International Rover 75 / ZT meeting 18-21 May 2023

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International Rover 75 / ZT meeting 18-21 May 2023 (Ascension weekend) in Baden Württemberg (Southwest Germany)

From Thursday, May 18 (Ascension Day) to Sunday morning, May 21, 2023, the Club Seventyfive is organizing a meeting for its members and users in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden Württemberg.



Central location will be the Dorint Hotel in Durbach. For many of you, who also attended in 2018, this will be a revisit. Although, at the time the hotel was a Best Western hotel and now it belongs to the Dorint group.
However, the program is something completely different!

Program:


Thursday May 18, 2023 (Ascension Day):

Arrival at ± 4.00 p.m. in the Dorint Hotel in Durbach.

Dinner together in the restaurant; followed by the annual membership meeting.
Open End of the evening.


Friday May 19, 2023:

We are expected at 9.45 a.m. at the museum “Conservatoire des Transports” in Wissembourg, Rue de Lauterbourg Altenstadt, 67160 Wissembourg. From Durbach it is more than an hour's drive – 90 km / 56 miles.
Here we have a guided tour in German and English at 10.00 a.m. – we can park our cars in the courtyard.

https://autocarsanciensdefrance.fr/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnKYNyqLA3E

On more than 8000 m2 you will find more than 180 different (historical) vehicles, a very special collection!
Subsequently at 11.45 a.m. we are offered a ride through the beautiful wine region of the Elsaß with an old-timer bus or buses through picturesque towns such as Rott - Oberhoffen les Wissembourg - Steinseltz - Riedseltz - Bremmelbach and we stop at a restaurant at 12.30 p.m.
Here we are treated to traditional Flammkuchen, a dessert and coffee.

At 2.30 p.m. we drive via Hunspach (most beautiful and most popular village of France 2020) to Schoenenbourg (Maginot Line)



At 3.00 p.m. visit and guided tour in the Maginot Line. This French defense line was built between 1930 and 1938 on the border with Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany and in the south with Italy and was supposed to protect the French against a new surprise attack by the Germans. The northern part of the Maginot Line consists of 22 artillery forts and 36 infantry forts.

We get a very interesting insight of ± 2.5 hours into the history of the 30s and 40s of the last century.

(An elevator makes it possible to do 90% of the tour of 2.5 km without stairs)

5.30 p.m.: return by bus(es) to Wissembourg.

6:00 p.m.: departure back to the hotel by private cars.

7.30 p.m.: dinner together at the hotel. Open End of the evening.


Saturday May 20, 2023:

After breakfast we leave for Baden-Baden (± 45 minutes – 50 km / 31 miles)

https://www.baden-baden.com/sehenswertes/

https://www.baden-baden.com/bbvt-tour-en/index-en.html

https://www.baden-baden.com/#video

At 9:45 a.m. a guided city tour in German, English and Dutch.

In 2021, the city was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the historic spas of Europe and was founded more than 2000 years ago. The hot water spring with temperatures of up to 68 degrees Celsius was already known by the ancient Romans and at that time the place was called Aquae. In the nineteenth century the place was called the summer capital of Europe. In that period, many wealthy people from all over Europe came to Baden-Baden to relax.
In World War II, the city was spared from allied bombing; afterwards she served as the headquarters of the French zone of occupation.
Our tour includes the world famous casino.
Duration approx. 2 – 2.5 hours.



The rest of the day is at leisure. Baden-Baden has a beautiful city center with a high-quality range of shops and many cozy restaurants and terraces. A city with flair!
Well worth a visit is the Fabergé museum https://faberge-museum.de/
The 1983 James Bond movie Octopussy is all about a Fabergé egg!
The Fabergé Museum in Baden-Baden is the first and still only museum dedicated to the life's work of the famous Russian tsar jeweler Carl Peter Fabergé.



Also worth a visit is the Rose Garden https://www.baden-baden.com/sehensw.....10-44bb-9b91-c10a9ee9d51c

7.00 p.m.: dinner together in the hotel. Open End of the evening.


Sunday May 21, 2023:

Goodbye to the participants after breakfast.


Details of the Hotel:

Dorint Hotel Durbach: Almstraße 49, 77770 Durbach
https://hotel-durbach.dorint.com/en

The following rooms are available:
11 standard rooms – price 18-21 May 2023:
EUR 129,00 as single room per night including half board.
EUR 164,00 as double room per night including half board.
4 comfort studios – price 18-21 May 2023:
EUR 139,00 as single room per night including half board.
EUR 174,00 as double room per night including half board.
20 superior studios – price 18-21 May 2023:
EUR 154,00 as single room per night including half board.
EUR 189,00 as double room per night including half board.

Also included: buffet breakfast, indoor pool and internet.
City- or tourist tax: EUR 1,90 per person per night not included.
And not included: drinks.

Hotel room reservation:
Dorint Hotel Durbach / Black Forest
Tel: 0049 – 781 – 932010 / Fax: 0049 – 781 – 93201580
E-mail: reservierung@durbach.dorint.com

Stating: Club Seventyfive meeting.

Costs program:

The costs for the various program components for the whole weekend will be EUR 90,00 per person.
This includes entrance to the Conservatoire des Transports, lunch with Flammkuchen + 1 coffee (excluding drinks) and bus ride as well as entrance to the Maginot Line and a guided tour of Baden-Baden.

-If you want to participate, please reserve your room(s) at the hotel yourself, stating: Club Seventy-five meeting.
-But also report your name and the number of participants in the Treffentool via the following link:
http://www.r75.info/modules.php?nam.....file=viewtopic&t=9652
-Und last but not least; if you have booked the hotel, please also inform us. We would also like to receive your full name, address, place of residence, e-mail and your mobile telephone number so that we can contact you if needed.
Please send a personal message via www.r75.info or an e-mail.

Registration deadline: Friday March 31, 2023.

Only when you have transferred the program costs of EUR 90,00 per person to the bank account of the Club Seventyfive at de Volksbank Trier (IBAN: DE89 5856 0103 0005 3324 26) your participation is guaranteed. Thank you in advance for your understanding.

Hope to see you in Durbach.

Karl and Pim[/b]
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Rover 75 Tourer CDTi Club - 615.000 km 01/09/2023
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a small supplement for those who have a little trouble walking; see also above in the invitation.
There is an elevator in the Maginot Line that makes it possible to do 90% of the 2.5 km guided tour without stairs.

Regards,

Pim
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Rover 75 Tourer CDTi Club - 615.000 km 01/09/2023
Rover 75 2.5 V6 Saloon - 225.000km 01/10/2021
Rover Streetwise 1.8 CVT - 99.000 km 01/09/2023
Rover 220 Coupé - 255.000 km 01/10/2021