Davos Literature Promenade
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Welcome to the literature promenade through Davos.
In order not to let this walk get out of hand - because the abundance of literary figures who have visited Davos is great - Kulturplatz Davos has limited itself to a path around the Davos promenades.
At Kulturplatz Davos you will receive a guide to the literary walk. In the guide you will find a map with directions and, for each of the 13 stations, an explanation of why the respective author was located at that point. The guide also includes a QR code for each station, which you can call up with your smartphone. The wonderful voices of Leslie Malton and Michael Rotschopf will recite the wonderful texts for you.
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Beschreibung
Station 1: Arkadenplatz with a view of the Hotel Europe
The journey begins at the Arkadenplatz, directly in front of the door of the Kulturplatz Davos, where you will purchase the guide. With a view of the Hotel Europe, the former "Curhaus", you will hear the first recited text from the work of Beatrice Harraden ("Like Ships in the Night").
Station 2: Café Schneider's
Your next stop is Café Schneider's on the Promenade, which established itself as a popular meeting place for anti-Nazi and bohemian visitors during the Second World War. The text recited is from Klabund's book "Die Krankheit".
Station 3: Kirchner Park with a view of the Hotel Belvédère
Continue along the promenade to the world-famous Kirchner Museum. Take a moment to linger in the pretty Kirchner Park, with views across the promenade to the stately Hotel Belvédère, and listen to the texts from Erich Kästner's "The Sorcerer's Apprentice".
Station 4: Alexander Spengler Monument in the Kurpark
At the back of Kirchner Park, go down the stairs, past the sports centre, into Jules-Ferdmann-Weg in the Kurpark. You will pass the statue "Der Atmer" in honour of Alexander Spengler. Here you will hear the inspiring text about Davos by Kasimir Edschmid.
Station 5: The Blue Houses
If you continue along the Jules Ferdmann Trail, you will reach the "Blue Houses". In the northernmost house, on the 2nd floor on the right, lived Wilhelm Gustloff, Hitler's national group leader of the NSDAP foreign organisation. He was shot in his office in 1936 by the Jewish medical student David Frankenfurter. Nobel Prize winner Günter Grass wrote about this drama in his novel "Im Krebsgang".
Station 6: Symondsstrasse
Behind the "Blue Houses", still on the Jules-Ferdmann-Weg, pass the fountain with wolf, ibex and bear by Wilhelm Schwerzmann. Follow the path past the congress centre up to the promenade. Continue to the right until you reach the main entrance of the Congress Centre. On the opposite side of the street is the entrance to Symondsstrasse. The street was named after the British author John Addington Symonds. Listen to his exciting texts from the work "Our Life in the Swiss Mountains".
Station 7: Hotel Alpina
A little further along the promenade, Richtstattweg goes up on the left. The next stop is the Hotel Alpina, which you will find on Richtstattweg, corner of Rossweidstrasse. Elisabeth Schnack lived nearby from 1938 to 1945. In her work "Die Zauberlaterne: Erinnerungsbilder" she tells about her time in Davos.
Station 8: High Promenade
Continue along Richtstattweg until you reach Bobbahnstrasse. Here you keep to the left until you reach the turn-off for Hohe Promenade. From here you can listen to the text of Hugo Marti's "Davos Book of Hours".
Station 9: Waldhotel
Follow the Hohe Promenade to the Waldhotel. We recommend a stop in the beautiful hotel bar with a view of the Davos landscape. Treat yourself to a coffee or a chocolate and listen to Thomas Mann's famous text from "The Magic Mountain".
Station 10: Villa am Stein
It's best to stay put and take a look at the new building below the Waldhotel. This was once the site of the "Villa am Stein", a hostel for many artists of the time, including Thomas Mann and Robert Louis Stevenson, whose text from "Treasure Island" you will hear next.
Station 11: Hohe Promenade / Benjamin Grunder Bank
After this short rest, take the small path up behind the Waldhotel and you will reach the Hohe Promenade again, which you continue to walk southwards. Take a seat on one of the many benches set up along the path and enjoy Max Frisch's beautiful episode from "Stiller".
Station 12: Hotel Strela
Continue along the Hohe Promenade. You cross the Schatzalpbahn line and come to the end of the Hohe Promenade. Continue down Praviganweg until you reach the turnoff for Obere Strasse. Here you stand in front of the Hotel Strela and listen to Ignazio Silone's "Fontamara".
Station 13: Arcade Square
Follow Praviganweg further along Holsboerweg, which then joins Promenade. Keep left and walk along the promenade until you end up back at Arcade Square. The final episode comes from the story by Klara Zappeler ("Encounter with Else Lasker Schüler").
Geheimtipp
Review the tour in one of the cosy restaurants on the Arkadenplatz.
Wegbeschreibung
Arkadenplatz Davos - Promenade - Jules-Ferdmann-Weg - Promenade - Richtstattweg - Hohe Promenade - Praviganweg - Holsboerweg - Promenade - Arkadenplatz Davos
Anfahrt
Öffentliche Verkehrsmittel
By train (RhB) to Davos Platz.
With the VBD bus to Schatzalpbahn
Anreise Information
Coming from Zurich / St. Margrethen, leave the A13/E43 motorway at Landquart in the direction of Landquart, Davos, Vereina. Take the N28 to Davos.
Parken
Use public parking spaces in Davos. An underground car park is available below the Arkadenplatz.
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