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Furth

Country:
Germany
State:
Bavaria
City:
Furth
Type of Location:
Multiple
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By Air

In 1914, an aerodrome was built at Atzenhof for the Third Bavarian Army Corps, which was extended in the following years.After the First World War, it became "Furth–Nuremberg" international airport, which saved it from being completely dismantled. Furth-Nuremberg Airport was the eighth largest of the 88 German airports.The importance of the airport increased further when Junkers transferred first its central repair workshop, and then the final assembly line for its aircraft from Dessau to Furth.In 1928, the town of Nuremberg took over the main share of the airport's operations.Until civil aviation operations ended in 1933, the airport was called "Nuremberg-Furth".It was later replaced by a larger airport in the Marienberg district of Nuremberg.Under the Nazis, the airport at Atzenhof was expanded and used as a flying school.After Furth was occupied by Allied troops, the US Army used the site as a barracks, until 1993.The US Army built the "Monteith Barracks" golf course on the site and maintained the historic buildings.

By Train

The first railway line with steam trains in Germany was between Furth and Nuremberg and opened on December 7, 1835.The locomotive, named Adler (Eagle) was built in Newcastle by Stephenson, the builder of the famous Rocket.Nuremberg and Furth are joined by an underground railway (subway) connection.

By Bus

Public transport is managed by Infra Furth.Since about 2002, the bicycle paths (eg in the Flobaustrabe) is forced.For the rest motorized private parking and several parking garages are available.Last was built in 2004 for 6.2 million euros, the car park at the Matilda Street and taken into operation in early 2005, although the available parking space was underutilized 2003rd.

By Ferry

A canal between Bamberg and Nuremberg started operation in 1843.There was a port at Poppenreuth.A new canal with a port in Furth, the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, was completed in 1992, creating a navigable connection from the Rhine delta in Rotterdam to the Danube Delta on the Black Sea.

Key places to visit
City Theatre Furth, Jewish Museum of Franconia, Radio Museum Furth, City Museum Furth, Flea market, Metropol Marathon, Michael's Parish Fair, Beach Volleyball Championship

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Places to Visit

City Theatre Furth

was built by the Viennese theatre architects Fellner & Helmer in the Italian Renaissance and Baroque styles.It is very similar to the municipal theatre of the Ukrainian town of Chernivtsi, which was designed by the same architects.Another playhouse the Comodie Furth, is now housed in the Jugendstil building known as the Berolzheimerianum.Regular appearances are made by the Franconian cult comedians Volker Heibmann and Martin Rassau better known by their alter egos Waltraud and Mariechen.The playhouse hosts other appearances by German stars of comedy theatre.

Jewish Museum of Franconia

has three locations in Fuerth, Schnaittach and Schwabach.All museum facilities devoted to the history and culture of Jews in Franconia.Body of the museum is an association founded in 1990. Its members are the foundation of the district of Middle Franconia Middle Franconia, the town of Furth, Nuremberg County, the municipality and the city Schnaittach Schwabach.The Jewish Museum of Franconia in Schnaittach was established in 1570, built the synagogue and ritual bath house with attached rabbi. In its permanent exhibition, the museum presents a unique architectural site in southern Germany and one of the most important collections of ancient Jewish rural life.The Jewish Museum of Franconia in Schwabach is a gem of European Jewish Heritage: an historical symbol of Tabernacles with rich wall paintings from the 18th Century.

Radio Museum Furth

was founded in October 1993. It had its place over many years in an outbuilding of the castle Burgfarrnbach.Since late 2001, it is at a historically central and convenient location in Furth: on the grounds of the former headquarters of the electronics company Grundig.On display here is the complete development of broadcasting from its beginnings to the current status, many old radios as well as tape recorders and TV can affect the issue alive.Special areas offer a rich range of specialized topics.

City Museum Furth

The beginnings of the collection go to the merchant members of the Imperial Parliament and Conrad Gebhardt (1791-1864) back, who donated his collection to the city of Fuerth.This was shown for the first time since 1937 in the "old hospital", which had to be discontinued in 1945, when the premises as a retirement home in Furth resettled refugees were used.After 1981 the complete reconstruction of the castle Burgfarrnbach the City Museum in the same year there was reopened and operated until 2006. Since 2007 the city of Furth museum in downtown, housed in the building of the former Otto School.In addition to exhibits from the Bronze Age to the present range, is shown on numerous boards and video installations, the development history of the city of Fuerth.Part of the exhibition named after Ludwig Erhard is dedicated. Another focus is the economic history of the city. This will include the Bavarian Ludwig Railway the first rail link in Germany at all Furth Nuremberg presented combined, and the main industries in the city such as mirrors or toy making.A special feature of this museum are some smelling stations where the visitor gets by opening a valve from an odor impression of the time.

Flea market

is in the original sense a market in which goods are offered freely used by private individuals from acquiring pressure.It is named after the late medieval clothes flea market offerings of the princes. Once left to the people, has acted with these garments.It also changed one or the other flea on the host.The large traditional flea markets are often volunteers from associations or specially established working groups in the respective municipalities organized.The special atmosphere of these - usually only once or twice a year take place - events in some cities for a check-in tourism from the wider surrounding area.Many of the large flea markets are decorated with a variety of superlatives such as biggest, longest and oldest flea market in the city, region, country or the world.

Metropol Marathon

is a marathon running event in Furth ( Bavaria ), which is since 2007 held each June.Be offered a one marathon and relay marathon, a half marathon and 10-km run.Simultaneously with the 10-km runners go Walker and Nordic walkers on the 10-km course.The event started at 2007 as a millennium marathon in the 1000-year celebration of the city, since 2008 the called metropolitan marathon.The marathon and half marathon are each a circular course.The marathon route (as of 2009) leads from the start to the Furth freedom by the Fuerth districts Ronhof, bag, barns, Mannhof, Vach, Atzenhof, Unterfarrnbach, Burgfarrnbach, Oberfurberg, Unterfurberg, Dambach and the Southern Fuerth back into the city center.The aim is also to freedom of Furth.The route is almost entirely bumpy and curvy. It leads to small sections of roads at the end of the city center of Fuerth cobblestones.The half marathon course has a similar profile.

Michael's Parish Fair

is one of the oldest and largest folk festivals in Franconia.About the origins of the fair there are no deeds.However, as the eponymous Michael's Church at 1100 was built it is assumed that the first time the festival took place at this time and is thus performed for 900 years.Each year it begins on the feast of the Archangel Michael ( September 29 ) the following Saturday and lasts 12 days. The highlight is the fair on the second Sunday Erntedankfestzug held with 3,000 participants and 100,000 spectators.Meanwhile approximately 1.5 million visitors annually visit the fair.They are found in the inner city on the freedom of Fuerth and the federal highway 8 instead the latter is blocked for the duration of the event.The street fair is the largest Michaeliskichweih Bavaria.

Beach Volleyball Championship

The first beach volleyball tournaments in Germany took place in 1989.Two years later the German Volleyball Federation set up the first time in a tournament series.Since 1992 the German Cup final and the climax of the series.The premiere was in Ostseebad Damp discharged before 1993 Timmendorfer beach established as a permanent venue.With the premiere of the Masters Series which also in the daily topics were mentioned, to put the continued development of the sport.The number of tournaments from seven had more than tripled to 24.1997 separated the inner-city organizer tournaments and events on the beach and in the ensuing years they reduced the number of cups Beach.The interest of the spectators remained however - partly because of the international success of German players - there.2005 the national beach volleyball sport went through a crisis. Having had occurred in the previous year only five Masters Tournaments should TV broadcasts on RTL series to help the new attention but after a summer ended the cooperation of television stations as well as the marketer Sportfive.Since 2006 the only German tournament series the Smart Beach Tour.

Right Time to Visit

September - December
February - May

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