International User Meeting / Hessenpark near Solms / June 11th-14th 2009

[hoppyman]

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Andy and fellow Leica shooter folks. I just checked my itinerary and I shall definitely be in Frankfurt at this time. While my wife is otherwise engaged I am free to scoot on over to Solms for the duration. I cannot believe my luck that this event should come up during my very first visit to Germany (visiting from Australia). Anyway for previous travellers, what is the most practical transport for me from Frankfurt to Solms. Can I jump on a train and then maybe meet some folks in Wetzlar for the last part of the trip?

Can you folks let me know if you are staying in a common location for the duration. The guesthouse sounds promising. I'm buying the conversational German CDs . Currently I remember at least 6 words from my high school German LONG ago .

Geoff

 

There will be a few of us here (me included) flying into Frankfurt and hiring a car, so I am sure something could be arranged.

 

Last year we found a very reasonable guesthouse/hotel to stay in, and when we visited Solms, they were very accommodating of non-German speakers (including me). If there isn't an official visit as part of the itinerary, I'd happily go along with you.

 

Had a great time last year, and I am looking forward to the same this time.

[andybarton]

Get to Frankfurt the same time as me and you're welcome to a lift

 

[farnz]

Geoff,

 

According to the Deutsche Bahn timetable, the German railway, you can get from Frankfurt Main station to Solms in about an hour and fifteen minutes with one change at Geissen. So if you don't manage to hook up with Andy there's another way to get there.

 

The timetable is interactive online so you can plug in your dates and times and play. (The English language option is in a drop-down box at top centre to the right of the little German flag.)

 

Pete.

[spylaw4]

You may need to hire a mini-bus!

[robert_parker]

Geoff,

 

According to the Deutsche Bahn timetable, the German railway, you can get from Frankfurt Main station to Solms in about an hour and fifteen minutes with one change at Geissen. So if you don't manage to hook up with Andy there's another way to get there.

 

The timetable is interactive online so you can plug in your dates and times and play. (The English language option is in a drop-down box at top centre to the right of the little German flag.)

 

Pete.

 

Pete

 

It's not so much a case of getting to Solms first off but of probably heading for Bad Homburg, which puts you within easy range of either the Guesthouse in Westerfeld or the hotel in the Hessenpark - if I quote Robert Hill from a previous meeting, there could well be a number of people with cars nearby at that point

[farnz]

Pete

 

It's not so much a case of getting to Solms first off but of probably heading for Bad Homburg, which puts you within easy range of either the Guesthouse in Westerfeld or the hotel in the Hessenpark - if I quote Robert Hill from a previous meeting, there could well be a number of people with cars nearby at that point

Thanks, Robert, that's good to know. Frankfurt to Bad Homburg is about a 20 minute train journey with no changes.

 

Pete.

[rickp13]

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good evening, all

 

i must have missed something. bad homburg is a lovely town, with casino, kurpark, shops etc, but it's 20km (as the crow flies) north of frankfurt airport, and wetzlar/solms is another 40km further north (again, straight line, not motorway).

 

have people stayed in bad homburg and commuted to past events? there are several nice small and larger hotels in wetzlar and surroundings which are quite a bit closer to the factory.

 

cheers

 

rick

[rickp13]

oops! read first, then write.

 

bad homburg and the meeting site in the hessenpark are quite close to each other.

 

rick

[hoppyman]

We are booked into the Intercontinental in Frankfurt from the 10th. I definitely plan to attend and hope to hitch a ride with Andy. I have now found the Hessenpark location. Could anyone let me now approximate distances from Hessenpark, Solms and the accommodation where people will be staying?

[rickp13]

hello geoff

maybe this will help. i believe the coordinates are under "properties" under each pushpin?

cheers

rick

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[rickp13]

the hessenpark open air museum is about 26 km north of frankfurt airport, slightly longer by road. the coordinates for the park, acc. to google, are:

 

8°31'48.98"E

50°16'29.31"N

 

greetings from hamburg

 

rick

[hoppyman]

Thanks Rick. I know where to look now. A picture is worth a thousand words

[robert_parker]

We are booked into the Intercontinental in Frankfurt from the 10th. I definitely plan to attend and hope to hitch a ride with Andy. I have now found the Hessenpark location. Could anyone let me now approximate distances from Hessenpark, Solms and the accommodation where people will be staying?

 

For info last year some stayed at a hotel in the Hessenpark and some in Westerfeld, near Bad Homburg

[dennersten]

Post 5 in this thread

 

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/forum-member-meetings/37291-international-user-meeting-hessenpark-near-solms.html#post537067

 

Great i am on! My wife is joining also. But she is not at all interested in cameras or photography. Could somebody please suggest some activites for her? She is interested in art and interior design. I've heard that there should be a Bauhaus museum in the Frankfurt area?

[Guest lll]

Hi dennersten,

 

the Hessenpartk is a museum by itself. You do not only find a comprehensive number of examples for rural architecture from central Germany but also the original interieur.

 

In Frankfurt your wife will have the choice between the only german Architektur Museum at the Main river, nearby the Museum für angewandte Kunst (Design) and the Städel Kunstmuseum just to mention a few. Frankfurt has around 40 museums for Fine Art of all epocas and styles. Have a look at frankfurt.de or Museen in Frankfurt am Main - Museumsufer Frankfurt.

 

Around 30km south of Frankfurt in Darmstadt you will find the museums on the Mathildenhöhe, which are famous for their Jugendstil-collections Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt Russland 1900 Kunst Ausstellung Museum Art Exhibition Institut Hochzeitsturm Ralf Beil Wissenschaftsstadt Kuenstlerkolonie Olbrich Hoetger Mueller Suedhessen Freizeit Kultur Veranstaltungen Ausgehen Event Becker Späth. Nearby you can visit an exhibition of key products of BRAUN Design which is in the tradition of the bauhaus Institut für Neue Technische Form.

 

I am shure your wife will be please as much as you from your stay in southern Hassia.

 

Regards

Friedhelm

[cbretteville]

Booked my flights, arriving in Frankfurt at 1620 on the Thursday.

- Carl

[Guest tvleeskr]

We'll be there. Looking forward to the factory tour and of course the early morning deer spotting event!

Thom and Mathilde (Holland)

[epand56]

Oh my, I will sure try to be of the party.

[louloumum]

This sounds like a great opportunity for a newbie like me to meet some of you in person....

 

I have booked my calendar and hope to make it !

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[andybarton]

I have just started the process of booking a room at the Landhotel Velte in Neu-Anspach

 

Several of us stayed there last year, and apart from having a bar that closed early (probably not a bad thing, come to think of it ) it was very comfortable and very reasonable.

 

There's no reason to suppose that the former will not be the same this year, but for those of us dealing with a basket-case currency, the latter may be more of a challenge this time round.