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Canoeing is possible on the Unstrut and You obtain detailed information at the local Tourist Information Offices. You can buy online a German Language Map for Canoeing and Rowing on the Unstrut and Saale rivers from a German bookseller via Abebooks UK The German Canoeing Association has published a - German Language - survey map in 2003, you can buy the map from a German bookseller via Abebooks UK
addresses & links >> Werra RiverFrom the 17th to the 19th century, the Hanseatic League transported goods on the Werra and Weser rivers from Bremen to the south. In Wanfried the ships were unloaded and transport continued overland. You canoe from Meiningen to Bad Salzungen, or from Creuzburg, to Treffurt and Eschwege. On the Werra you canoe past trading posts and castles of times gone by. Attracted by the brine springs, Celts settled in the river valley near Bad Salzungen and Vacha. You reach Meiningen and Bad Salzungen via Eisenach by train, there are buses to Eschwege and Creuzburg from Goettingen or Eisenach. top of page << Unstrut RiverOn the Unstrut River local merchandise was transported in the 19th century: Sandstone and limestone, salt, brown coal, cereal, turnips, wood, hay and straw. From Straussfurt onwards you can canoe on the Unstrut river up to the mouth into the Saale river near Naumburg. You pass shelly limestone and sandstone mountains, castles, palaces, parks and vineyards. Wendelstein Castle, the cloister of Memleben, Laucha and the vintners' town Freyburg are worth stopping over. You reach Straussfurt and Naumburg by train via Erfurt or Leipzig. top of page << SaaleMainly wood was transported on the Saale river between Thuringian Forest and Schiefer mountains. By train, you reach Rudolstadt via Erfurt or Leipzig and Jena. Canoeing on the Saale river starts at Rudolstadt. The storage lakes at the Saale Dam are ideal for any type of water sports. At the Saale river you stay in the residential towns of very small provincial princes and visit their palaces. top of page <<
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