World Tour Guide Day, 2017
In Feb. 2016, during the Annual meeting in Leipzig, the members of the Tour Guide Association of Germany (Bundesverband der Gästeführer Deutschlands e.V.) decided that the theme, "Reform, Time for Change" would be the motto for this years World Tour Guide Day in Germany. This theme is perfect for Frankfurt.
Participation on all of the tours is free, but we are asking for a donation that will be given to this charity:
KALTE BUS
This is a bus that helps the homeless on cold winter nights, giving out blankets, hot drinks and a place to get warm.
Frankfurter Verein für soziale Heimstätten e.V.
Telephone - 069- 431414
SATURDAY, 18 FEBRUARY
10.00 Uhr Rund um die Altstadt - Veränderungen in Frankfurt von 1400 bis heute (deutsch)
Treffpunkt: Justitiabrunnen auf dem Römerberg, Frankfurt
Guide: Clemens Hoh
10.00 Uhr La reforma protestante desde la mirada de Katharina von Bora Lutero (spanisch)
Treffpunkt: Justitiabrunnen auf dem Römerberg, Frankfurt
Guide: Marli Candido da Silva Bruns
12.00 Uhr Frankfurt - mainio muuttuva kaupunki Mainin rannalla (finnisch)
Treffpunkt: Eingang der Alten Nikolaikirche, Römerberg, Frankfurt
Guide: Tuula Maria Savastano
12.30 Uhr Ziel: Frankfurt - Reformation und Flucht in der Renaissance (deutsch)
Treffpunkt: Skulptur Bulle und Bär, Börsenplatz, Frankfurt
Guide: Michael Luh
13.00 Uhr 1948, Reforms that Changed a Nation (englisch)
Treffpunkt: Touristeninformation am Hauptbahnhof, Frankfurt
Guide: Jo Ator
14.00 Uhr Als die Franziskaner protestantisch wurden... – Geschichten rund um die Reformation in Frankfurt (deutsch)
Treff: Eingang der Paulskirche, Paulsplatz, Frankfurt
Guide: Andrea Maschke
15.00 Uhr Balade au temps de Luther, de la Réforme et des Huguenots à Francfort (französisch)
Treffpunkt: Eingang der Alten Nikolaikirche, Römerberg, Frankfurt
Guide: Camille Alcaraz
15.00 Uhr Eine kleine Geschichte des Judentums - Vom Ghetto in die Gegenwart (deutsch)
Treffpunkt: Eingang des Museums Judengasse, Battonnstraße, Frankfurt
Guide: Sascha Stefan Ruehlow
17.00 Uhr Der Frankfurter Generalstaatsanwalt Fritz Bauer und seine Zeit (deutsch)
Treffpunkt: Eingang ehem. Polizeigefängnis Klapperfeld, Klapperfeldstraße 5, Frankfurt
Guide: Sascha Stefan Ruehlow
SUNDAY 19 FEBRUARY
10.00 Uhr La reforma protestante desde la mirada de Katharina von Bora Lutero (spanisch)
Treffpunkt: Justitiabrunnen auf dem Römerberg, Frankfurt
Guide: Marli Candido da Silva Bruns
11.00 Uhr Das einzig Stetige ist der Wandel... aktuelle Bauprojekte (deutsch)
Treffpunkt: Eingang des Taunusturms, Taunustor 1, Frankfurt
Guide: Verena Röse
11.00 Uhr Fahrradtour: Zeit für Veränderung im Frankfurter Westen (deutsch)
Treffpunkt: Eingang an Treppe zum Rebstockbad, Frankfurt
Guide: Annette Evans
Hinweis: Bitte Fahrrad mitnehmen!
14.00 Uhr Reforming the old town of Frankfurt – past, present and future (englisch)
Treffpunkt: Domplatz vor dem Kaiserdom St. Bartolomäus, Frankfurt
Guide: Isabel Bergen
The program for World Tour Guide Day for all of Germany as well as more information about the association, "German National Tourist Guide Association" can be found at this website: http://www.bvgd.org/en/
World Tour Guide Day, 2015
"We can really use this!" exclaimed Georgia v. Holtzapfel, who is the coordinator for the Katharinen Church charity that cares for the homeless. "With this donation, we will be able pay for almost an entire brunch." Last weekend, the Association of Frankfurt Tour Guides (Verein Frankfurter Gästeführer) offered a number of free tours for which they asked for donations that would support the Katharinen Church Charity for the Homeless.
"In 2015, we set a new record for donations" declared Dieter Wesp, the chairperson of the Association of Frankfurt Tour Guides as he handed over 926 € to Georgia v. Holzapfel and the Minisiter Gita Leber.
Since 1986, the Katharinen Church has organized "Winter Meals". From January til the beginning of Februrary, the homeless of Frankfurt are offered a free lunch on a daily basis. The "Sunday Brunch "began this year on 15 March. On 9 Sundays, from 11:15-13:30, a complete breakfast is prepared and served. Normally, about 200 guests have been able to enjoy these brunches every time they have taken place. The "Winter Meals" and the "Sunday Brunch" are complety financed with donations.
The Association of Frankfurt Tour Guides regularly offer their time and knowledge for good causes. In the past, their donations went to the Aids-Hilfe Frankfurt and to the Franziskustreff.
World Tour Guide Day, 2014
"We can really put this to good use" said Father Paulus, an imposing man of 110 kg. spread out over 190 cm. The "Association of Frankfurt Tour Guides" was able to donate 807 € on Friday, 4 April, 2014 to the Chef of the Franziskustreff.
The Frankziskustreff, which is located between the Liebfrauen Church and the Kapuziner Cloister, and very near the Zeil, offers the poor and homeless a breakfast every day between 07:45-11:45. Usually, between 150-200 people show up each day. "Around the end of the month, more people will show up" noted Father Paulus checking the list of names. An absolute accurate count is needed to be sure that the food is able to be financed.
The Association of Frankfurt Tour Guides offer free tours every year on World Tour Guide Day, during which they ask the participants to make a donation for a specific charity. This year it was the Franziskus Treff. For Soeren Appuhn, the chairperson of the Association of Frankfurt Tour Guides, the Klosterhof of the Franziskus Treff is a special spot in the city. A small oasis of stillness in the middle of noisy chaos, that he enjoys showing to his tour groups.
