German toy route
Coordinates: 50 ° 21 ′ 42 " N , 11 ° 10 ′ 40" E
The German Toy Route is a permanent travel route through places in Thuringia and Franconia , whose common features are the tradition of toy making , especially dolls . The routing serves to better market the areas for tourism.
course
It runs from Waltershausen in Thuringia via Erfurt , Arnstadt to Zirndorf in the Fürth district and, with a few branches, is about 300 km. She touches the toy metropolis of Sonneberg with the German Toy Museum there and the doll town of Neustadt near Coburg with the doll museum.
Starting points
In addition to Schalkau , Tambach , Michelau (wicker toys), Hirschau , Muggendorf (model railway museum ), Gößweinstein (Franconian toy museum), Obereisenheim ( toy corner ) and Schwabach (city museum with Fleischmann railways ), the route also touches:
- Playmobil FunPark and Municipal Museum in Zirndorf
- Toy Museum Nuremberg
- Coburg Doll Museum in Coburg
- Schildkröt dolls in Rauenstein
- Museum Steinacher toy box in Steinach (Thuringia)
- Oberweißbach with the memorial museum of the pedagogue Friedrich Froebel
- Lauscha with marble museum and glass Christmas tree decorations
- Plush toys and toys in miter
- Make-up makers and rocking horses in Ohrdruf
- City museum in Ehrenstein Castle with toy production
- Dwarf Park in Brotterode-Trusetal
- Tabarz with Struwwelpetersammlung and artist dolls . The almost 100-year-old company of the well-known "waiter stick figures" is also based here.
- Waltershausen with the Museum Schloss Tenneberg
In addition, there are events on games and toys in the areas (South Thuringia, Middle Franconia and Upper Franconia) from May to October.
Members
In addition to the large municipalities of Sonneberg City and District, District of Coburg, Rödental , Neustadt bei Coburg and Nuremberg, around 20 museums are also members of the German Toy Road. Each one presents its own facet of toy culture. Well-known toy manufacturers have their headquarters on the toy street ( Schildkröt-Puppen , PIKO , Rolly Toys, Engel Puppen, EBO-plush toys, Zapf Creation , Hermann Spielwaren, Playmobil etc.).