting 1 mild onion 1-2 cucumbers (ca. 500gr) 500gr. of tomatoes 1 green pepper 8 tbsp of olive oil 2 tbsp of wine vinegar 250gr of raw prawns 2 cloves of garlic 1/8ltr of vegetable stock 1/4 bunch of parsley salt, pepper from the pepper mill
• Heat the remaining oil in a frying pan, roast the prawns and the garlic for about half a minute, then add salt and pepper. • Season the cooled gazpacho to your taste and fill in cold soup plates • Add the dices of vegetables and the parsley as decoration • Add the hot prawns and serve it. We hope you enjoy your meal!
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Autumn And Winter In The Oberkirch:
• Book your stay in November now: Until the end of the summer break you can book your Economy rooms for November at a very attractive rate: Single rooms from €79,40, double rooms from €104,40. Please note however that Economy rooms are only available when booking over the internet, they are to be paid in advance and there is no refund (not even a partial one) in case of cancellation or no-show. • Congresses in autumn: The high season of congresses and annual meetings in Freiburg starts from mid-September. So please book your stay in autumn early as several dates in September are already fully booked. • Every year again: Christmas and the weekends leading to it - they come round faster than expected. And sadly we have to tell even to our dear regular guests looking for a room on a weekend in late November/early December that we are fully booked already. Even for that period of the year we cannot suddenly invent new rooms. From late September/early October it usually gets difficult to comply with special room requests and after that we usually are fully booked quickly. As the fourth advent this year will be on Christmas Eve, the demand for rooms is focused on the first three weekends. This is why we recommend booking very soon in case you are thinking about spending one weekend during that time in Freiburg. We would also like to kindly ask for your understanding that we cannot accept single-night bookings for those weekends - due to the high demand for overnight stays spanning two nights We hope you have enjoyed reading our magazine as much as we enjoyed creating it. Feel free to visit our website - you will find more news there..
Best regards Your OberkirchTeam