Date: 30-31st August 2022
Travelled: 150 kms from Kempten to Ulm in Germany
Visited: Ulm
Stayed: Ulm Stellplatz, โฌ12, N48.38310, E09.98570ย ย
Budget: 98 days @ โฌ108 per day
Having enjoyed our visit to Kempton we make the Hymer ready for the road. The service point works with typical German efficiency and we are soon on our way north on the A7. An hour and twenty minutes later we are battling the complex interchanges that link Ulm to seemingly everywhere else in Germany.
The stellplatz is four kms from the centrum and very well organised and neat as a pin. It adjoins the swim centre so gets the nod from Pam.
Ulm, Baden-Wรผrttemberg, Germany
After settling in and chatting over a coffee we walk up to the bus stop hoping for a #4 to the centrum. Google tell us the #4 runs every 10 minutes and we wait less than that and where on our way.
So a little about the Ulm. Itโs considered a university city, having a population of 126,000 plus. It stands on the Danube, in the state of Baden-Wรผrttemberg in south-western Germany. Apart from some architectural oddities the cities claim to fame revolves around its amazing Mรผnster and being the birthplace of Albert Einstein. You can read the link above.
So the following photos and story line is a compilation of our two days in Ulm, just jumbled together.
Our bus drops us at the Old Rathaus, pictured above. We find the tourist office for a map and some recommendations before going exploring.
The Mรผnster is immense, its 161.5m spire, the tallest in the world. This Gothic tribute to God, commenced in 1377 and took 500 years to complete. Impossible to get a good photo due to its size and current renovations.
Our tourist walk takes us down to the Fischervietel, the old fishermanโs and tannerโs quarter. Itโs a lovely section of the old town cut by two streams. Numerous ancient half timber houses standing at odd angles lining the waterways serve as cafes and restaurants.
We finally make our way down to the River Danube, which essentially divides the old and new city of Ulm. Finding the old city walls still line the Danube, we take the stairs to an access point and walk the walls. The towers provide some reference points as we wander along.
Eventually (about 300m later) we find the wall leads to a series of city gardens, old town gates and fountains. Where just about at the edge of our tourist map so we turn north looking for something special.
Another really interesting fountain and gate are pictured below.
It seems our guide book makes a bigger deal about Einsteinโs birthplace than the city fathers of Ulm. Being realistic Einstein was born here and left a year later with his parents, never to return. Itโs unlikely at the age of one that Einstein was already fine tuning his theory regarding quantum mechanics.
In any case this bronze (also captured below) clearly depicting Einsteinโs face protruding from a shell stands outside the Zeughaus in a quiet corner of the old city. After giving it a few minutes and taking in the detail itโs a thought provoking piece.
Wherever you find yourself in Ulm, all roads lead to the Mรผnster Platz as the top of the spire is always in sight. So we wander back once again.
We enjoy a wonderful lunch in an Italian restaurant on the Mรผnster Platz before saying goodbye to the old city of Ulm and finding a #4 bus back to the Hymer.
Michael + Pam
2 thoughts on “Ulm, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช 2022”
You do the city’s well great report
Hello Pam and Michael, you have created a great report about Ulm. Kind regards and have a good trip.