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With support from Lufthansa, Rail Europe, Deutsche Bahn and organizations such as the Historic Highlights as well as its hotel partners, the German National Tourist Office is bringing the SATW members to Germany for 19 pre and post convention tours ranging from a culinary tour of the Black Forest with cooking classes led by Harald Wohlfahrt; a castle hotel tour; a trip to the beautiful towns of Bad Kissingen and Bad Woerishofen of Kneipp fame; and a golf tour to the top courses in northern Germany. On other popular tours, participants will explore the natural beauty of the Baltic Coast; experience the River Rhine, its castles and lore; learn about emigration; discover the capitals of Munich and Berlin; view the beauty of Franconia and the glass road in eastern Germany; view masterpieces of Bauhaus architecture; bike along Lake Constance and follow in Luther’s footsteps. Many participants also have opted for individual tours to the 14 charming towns, including Heidelberg, Muenster, Regensburg and Augsburg among others, that comprise the Historic Highlights association. www.historicgermany.com
The conference days will be filled with the SATW’s professional business meetings, networking opportunities and professional development classes emphasizing new media, freelancing with video and making money with mobile phone applications. In the evening, the members will be treated to special concerts at the Frauenkirche in Dresden; private tours of August the Strong’s treasure chamber, the Green Vault; as well as a dinner in the environs of the exotic Assisi Panometer and the racy Porsche factory outside of Leipzig. www.saxonytourism.com
A myriad of half and full day tours will take the journalists and media professionals by boat, steam railway, foot, bus and bike to experience Saxony’s land of Christmas in the Ore Mountains where the wooden toys and Christmas decorations are created for Germany’s Christmas markets; to the famous porcelain workshop in Meissen; the beautiful Sorb towns of Bautzen, Goerlitz and Zittau with their original architecture and tapestries. An Elbe river cruise will float the group past the Proschwitz Castle and vineyards and still others will explore where WWII prisoners were kept in Castle Colditz as well as hidden aspects of Cold War history hidden in outside of Leipzig. Not only will the journalists witness historical milestones such as where the beginning of Germany’s peaceful revolution and reunification took place but also walk on the pivoting edge of today’s modern art scene at Leipzig’s Spinnerei, the former cotton spinning factory.
Hosting the SATW Convention 2010 in two different, yet connected places in Germany’s eastern state of Saxony is a new and exciting approach to this annual event. Dresden and Leipzig are less than one hour away from each other and together display a wide range of Germany’s diversity with palaces, beautifully restored historic city centers, fascinating history from royal glamour to reunification. The ambience of Dresden and Leipzig has tension and excitement as the cities are rooted in the past but have embraced the future.
The GNTO welcomes the unusual opportunity to greet so many journalists at one time and to have the opportunity to show off the diverse aspects of the German culture while at the same time highlighting unifying aspects such as affordability, warm hospitality and ease of transportation and accessibility. Situated between nine European countries, Germany is in the heartland of Europe, a perfect nexus for any European trip, and the ancestral home for so many Americans and American traditions.
July 29, 2010 Posted in: Germany, Travel Industry Info
New concert room and library Leipsig (Leipzig) Saxony Germany, c. 1890s, (M) Library Image Library Images: This is a museum quality, reproduction print on premium paper with archival/UV resistant inks. This custom made, authentic reproduction would make an elegant gift or tasteful addition to the home or office.
Detroit Publishing Co. catalogue J,1905. Title on item: Leipzig. Neues Concerthaus & Bibliothek. Print no. 8158. Views of Germany
HISTORY OF PHOTOCHROM PRINTS
The photochrom process was initially developed in Switzerland and was spelled without an “e”, so the correct original spelling was actually “photochrom”. Once the process was introduced in America, the “e” was added to aid pronunciation. A Photochrom is a color photo lithograph, produced from a black-and-white negative. The final prints were created using different color impressions from multiple lithographic stones. The stones used by the publisher Detroit Photographic Company were imported from Bavaria and coated with a special Syrian ‘asphaltum’ substance that would be chemically sensitized to light, put in contact with a photographic negative, exposed to the sun for up to several hours, then “developed” in oils of turpentine. A separate stone would be made for each color to be used. A minimum of four stones and as many as fourteen stones might be used for a given image.
(Passage: American Photochrom Archive, Image: Library of Congress) New concert room and library Leipsig (Leipzig) Saxony Germany, c. 1890s, (M) Library Image
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