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castle hotel Schwalenberg Panorama
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"View into the Lipperland"
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bed,
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Conference hotel, conferences,
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Medieval knight's meal,
knight of the round table dinner
Vacation packages
castle experience, happy honeymoon suite, romantic weekend, "knight on time"
Castle weekend vacation package
for groups
Golf course, club, tennis
Easter, pentecost
Christmas in Germany,
german Christmas dinner
New Year's Eve party, music,
gala dinner, castle firework
Road map, distances, airport, train
station, parking
Extern stones Horn-Bad
Meinberg, eagle birds of prey center Berlebeck, Teutoburg Forest, Hermann's monument
Detmold, open-air museum of Westphalia, Residenzschloss, bird flower park Heiligenkirchen
Weser mountains, Hoxter, Weser river boat cruise, Hameln, Polle, Bodenwerder,
Marienmunster, Corvey, Bad Pyrmont, Solling
Schieder-Schwalenberg
History of the castle chronicle
Recreation area, Emmer storage lake,
half day boat round trip
Sport near Schwalenberg
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Scenically charming upper Weser
Hills
between the Weser river and the nature park Solling-Vogler in the
East, the nature park Eggegebirge / southern Teutoburg Forest in the West as well as the
Lipper Hills with the highest rising of the district of Hoxter, the Koterberg (Mutt
mountain) (496 meters = about 1,627 feet), in the South.Minster
abbey Marienmunster
7 km away from castle Schwalenberg.
Founded from Count Widukind of Schwalenberg in 1128. Romanic, cross-formed
pillar cathedral (Pfeilerbasilika) destroyed in 1622/24. In 1658 reconstruction of the
hall church, baroque helmet and bonnet on romanic towers, baroque interior decoration. In
1854 new reconstruction of the west towers, gothic peak helmets.
Opened daily, regular guidances through the abbey (status 1997).
Former imperial abbey castle Corvey in Hoxter on the Weser
river
28 km away from castle Schwalenberg.
Founded in the year 822 at the instigation of Lois (Ludwig) the Pious the
imperial abbey Corvey by Hoxter, directly lain on the Weser river. The oldest preserved
construction monument of the region is the western plant of the abbey church.
To visit: castle museum, emporer hall, western plant with emperor palatinate
and princely library with about 70,000 books (status 1997).
A cultural center: changing art exhibitions, concerts and other events.
In the library of castle Corvey the poet of the national anthem of Germany,
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben worked here as a librarian (1860 to 1874) and is
buried on the Corvey cemetary.
Porcelain manufacture Furstenberg by Hoxter on the Weser
river
Porelain manufacture Furstenberg
Castle Furstenberg above the Weser river valley.
Significant porcelain museum (closed Mondays – status 1997).
Hoxter at the Hellweg Crossover of the Weser river
28 km from castle Schwalenberg away
Passenger boat cruise on the Weser river, boat landing
stage in Hoxter of the Oberweser
steamboat shipping company
Historic old town with city hall, town wall, Nicolai church, Kiliani church, Marien
church, pasonage (Dechanei), water sport, Westphalia bicycle route (R 1), Weser bicycle
trail, kite flying, parachuting.
Bodenwerder on the Weser river, the town of the fairy tale
Baron Munchhausen
31 km from castle Schwalenberg away
Passenger boat cruise on the Wese river, boat landing
stages in Bodenwerder of the Oberweser
steamboat shipping company
Old town of Bodenwerder with half-timbered houses, 1000-year-old minster, defence towers,
Munchhausen museum, Munchhausen well, Weser promenade, Hopfenberg mountain, Eckberg
mountain, Vogler mountain, nature park Solling/Vogler.
Light festival Bodenwerder on the Weser river on the 2nd Saturday in August.
Munchhausen plays in Bodenwerder every 1st Sunday from May to October as remembrance of
the Lugenbaron Hieronymus C. F. von Munchhausen (1720 to 17979).
Bad Pyrmont about 16 km
away from Schieder-Schwalenberg
Natural moor and saltwater bath (opened until 8:00 p.m) in the Weser Hills.
Gambling casino in the concert house at the cure park, four roulette tables and a
Black Jack table (status 1997).
Open-air perfomance in the castle yards of the fortress and castle Pyrmont
(restored between 1984 and 1987) during the summer season. Built from Count Friedrich of
Spiegelberg with a bastion, up to 40 meters wide castle ditch. In the year 1557 the Count
Philipp began with the construction of a castle in the style of the Weser renaissance.
From the time of 1710 the rooms of the Beletage (lovely floor) with its stucco ceiling of
the italian migrant artist Jacopo Perinetti. Worth seeing: Tischbein hall.
Museum castle Pyrmont opened daily besides Mondays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m..
Castle guidance Tuesdays, at 10:00 a.m. and Thursdays, at 3:00 p.m.. Entrance fee: 2.- DM,
reductions (status 1997)
Fairy tale ratter town Hameln on the Weser river
38 km away from castle Schwalenberg
Passenger boat cruise on the Weser river, boat landing
stage in Hameln of the Oberweser
steamboat shipping company
Hameln – town of the ratter legend, ideal rehabilitated old town, Munster St.
Bonifatius (partly from the 12th century), town wall and town towers: powder tower (Pulverturm) and Haspelmath tower (Haspelmathturm).
Weser renaissance: Leist house (1585-89), house of the fairy tale ratter
(Rattenfangerhaus) (1602/03), Dempter house (1607/08), wedding house (Hochzeitshaus 1610-1617).
Half-timbered buildings: Stiftsherren house (Stiftsherrenhaus 1558), citizen's house (Burgerhaus 1560), Luckingsches house (1639).
Town guidances with the "ratter of Hameln" possible.
Ratter open-air plays from mid May to mid September, Sundays at 12:00 p.m. on the terrace
of the wedding house (Hochzeitshaus - status 1997).
Three times daily year-round the ratter figure plays at the wedding house (Hochzeitshaus) and five times daily a ratter wind chimes.
Ratter embossment in the citizen's garden.
Well wooded mountain range of the Weser Hills with Klut tower and Bismarck tower.
Nature spectacle march cup (Marzenbecher) flower on the Schweineberg (pig
mountain) in February/March.
Rhododendron flower in Ohrberg mountain park in June.
Described hiking trails and bicycle routes along the Weser river. Bicycle remote
route Weser.
Three heated outdoor swimming pools and two indoor swimming pools (south swimming
pool with a huge slide).
(status 1997)
Nature park Solling Vogler
52,750 hectares (about 130,350 acres) big
The Solling lies between Hoxter and Uslar on the right Weser river side.
Polle an der Weser
16 km von Burg Schwalenberg entfernt
Personenschiffahrt auf der Weser,
Schiffsanlegestelle in Polle der Oberweser-Dampfschiffahrt GmbH
Malerischer, historischer Ortskern – Burgruine Everstein auf einem Bergsporn über
dem Wesertal, Burgfestspiele, Panoramablick vom Burgturm, 497 m hoher Köterberg, Freibad.
Polle on the Weser river
16 km away from castle Schwalenberg
Passenger boat cruise on the Weser river, boat landing
stage in Polle of the Oberweser
steamboat shipping company
Pictorial, historical town center – castle ruin Everstein on a mountain skid over the
Weser river valley, castle pageant, panorama view from the castle tower, 496 meters (about
1,627 feet) high Koterberg (Mutt mountain), outdoor swimming pool.
highway B 252 = Eastwestphalia street
highway B 83 = German Fairy tale road (Marchenstrasse)
D-32816 Schieder-Schwalenberg / Weser hills near Weser river,
Germany
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