Where you can experience “Arts and Crafts”

“Traditions and Customs” campaign theme 2015
Where you can experience “Arts and Crafts”
Baden-Württemberg
Cuckoo clock
The cuckoo clock was invented in the Black Forest in the mid-19th
century and for the most part is still modelled on the original
design.
Bavaria
Glassmaking
For four and a half centuries the historical kilns along the 250 km
long Glass Route in the Bavarian Forest have been creating fragile
artefacts from molten glass that is more than 1200 degrees hot,
viscous and with an orange-red hue.
Berlin
Clärchen's Ball
House
Dancing and eating has been going on in this traditional, iconic
dance hall for more than 100 years.
Brandenburg
Barge building
At the open-air museum Lehde, you can see how a typical
Spreewald barge is built. It takes around eight days for a master
builder to build one before it glides along on the canals for around
30 years.
Bremen
Ship,
Automotive and
Aircraft
The Hanseatic city of Bremen is considered the capital of the ship
building industry. The first commercial airport in Germany was built
here and is where the European module for the international space
station was assembled. The city is also home to more than 600
automotive suppliers.
Hamburg
Maritime
Museum
The International Maritime Museum in Hamburg is a must for
everyone with an interest in the different facets of the sea and
shipping.
Hessen
Hessen Park
The open-air museum Hessenpark in Taunus is the place to
experience the Hessian hand crafted traditions in close quarters.
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Otto-Lilienthal
Museum
The museum named after the German aviation pioneer tells the
story of the beginnings of aviation at the end of the 19th century.
Lower Saxony
Blue printing
Blue print is a dyeing process for linen and cotton fabrics that
creates white patterns on a blue background. It is a reserve print
with so-called moulds, with which the fabric is printed, using an
adhesive protective mass, and then coloured with indigo.
North Rhine-Westphalia
Industrial
culture
Themed routes throughout the state lead to all kinds of different
industrial monuments, including collieries, gas-metres, coking
plants, blast furnaces, production and hydraulic plants.
Rhineland-Palatinate
Gemstones
In the region around Idar-Oberstein and on the German
“Edelsteinstrasse” (Gemstone Route), visitors can follow the
gemstone route from the mines, to the processing facilities, to the
final piece of jewellery.
Saarland
Villeroy & Boch
Behind the baroque facade of the former Benedictine abbey
Mettlach, the world’s largest ceramics company has been
manufacturing ceramics here for more than 260 years. A ceramic
museum provides information about the history of the family
dynasty.
Saxony
Woodcarving
The Erzgebirge mountains, known for their idyllic scenery and their
800-year-old mining history, are home to a unique woodcarving
tradition.
Saxony-Anhalt
Salt boiling
At the Technical Salt-Panners and Saline Museum in Halle/Saale
(city of the rich brine springs), the salt-panners still extract salt
according to ancient traditions. Visitors can watch them at work.
Schleswig-Holstein
Ceramics town
of Kellinghusen
The abundance of clay led to the establishment of the faience
earthenware factories and it is possible to visit many ceramic
workshops.
Thuringia
Christmas tree
decorations
The glass ornaments that adorn the Christmas tree – the
Christmas tree baubles – originated from Lauscha. Visitors can
watch the glass blowers show off their work in their workshops and
buy some ornaments.
Further information about the “Traditions and Customs” campaign theme can be found at
www.germany.travel/tradition.
L'Office National Allemand du Tourisme
L'Office National Allemand du Tourisme (ONAT), dont le siège se trouve à Francfort-sur-le-Main,
est le « syndicat d'initiative » national de l'Allemagne. Il promeut les activités touristiques de
l'Allemagne pour le compte du ministère fédéral de l'Économie et de l'Énergie (BMWi), qui lui
apporte son soutien en vertu d'une décision du Parlement fédéral allemand. L'ONAT élabore et
communique des stratégies et des produits visant à renforcer l'image positive des destinations
touristiques allemandes à l'étranger et à stimuler le tourisme en Allemagne. Pour mener à bien
cette mission, il possède 30 représentations locales dans le monde. Pour plus d'informations,
consultez notre centre de presse en ligne à l'adresse www.germany.travel/presse.