ENROLMENT Please complete the enrolment form and
send, together with a SAE and deposit cheque for £200.00
(made payable to FH&T Travel), to Lesley Crombie, Study
Tour Travel, 2 Old Pump Lane, Greasby, Wirral CH49 3GQ
(Tel: 0151 677 0648). Email: [email protected]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I/We wish to join the ‘Study tour to Dresden & Leipzig’ 25th September 1st October 2017
ADRIAN SUMNER
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STUDY TOUR TRAVEL
ART IN DRESDEN & LEIPZIG (incl MEISSEN)
Study Tour to Saxony & Bavaria
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25th September - 1st October 2017
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Dresden, capital city of the Free State of Saxony, and long associated with the Kings and
Electors of Saxony, was once known as ‘the Jewel Box’, because of its wealth of Baroque and
Rococo architecture. Largely destroyed by fire-bombing in the Second World War(see Kurt
Vonnegut’s ‘Slaughterhouse Five’), the Old City centre has now been restored, and shines in
all (well, most) of its former glory. Meissen, historically credited with the creation of the finest
porcelain in the West, has collections to prove it and public spaces and buildings which
provide the perfect setting. Leipzig, Germany’s Boomtown since the Wall came down, and a
significant player in the anti-Communism revolution of 1989, is the largest city in Saxony, and
its ‘most livable’. Having the world’s oldest continuous trade fair, dating from the Middle Ages,
the largest public Memorial in Germany, and one of Europe’s great great Opera Houses
(associated with Felix Mendelssohn), Leipzig has survived the Soviets and thrives in the
present day.
Leader: Adrian Sumner
DRESDEN, LEIPZIG incl MEISSEN
Monday 25th September Depart Manchester at 8.50am on Lufthansa flight to
Dresden via Frankfurt arriving 1.40pm. Unfortunately no direct flights. Coach
transfer to hotel with panoramic tour to be included
Tuesday 26th September DRESDEN
Visits to the Zwinger(mit Semperbau) with the Old Masters
gallery(Gemaldegalerie) and the Porcelain Collection. Dresden Royal
Palace(Residenzschloss) with the Twin Green Vaults, the Treasure
Chamber of Augustus the Strong, and the celebrated Turkish Chamber.
Then Dresden Cathedral(Cathedral of the Holy Trinity).
Wednesday 27th September
Visit to the New Masters Gallery at the Albertinum (painting from Caspar
David Friedrich to Gerhard Richter), plus the City’s Sculpture collection .
Dresden City Museum(including the Gallery of 19th and 20th Century Art).
Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady). Temporary Contemporary Exhibition(to
be established) at the Kunsthalle(on Bruhlschke Terrasse)
Thursday 28th September MEISSEN
Depart the hotel and drive to Meissen, with the Albrechtsburg Castle (the
Oldest Castle in Germany) Built from 1471 by the Gothic Master-builder
Arnold von Westfalen this is a masterpiece of ‘holistic’ design, standing on a
site high above the Elbe river. It also prides itself in telling the story of Saxony
using original objects and the best cutting-edge display technology. Features
also temporary and special exhibitions.
Meissen Porcelain Museum features the history of 300 years of porcelain
manufacture, and is the most comprehensive collection of Meissen porcelain in
the world. In addition, the MEISSENartCAMPUS collection features
contemporary Fine Art works in porcelain.
Meissen Cathedral. A hall-church built between 1260 and 1410 on the site of
the Episcopal see of the Bishopric of Meissen established by Otto the First
in 968AD, it replaces the original Romanesque structure, and contains the
tombs of numerous Electors and Dukes of Saxony, as well as works from the
studio of Lucas Cranach. Depart and drive onto our hotel in Leipzig
Friday 29th September LEIPZIG
A morning visit to Museum fur Bildenden Kunst (Museum of Fine Arts) with
works by; Neo Rauch, Lucas Cranach, Max Beckmann, Frans Hals, Pieter de
Hooch, Peter Paul Rubens, Rogier van der Weyden, Jan van Wijckersloot,
Gerrit van Honthorst, Jan van Goyen, Emmanuel de Witte, Gianlorenzo
Bernini, Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael, Salvator Rosa, Tintoretto, Wilhelm
Lehmbruck, Otto Dix, Max Klinger, Piranesi, Caspar David Friedrich, Paul
Delaroche, Auguste Rodin, Claude Monet, Lovis Corinth, Otto Mueller, Arnold
Böcklin, Wilhelm Leibl, Max Liebermann, Edvard Munch, Alexander Archipenko,
Oskar Kokoschka, Emil Nolde, Daniel Richter, Hans Baldung, and many others.
Followed by a walking tour of the Old Town, including; Old Town Hall and Market
Square (including the Thomaskirche- where JS Bach worked and where his mortal
remains remain, and the adjacent JS Bach Museum).
After lunch we go to the Nikolakirche, centre of the 1989 freedom movement, and
instrumental in the Revolution which brought down Communism. By tram or taxi to
the Grassi Museum of Applied Arts(90,000 objects from antiquity to the present
day), three museums displayed in a memorable Art Deco building.
Saturday 30th September
In the morning. by tram, to the Volkerschlachtdenkmal(Monument to the Battle of
the Nations), a massive and imposing edifice commemorating the fallen in yet
another of Napoleon’s campaigns.
Visit to the nearby Saint Alexi (Russian) Memorial Church. Built to commemorate
the 22,000 Russian troops who aided the Prussian and Swedish armies against
Napoleon , in the ‘Battle of the Nations’, this church boasts an 18 metre high
iconostasis and chandeliers made from Urals jasper..
After lunch a visit to the Ultra-Modern Propstei(Provost) Church of St Trinitas,
and the New Town Hall, then the ‘outstanding’ State History Museum, featuring
costume, paintings, sculptures, furniture, uniforms and household objects.
Sunday 1st October
At Leisure in Leipzig. Flight departs for Manchester at 7.45pm to arrive at 11.00pm
ACCOMMODATION: has been reserved for 3 nights in the Wyndham Garden Hotel
Dresden and 3 nights in the Arcona Living Back 14 Hotel in Leipzig, all on half-board
basis.
TRAVEL: By Lufthansa flights from Manchester to Dresden and returning from
Leipzig.. On foot and using trams, taxis etc
MUSEUM ENTRANCES: To be advised
INSURANCE: Group members should have their own or Study Link insurance, and
the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) with you.
FEE: Based on 20 persons £935.00 per person
Based on 25 persons £905.00
Single Room supplement £195.00
The fee includes half-board accommodation throughout the tour. Return flights,
coach transfers, tuition, handouts and maps. It does not include transport to
Manchester airport, lunches. refreshments, entrance fees or optional excursions.