Since September 06 we've got a new baby boy. So now i can start my diet. A Gin and Tonic diet. So fa...
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I was quite surprised to find Fuerth (pronounced fuert) but not even Nuremberg in ciao. So I started thinking, what can I tell you about it? Is there anything special? I have been living just outside of Fürth (that's the way we spell it) for 15 years. I moved away. I moved back. I moved away again. And now I am back again since about 6 month.
But where exactly is Fürth? Well if you look at a map of Germany, you will find Bavaria in the South East of it easily enough. Now if look in the middl of the upper half and let your eye wander a little bit to the left, you shall stumble about Nürnberg/Fürth/Erlangen. These are three big cities which grew together on different corners.
HOW DO I GET THERE? ===================
FLY Nearest airport is at Nürnberg/Nuernberg. From London Stanstedt you can get cheap flights, starting at 15€ one way with Air Berlin. The flight from London takes just over one hour. From the airport you can take the underground into Fürth or Nürnberg.
TRAIN Fürth has a main trainstation. From there busses go all around to the surrounding villages. Depending on which connection you get, it can take between 9 and 20 hours, fom London Waterloo Int.
CAR If you don't mind to drive this is a perfect option. OVer
Dover - Calais with the ferry and through Belgium it takes about 12 hours or more, depending on traffic. But you've got a car wih you to be more flexible. But tose weird Germans insist on driving on the right side of the street! So watch out!
OUT AND ABOUT You get around quite good with trains and busses. But I dare say you need to know a bit of German then. Much easier with a car Your own or eitehr rented. Europecar and Hertz being just a choice of car hires.
THE GERMANS =============
In my opinion, specially in this area, they are not exactly overwhelming friendly. But if I am out and about with englsih visitors, a lot of them are friendlier. Most people will speak at least a little bit of English. So yu can get around with having to speak German at all.
HISTORY ========
Fuerth got first mentioned in 1007 by King Heinrich II, but it already showed a big social life with churches, mills and connection to other villages that it seemed to get estalishe by 850. In 1808 it became a city and by 1950 it had over 100.000 inhabitants. Currently there live about 112500 people in Fürth.
JEWS =====
The first Jews settled down from 1440 . They had their own community with synagouge and cemetery. They were widely accepted and had a great impact on the city's development.
Nuremberg banished the Jews in 1449 and they were allowed to settle down in Fürth. The marquis of Ansbach hoped to weaken the Nuremberg city in an economically way.
At first the Jews were only tolerated, but soon they were integated in the community and they could grow. By the end of the 17th century they had founded a Talmud school for the training of new Rabbis. With that Fürth became the centre of the Euopean Jews. At the beginning of the 19th century every 4th resident was Jewish.
But in the twelve years of national-socialist dictatorship the freedom and tolerance was dismissed as everywhere else in Germany.
Over the past few decades it became an important goal for the city to get a connection to the time of the peaceful cohabitation and not to forget about the suffering of the Jews.
One of the big steps were he opening of the Jewish museum in Fürth in 1999.
REGULAR EVENTS DURING THE YEAR ================================
end of September/October (around harvest sunday) - for two weeks there is a funfair (called kirchweih) within the city. it is one of the nicest around.
In the four weeks before Christmas is a Christmas market, starting on the week-end of the 1. Advent.
SIGHTSEEING ============
Fuerth has a few beautiful historic buildings which are worth a visit. One of them is the Stadttheater - this theater is over 100 years old and has only recently gone through some restoration.
The Jewish museum Franken - History and culture about the Jews in the past and present and future Königstraße 89 opening times Tuesdays 10am - 10pm Wednesday-Sunday 10 am - 5pm close on Mondays Entrance fee adults 3 € reduce 2 €
Rundfunkmuseum - A muesum about broadcasting, opening times Tue-Fri 12pm - 5 pm Sat, Sun 10a -5pm bank holidays (also Mondays) 10am - 5pm closed on Mondays Entrance fee adults 3 € reduced 2 €
Gustavstraße - This a street with a few little boutiques and lots of pubs, cafes and restaurants. Very popular are Kaffeebohne, Irish Cottage (if you miss your Guinness), Kartoffelkeller and Schwarzes Kreuz (the last two being restaurants). These have been established for years. But there are a lot of others as well, which do change from time to time.
OTHER THINGS TO VISIT DURING YOUR STAY ======================================
CITIES ====== Nuremberg- has a variety of different things and events to visit. The castle, the Nuremberg Christmas market (is one of the most famous in Germany), toy museum, Ansbach,- nice historic city Erlangen- nice student city with lots of shops, cafes and bars A bit further away: Rothenburg ob der Tauber- historic liilte town with citywalls and a worldfamous Christmas shop open all year around, museums Bamberg Würzburg (wine area) Dinkelbühl
SPECIAL THINGS TO VISIT ===================== Playmobil Fun Park (Zirndorf) - Great outdoor and indoor place for the kids! Fun baths - there are quite a few big swimming places around like Palm Beach (Stein), Atlantis (Herzogenaurach), Nuremberg got an Icehockeyteam, called Ice Tigers, there games are usually well worth a visit. children museum in Nuremberg. Verkehrs Museum in Nürnberg - traffic museum
OTHER THINGS TO VISIT ==================== Fraenkische Schweiz (Frankonian Switzerland) great for walking
FOOD ===== If you ask my husband, food is always one of the most important things to explore in a foreign country. So I thought I list you a few things you might want to try out.
Karpfen gebacken - This is a fried 1/2 carp. This is only served from September to April. It usually comes with a potatoesalad and mixed salad. Schäufele mit Kloß - A shoulder piece of pork served with a dumpling and mostly salad. Fänkische Bratwürste - Frankonian sausages Brezen - this you get at any bakery shop. Kind of bread, loved by mostly everybody as a snack inbetween. looks a bit liké pretzels Lebkuchen- Gingerbread, mainly available around the Christmas time Schneeball - mainly available in Rothenburg it is a fried pastry, made into a ball and can be bought with a choice of icing.
I have been working on this now for over two months. I hope I gave you a little insight of Fürth. I don't think that Fürth is something very special. So there is not a whole lot to tell about. But it does have some nice corners. And it is also a good basis for different places to visit within 1 hour drive. If you have any questions, do not hestitate to contact me!
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