Jena Cospeda
The Windknollen is a nature reserve area north west of Jena residing on the hills around Jena. There have been severe battles between Napoleon's groups and Prussia.
The Canadian artist Janet Cardiff created one of her unique soundwalks across these battlefields of 1806.
Wednesday, April 16th, 2014
Meeting Point 1: Hauptbahnhof Weimar, 13 / 1pm SHARP at the Platform 2.
The train leaves at 13:05 as RE 3707/3627 from Platform 2
Meeting Point 2 Jena: Westbahnhof, Arrival: ~13.21, Platform 2
Meeting Point 3 Jena/Papiermühle: ~13.50 plus/minus one Bus
Bus via Line 16 from "Holzmarkt/Stadtzentrum" to "Mühltal" or via Line 14 from "Volkshaus" to "Langetal",
see: ÖPNV (Public Transport Map)
see: Haltestellen Jena
see: Netzplan Jena
Tour: http://www.komoot.de/tour/2523580#
~45 min walk to the Musum 1806 in Cospeda via Sonnenberghorizontale and Windknollen
Memory Walk (Sound Walk) from Janet Cardiff
~25 min walk back via Lutherkanzel
Bus (or ~45 min walk) back to Jena West
RE or RB back to Weimar Hbf
Things to pack:
- Bottle of water
- Light rain jacket (just in case…)
- Appropriate footwear (really important, the trail at the Sonnenberghorizontale and the Lutherkanzel is narrow and steep!)
- Custom headphones for the sound walk (if you prefer good ones)
- 1,50 € in coins (audio walk fee)
- An ID card as deposit
- Student card to use the train and the bus