Hotel Hohenzollern

Schleswig

Schleswig is just 40 km south of the Danish border and offers exciting history and culture. The city is over 1200 years old and calls itself the first city of Northern Europe. A stroll around the centre is recommended, where the city's cathedral is enthroned and hints at little Schleswig's more colourful past. Vikings settled along the Slien fjord, making the area an economic hub for 200 years. Later, the Dukes of Gottorp made Schleswig their power base from the 16th to 18th centuries. You can learn more about this historical heritage in the town's many museums.

Gottorp Slot

Visit Gottorp Castle with its beautiful baroque gardens and three art museums; the National Museum of Art, Cultural History and Archaeology.

The castle is located at the bottom of the river Slien and has played an important role in the many wars between the Danish kings and the Gottorp dukes.

Frederik I also ruled Denmark from Gottorp Castle.

Dannevirke

Dannevirke is the largest defensive structure and ancient monument in the Nordic countries. It consists of ramparts and walls and was created and expanded between the years 600 and 1200. The fortress was intended to secure the southern border of the kingdom and stretched across Jutland between the Slien fjord and the River Trenen. The Dannevirke served as a defensive fortification at the latest during the 1864 war (the Second Schleswig War), and the fortifications have an almost mythical role in Danish history.

Sønder Brarup

The small village Sønder Brarup is surrounded by beautiful nature with the Schleswig-Holstein hilly landscape in the background. The nearest beach is just 10 km away and the beautiful area around the Schlei (Slien) fjord, formed during the last ice age, can be enjoyed. There are also excellent fishing opportunities here.

There are Danish influences in the city, for example there is both a German and a Danish community school. Sønder Brarup's Danish school is one of the largest Danish schools in South Schleswig. The town also has a Danish congregation, which consecrated its new wooden church in December 2002.

Gammelby

All year round there are many opportunities for activities in and around Gammelby. Take a nice walk by the lake Windebyer Noor. The lake was once directly connected to the Baltic Sea, but during the ice age the outlet was partially blocked. In 1929, the town of Eckernförde finally built a dam that closed the connection to the sea, but today there are plans to open up the flow at the town. Moss rocks and fossils have also been found in the lake, which can now be seen at the Gottorp Castle Museum in Schleswig.

Fröruper Berge

Naturreservatet Fröruper Berge blev etableret i 1936. Landskabet er kendt for sit store moseområde, som blev skabt under istiden. Store dele af området er fredet.

Tarp open-air swimming pool

The small town of Tarp has a cosy open-air swimming pool that is open during the summer. There's fun for young and old alike. The large outdoor pool can be used for a nice swim, jumping on the seesaws, the water slides or just soaking in the children's pool. The outdoor pool is surrounded by green areas where you can enjoy the sun or the lunch you brought.

Seawater wave pool Eckernförde

If you like spa, wellness and pampering, a wellness holiday to Eckernförde in Northern Germany might be for you. Eckernförde is today mostly based on spa and wellness tourism and here you will find Meerwasser-Wellenbad Eckernförde which definitely deserves a visit - whether with or without the family. Meerwasser-Wellenbad offers a veritable hodgepodge of wellness experiences with Turkish and Finnish saunas, a snow room as well as a salt cave and various kinds of massages and of course plenty of water, both chlorine and salt water pools, as well as activities for the kids. A visit to the on-site bistro is also not to be denied, should hunger get the better of you. It serves both snacks and hot dishes, as well as drinks. Meerwasser-Wellenbad Eckernförde is therefore an ideal destination for a cheap car holiday in Germany.