Lorrach - Germany

Lorrach - a charming city in Southern Black Forest

Lorrach is a town of surprising diversity, a lively, loveable and pulsating place between Basel and the Alsace; the Vosges and the Black Forest nearby.
With around 49,000 inhabitants, Lorrach is an attractive shopping and cultural venue with great hospitality.  Art meetings and a lively scene enrich the atmospheric impression on streets ans squares in the town.

Culture and enjoyment are synonyms here, from, Bridge Gallery to STIMMEN vocal festival, from Wine Village to Culture Night.  Discover art in public spaces, in streets and squares in the city centre,
best explored on foot on trails like the sculpture trail Skulturenweg"

The Sxulpture Trail - incorporating works by Bernd Goehring, Ulrich Ruckrien and Bruce Nauman, amognst others - criss-crosses through the town centre. Original fountains and statues adorn and enliven the streets and squares of the pedestrian zone.

The international  vocal festival STIMMEN is a real highlight of the town's cultural calendar.  It takes place every year in July.   Since 1994, the festival has been transforming Lorrach into a centre of vocal artistry and bringing Mediterranean flair to the streets. Besides, exceptional international stars from popular music, it is the less spectacular, the more quiet and focused concerts that really attract visitors ( www.stimmen.com)

For nature lovers
Rottein Castle towers over the town and is a must for all nature explorers.  From June to August, the open-air theatre draws in visitors to watch performances of the Burgfestpiele festival with the castle  ruins as a backdrop.

Lorrach Three Countries Museum offers a permanent exhibition on the three countries as well as themed temporary exhibitions so that there is always something interesting, historical and new for visitors St Ottilien Church in Obertullingen was built on a striking spot here back in 1113.  The church is also one of the many, Mythical places on the Upper Rhine' (www.mythische-arte.eu)

The bianational, Tullinger Wine Trail" also runs along the hills from Lorrach via Riehen (CF) and Weil an Rhein (www.derweitweg.de) and links to the Markagaifier Wilwegli" which begins in Grenzach Numerous regional and national footpaths, hiking trails and cycle routes begin and pass through Lorrach. Examples include the West Trail or the Upper Rhine RomanCycle Path,

Lorrach - an ideal starting point for all kinds of adventure.

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