Constance The Literary City Tour
Litera tour with poetry through Constance!
Many poets and scholars have written about and in Constance: the knight and minstrel Wolkenstein, the poets Rilke, Goethe and Schwab, the writers Scheffel, Zweig and Kisch, the medieval mystic Heinrich Suso, the French novelist Honoré de Balzac, who made Constance the scene of one of his 'brazen stories', the future Pope Pius II, the reformer Jan Hus, the humanists Leonardo Bruni and Erasmus of Rotterdam, the essayist Michel de Montaigne, even Sigmund Freud - to name but a few!
We offer you a contemplative and sensual city tour full of poetry. Follow in the footsteps of numerous poets and see the city through their eyes!
We visit places where literature originated and/or was written about in Konstanz and recite the corresponding texts.
Let yourself be enchanted by literary constancy!
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Constance The Literary City Tour
What's included in Constance The Literary City Tour
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Constance Harbour
The first stop is at the port in front of the historic council building. A pope was elected here in 1417. Our guide will tell you about participants of the Council and who immortalized the city literary at that time. Here you will also get to know the port beauty of Constance called Imperia , an impressive statue of an equally impressive lady who allegedly turned the heads of all men 600 years ago, during the Council period, and inspired Honoré de Balzac to write his "Bold Stories".
Stadtgarten
Lake Constance was already described in Roman antiquity. Overlooking the Swabian Sea, you will listen to our guide, who poets and scientists were inspired by the city and lake to write poetic works - or were mistaken.
Here, in the former Dominican monastery, the mystic Heinrich Suso worked in the 14th century. Your guide will introduce you to some of his beautiful poems here.
Inclusions
- Personal guide, only for your group
- Tipping
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting Points
- Meeting point is at the Historical Harbour Clock, next to the Council building and the ticket office of the Bodensee ship companies.
End Points
- Located right in the city center and the pedestrian zone.
