FORTE CULTURA® guided tours promise very special insights into the fascinating fortress worlds of the stations on our cultural route. Whether in historical costume, on underground paths or with exclusive content, the guided tours with our certified FORTE CULTURA® tour guides are always an experience.
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FORTE CULTURA fortress tours
West Wall cycle tour
Willy and the landlady - on the trail of a ghost
Romans, robbers, revolutionaries
Wine, women and history
Scary tour or city rally
Join forces with the all-knowing skeleton Hubertus and go in search of the Germersheim fortress ghost Willi. Or you can start the town rally and learn about the history of the fortress town in an exciting puzzle and adventure game.
Culinary city and fortress tours
FORTE CULTURA guide Andreas Baus will take you on an enjoyable tour of Germersheim. You have the choice: a guided tour of the town with mulled wine or a culinary tour of the town and fortress including a 3-course menu - 1 course each in a selected restaurant in the fortress town.
Guided tour of the town and fortress
Experience the typical flair of a southern Palatinate district town on the Upper Rhine and explore the impressive, well-preserved military buildings of the former royal Bavarian fortress town of Germersheim, including the "Germersheim Underworld" with casemates and mine passages.
Europe's battlefields, war and military sites 1815 and 1944-45
Unforgettable and customised guided tours to the battlefields, war and military sites of Europe: Normandy and the D-Day beaches, Market Garden and the Battle of the Scheldt in the Netherlands, Berchtesgaden / Zell am See, Berlin, the battlefield of Waterloo 1815 and all other historic war destinations in Europe. Guided tours in English and French.
The defence history of a Black Forest mountain
What visitors to the Hornisgrinde hardly realise is that the highest mountain in the northern Black Forest was a restricted military area until 1999 and the striking lookout tower was only opened to the public in 2005. The traces of the military past harbour a few surprises.
3-Hills Tour
in the Grinden Black Forest
Along the Black Forest High Road, you can generally enjoy fantastic views as far as the Vosges mountains. Hardly anyone knows that fortifications from 400 years of defence history lie hidden here, waiting to be conquered by curious visitors.
Neumühl camouflage bunker - hidden history on the Upper Rhine
The Kehl-Strasbourg area has been militarily fortified since early times in order to secure the Rhine crossing there. Immerse yourself in times gone by and discover the Neumühl camouflage bunker and its very special history and function in the Westwall defence system.
City tour with
Kunigunde von Lüder
The old saying "As strong as Ziegenhain" symbolises the strength and durability of the once impregnable state fortress of Hesse. Learn more about the exciting history of the confirmation town and its fortifications from Kunigunde von Lüder, the wife of the fortress commander.
The gate tour with gatekeeper Heiadahl
Gatekeeper Heiadahl takes you on a tour through the centuries. Which gates led into Ulm at what time and where? Who was allowed in and who had to stay outside? How were unwelcome visitors deterred? When was a bar put up?
City walk with midwife Josefine
Enter the fortified town of Germersheim on the Rhine through the imposing Weissenburg Gate with midwife Josefine and experience an entertaining walk through the town. As a "contemporary witness" of the 1880s, Josefine will guide you through the hustle and bustle of the town at that time.
