http://www.footballingermany.com A guide to watching German football Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:44:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Schalke 04 have a proud record as seven-times German Champions - albeit that the last of those championships came in 1958! Ebbe Sand - Bundesliga top scorer 2001 Indeed, all of those championship titles came in the period before the creation of the Bundesliga (1963/64). At that time, the winners ... http://www.footballingermany.com/2010/07/schalke-04-club-records/ All roads lead to the Arena AufSchalke - Gelsenkirchen, home to the Arena AufSchalke, is a former coal-mining and steel town in Germany's Ruhrgebiet (Ruhr district). Driving to and from Gelsenkirchen to several other Bundesliga venues is quite manageable, while the trip to cities in the east and south ... http://www.footballingermany.com/2010/07/gelsenkirchen-by-road/ Gelsenkirchen does not have an airport of its own, but, as the map below shows, the region of North Rhine Westphalia has many others. Useful for flying in from abroad to Gelsenkirchen (just above ESS on the map) are the airports at Dortmund (DTM) and Weeze (NRN), plus the ... http://www.footballingermany.com/2010/07/gelsenkirchen-by-air/ Gelsenkirchen main railway station (Hauptbahnhof) is served mainly by regional (RE/RB) trains and not by many of German Rail's long distance (ICE) Intercity Express trains. However, it is only about 10 minutes to Essen main station, and around 25 to Dortmund main stations, both of which are served by ... http://www.footballingermany.com/2010/07/gelsenkirchen-by-rail/ Schalke 04 is one of the biggest club's in German football - but much of their reputation comes from success many, many years ago. As the 04 in the club name suggests, it was in 1904 that it was formed, in a pub in a suburb of Gelsenkirchen called ... http://www.footballingermany.com/2010/07/schalke-04-overview/ Gelsenkirchen near Schalke Schalke may only be one of the city's many boroughs, but the name Schalke is far better known outside the immediate area than that of Gelsenkirchen. Club folklore has it that when Schalke 04's legendary player of the 1930s, Ernst Kuzorra, was asked by the King of ... http://www.footballingermany.com/2010/07/gelsenkirchen-overview/ Goethe House and Museum Joahnn Wolfganng Goethe is to Germany what Shakespeare is to England, arguably the country's greatest ever literary figure. He was born at this house in Frankfurt in 1749 and lived here until 1765. Destroyed in 1944 The house was totally destroyed by an air raid in 1944, ... http://www.footballingermany.com/2010/07/frankfurt-sights-4/ Musemufer (Museum Bank) runs between the Eiserner Steg and the Friedensbrücke bridge. This riverbank is officially called the Schaumainkai, but is known as the Museumufer as it is home to the city's best museums,including: Städel Museum 2 Dürerstrasse. Closed Mon. Tues, Fri, Sun 10am-5pm, Wed + Thur 10am-9pm. The museum displays ... http://www.footballingermany.com/2010/07/frankfurt-sights-3/ Skyscrapers & Eiserner Steg - Frankfurt's skyline is unlinke any other in Germany, dominated by modern skyscrapers. The only one of these that you can go up is the Main Tower (pictured). Panoramic views There is a lift to a viewing platform 200 metres up the Main Tower, from where ... http://www.footballingermany.com/2010/07/frankfurt-sights-2/ Römerberg square and Frankfurt 'cathedral' - The Römer has been the Frankfurt's town hall or Rathaus for 600 years and the medieval building is one of the city's most important landmarks. The Haus Römer is actually the middle building of a set of three facing onto Römerberg square in the ... http://www.footballingermany.com/2010/07/frankfurt-sights-1/