EXCURSION TO EFFELSBERG & CONFERENCE DINNER
On Thursday 27th after the lunch
break we will travel with two buses to the MPIfR 100m radio telescope in
Effelsberg (near Bad Münstereifel), 45 km from Bonn. After that, we will travel to the historic city of Bad
Münstereifel, where the conference dinner will be held. This is the program:
13:30 – Buses leave from the
Gustav-Stresemann-Institut.
15:00 – Welcome at the Visitors Pavilion
of the Effelsberg telescope.
Talk by Dr. Eugen Preuß (MPIfR) on The Beginnings
of VLBI in Effelsberg.
16:00 – Tour of the 100m antenna. The visitors will be split into ca.
15-person groups
to visit the different places: Control Room,
VLBI Room, Exterior of the antenna, Cables and Azimuth drive, Elevation drive,
and Primary Focus.
Note: if raining, don’t bring fine clothes, since the water falling off the dish could be dirty.
17:30 – Coffee in the cafeteria of the
Effelsberg control building (upstairs).
18:00 – Buses depart to Bad Münstereifel.
18:15 – Arrival at the medieval center of
Bad Münstereifel. Sightseeing on your
own. You can visit:
City
wall, built in the 13th and 14th centuries (4 gates:
Werther, Johannis, Orchheimer & Heisterbacher; and 18 defensive towers).
Castle
(13th century).
Church
“Stiftskirche”, Romanesque building from the 13th century, with the
graves of St. Chrysanthus and St. Daria.
The
historic houses Romanisches Haus
(1167), Windeck (1644-1664), St. Michael School (1659-1727) and the City Hall
(1476).
You
can also visit the glass artist shop at the Römische Glashütte (next to the
Orchheimer Gate).
19:15 – Please walk uphill towards the
conference restaurant Dachsbau.
(Roderter Kirchweg 1, Tel. 02253/541961, http://www.restaurant-dachsbau.de).
19:30 – Reception at the Dachsbau.
20:00 – Conference Dinner at the
22:00 – Buses leave from the Restaurant
back to Bonn (Gustav-Stresemann-Institut).
Here is a
plan on how to get to the Restaurant from the centre of Bad Münstereifel:
