People staying in Weilheim Map of Weilheim i. Oberbay. Hotel Vollmann is a 10 minute walk from the train station. If you are arriving late (e.g. later than 20:00), please make sure the Hotel knows, and arrangements are made. Hotel Vollmann closes quite early, but puts keys and reception packages for a limited number of guests in boxes that can be opened with a pre-arranged code. For dinner on Thursday the 21 st, 19:00, we have reserved at Gasthof Oberbräu a 10 minute walk from Hotel Vollmann in Weilheim. Please let us know if you want to come. On Friday the 22 nd, we have mini-buses leaving at Hotel Vollmann between 08:00 and 08:15 and arriving at Hohenpeißenberg Observatory between 08:30 and 08:45. We have seats for all people staying at Hotel Vollmann, that have told us so. If you did not tell us where you are staying, but want to take the mini-bus, please tell us a.s.a.p.
People staying in Peiting Map of Peiting Hotel Pfaffenwinkel and Hotel Dragoner are 10 to 15 minute walks from train stations Peiting Ost and Peiting Nord. Maybe a bit shorter from Peiting Nord. Coming from Weilheim, Peiting Ost is the 1 st stop after Hohenpeißenberg, Peiting Nord the 2 nd. If you are arriving late at your Hotel (e.g. later than 21:00), please make sure the Hotel knows, and arrangements are made. Most Hotels have no 24 hour reception!! If you want to come to the dinner on Thursday, 21 st, 19:00 in Weilheim please let us know. Be in front of Hotel Dragoner at 18:30. Ulf Köhler, Christian Plass-Dülmer, or Wolfgang Steinbrecht can give you a ride, also on the way back. (Alternatively take the train leaving Peiting Nord at 18:08 arriving Weilheim 18:42) On Friday, 22 nd, we will pick up people staying in Peiting and bring them to Hohenpeißenberg Observatory. Please be at Hotel Dragoner between 08:00 and 08:15. We have seats for all people staying at Hotels Dragoner and Pfaffenwinkel, that have told us so. If you did not tell us where you are staying, but want to get a ride, please tell us a.s.a.p.
Hohenpeißenberg on Friday, 22 nd Map of Hohenpeißenberg We are not expecting people to walk from Hohenpeißenberg train station to the Observatory. It is a pleasant uphill walk (about 250 m height difference), but it will take around 45 minutes and you will arrive sweating. If you cannot get a ride from Weilheim or Peiting (see previous pages), and need to be picked up at Hohenpeißenberg station please let us know a.s.a.p. If you want to walk: leave yourself enough time to walk and to cool down. People travelling by car: There are about 20 parking spots at the observatory. Please drive through the gate, then follow instructions. When these inside parking spots are filled: Please park on the big parking lot at the top of Hohenpeißenberg, or on the smaller lot a few meters down (500 meter walk to the meeting room). People with disabilities: Please drive all the way to the observatory building. Leaving the observatory on Friday 22 nd. Since driving to Munich (or Weilheim, or the airport) is not faster than taking the train, we will drive people to Hohenpeißenberg Station: Dep. observatory dep. Hpberg station arr. Munich Hbf arr. Munich Airport 14:00 14:17 15:26 16:26 15:00 15:17 16:26 17:26 16:00 16:17 17:26 18:26 17:00 17:17 18:26 19:26
MUC airport 90 km Hohenpeißenberg Reaching Hohenpeißenberg Observatory: The Observatory is about 60 km southwest of Munich, on top of a big hill / small mountain, almost 1000 m above sea level. It can be reached by S-Bahn from MUC airport to Munich Hbf (45 minutes, every 10 minutes) then by train from Munich Hbf to Hohenpeißenberg station with change in Weilheim i. Obb. (1 hour, every hour, 2 hours from Munich airport, www.bahn.de), then 45 minute uphill hike or arranged pick-up by mini-bus from observatory. by car: Munich Starnberg Weilheim - Hohenpeißenberg, or Munich Landsberg West Schongau - Hohenpeißenberg (about 1 hour from Munich, 2 hours from Munich airport) To buy train tickets, the easiest way is to buy them online at www.bahn.de. Print the ticket and bring the ID you gave when buying the online ticket. The tickets will give a specific connection, but for the local trains (Nahverkehr) from Munich airport all the way to Schongau they are valid on all trains on that day (including the ones after midnight). Because of Octoberfest in München, trains to Munich will be very packed on Saturday and Sunday morning. Trains from Munich will be full / not very pleasant later in the evenings. Hohenpeißenberg is on the Weilheim-Peißenberg-Peiting-Schongau train-line.
Address & phone numbers Meteorologisches Observatorium 82383 Hohenpeißenberg Sept. 22nd 2017, 09:00 to 16:00 Info.mohp@dwd.de +49-69-8062-9710 Martina.Sedlmayr@dwd.de +49-69-8062-9701 Wolfgang.Steinbrecht@dwd.de +49-69-8062-9772 +49-1520-755-3825 Ulf.Köhler@dwd.de +49-69-8062-9771 +49-160-210-0754 Fritz.Schönenborn@dwd.de +49-69-8062-9790 +49-1523-401-2107
Possible Accomodations / Übernachtungsmöglichkeiten: If traveling by train we recommend Weilheim, Schongau, Peiting, Hohenpeißenberg, Peißenberg Bei Anreise mit dem Zug empfehlen wir Weilheim, Schongau, Peiting, Hohenpeißenberg, Peißenberg Weilheim is on the Munich-Garmisch train line, nice local center, restaurants and pubs Weilheim liegt an der Zuglinie München-Garmisch, schönes Ortszentrum, Restaurants und Kneipen Hotel Vollmann Weilheim i. Obb. www.hotel-vollmann.com +49 (0)881-92 77 18 60 (1)!! reserve by email!! Allgäuer Hof * Weilheim i. Obb. allgaeuer-hof-weilheim.de +49 (0)881-2086 Peiting and Schongau are on the Weilheim-Schongau train line (10 to 15 min from train station), nice local centers, restaurants and pubs Peiting and Schongau liegen an der Zuglinie Weilheim-Schongau (10 bis 15 min vom Bahnhof), schönes Ortszentrum, Restaurants und Kneipen Pfaffenwinkel Peiting www.hotelpfaffenwinkel.de +49 (0)88 61-25 26 0 Dragoner Peiting www.hotel-dragoner.de +49 (0)88 61-25 07 0 Zechenschänke * Peiting www.zechenschenke.de +49 (0)88 61-68 16 4 Alte Post Schongau www.altepost-schongau.de +49 (0)88 61-23 20 0 Blaue Traube Schongau blaue-traube-schongau.de +49 (0)88 61-30 60 Hotel Holl Schongau www.hotel-holl-schongau.de +49 (0)88 61-23 31 0 less attractive town, on Weilheim-Schongau train-line, Gasthof Post is longer walk from station (20 min) weniger attraktive Ortschaft, an der Zuglinie Weilheim-Schongau, Gasthof Post zu Fuß 20 min vom Bahnhof Gasthof Post Peißenberg www.gasthofpostpeissenberg.de +49 (0)88 03-842 Pension Andrea Peißenberg www.pensionandrea.de +49 (0)88 03-63 71 71 Gasthaus Sonne Peißenberg www.sonnepeissenberg.com +49 (0)88 03-48 97 96 simpler accomodation, 15 to 30 min walk from train station, ½ hour hike to observatory, less attractive town on Weilheim-Schongau train line einfachere Unterkünfte, 15 bis 30 Minuten vom Bahnhof, ½ Stunde zu Fuß bergauf zum Observatorium, weniger attraktive Ortschaft, an der Zuglinie Weilheim-Schongau, Rigi-Alm Hohenpeißenberg rigi-alm.de +49 (0)88 05-255 Gästehaus am Rathaus +49 (0)88 05-95 45 47 Hohenpeißenberg www.gaestehaus-amrathaus.de Beautiful, but remote, car necessary / schön, aber nur mit Kfz zu erreichen Gasthof Paterzell www.landgasthofeibenwald.de +49 (0)88 09 92 04 0 Eibenwald Zauberhütte Birkland www.zauberhuette.com +49 (0)88 09-205 (1) info@hotel-vollmann.com don t book via website, refer to Meeting Deutscher Wetterdienst (1) info@hotel-vollmann.com nicht über Website, Veranstaltung Deutscher Wetterdienst angeben *very basic accomodation * sehr einfache Unterkunft see also / siehe auch: www.bayregio-weilheim.de/tourismus/hotel.htm, www.booking.com, www.hrs.de