Walking with Oma
• Prague • Terezin/Theresienstadt • Dresden • Riesa • Torgau • Wittenberg • Dessau • Magdeburg • Tangermuende • Wittenberge • Hitzhacker • Bleckede • Lauenburg • Hamburg
Itinerary and photos from my walk
Walking with Oma, my 600 km trek along the Elbe River from Terezin’s concentration camp to Hamburg starts in April 2008. The 48-day walk is an homage to my oma, Anna Skraika Schilling, who left Terezin alone in May 1945 to see if anything of her life remained in Hamburg. I will feature parts of the walk on this website with posts en route.
Walking with Oma Itinerary
March 31 – April 3
Prague, stay in Swedish Embassy with friends Robert and Ingela Lavack
April 3
Terezin via Litomerice to Velké Zernoseky (approx. 15 km.)
Overnight Hotel Apollon, Na Valech 2094/25, 41201 Leitmeritz
April 4
Velké Zernoseky -Usti nad Labem (approx. 20 km.)
Overnight Best Western Hotel Vladimir, Masarykova 36, 40001 Usti nad Labem
April 5
Usti nad Labem – Decin (approx. 24 km)
Overnight Hotel Ceska Koruna, Masarykovo namesti c. 60, 40501 Decin
April 6
Decin – Bad Schandau/ district Krippen (approx. 23 km)
Overnight Hotel Erbgericht, Baechelweg 4, 01814 Krippen
April 7
Bad Schandau – Pirna (approx. 25 km)
Overnight Hotel Deutsches Haus, Niedere Burgstrasse 1, 01796 Pirna
April 8
Pirna – Dresden (approx. 21 km)
Overnight April 8, 9, 10 Hotel Tulip Inn, Melanchthonstrasse 2, 01099 Dresden
April 9
Day off in Dresden
April 10
Dresden – Altkoetzschenbroda (approx. 16 km)
Back to Dresden with the local train
April 11
Altkoetzschenbroda – Meissen (approx. 15 km) With local train from Dresden to Altkoetzschenbroda,
Overnight Welcome Parkhotel Meissen, Hafenstrasse 27-31, 01662 Meissen
April 12
Meissen – Riesa (approx. 26,5 km)
Overnight Hotel Mercure Riesa April 12 and April 13 Bahnhofstrasse 40, 01587 Riesa
April 13
Riesa – Muehlberg (approx. 22 km)
Transfer from Muehlberg back to Riesa Hotel Mercure
April 14
Transfer to – Muehlberg – Torgau (approx. 27 km)
Overnight April 14 and 15 Hotel-Pension zum Markt, Baeckerstrasse 12, 04860 Torgau
April 15
Torgau – Dommitzsch (approx. 22 km)
By local bus back to Torgau to Hotel Pension
April 16
Dommitzsch – Kloeden (approx. 20 km)
By local bus back to Dommitzsch, walk and then transfer from Kloeden to Wittenberg, Overnight April 16, 17 Stadthotel Wittenberg “Schwarzer Baer”, Schlosstrasse 2, 06886 Wittenberg
April 17
Kloeden – Wittenberg (approx. 28 km)
Transfer to Kloeden from Wittenberg, walk,overnight in “Schwarzer Baer”
April 18
Wittenberg – Woerlitz (approx. 21 km)
Overnight stay Woerlitz Parkhotel Woerlitz, Erdmanndorfer Strasse 62, 06788 Woerlitz
April 19
Woerlitz – Dessau (approx. 18 km)
Overnight stays in Dessau April 19 and 20, NH Hotel Dessau, Zerbster Strasse 29, 06846 Dessau
April 20
Dessau – Aken (approx. 18 km)
By local bus back to Dessau to NH Hotel
April 21
Aken – Barby (approx. 25 km)
By local bus to Aken. Overnight Pension zur Galerie, Breite Strasse 30, 39249 Barby
April 22
Barby – Schoenebeck (approx. 26 km)
Overnight Hotel Am Kurpark, Magdeburger Srasse 1, 39218 Schoenebeck/Salzelmen
April 23
Schoenebeck – Magdeburg (approx. 22 km)
Overnight stay in Magdeburg April 23 and 24 Best Western Hotel Geheimer Rat, Goethestrasse 38, 39108 Magdeburg
April 24
Magdeburg – Burg (approx. 30 km)
Back to Magdeburg by local train (every 30 minutes)
Overnight stay in Magdeburg. Departure of Judy
April 25
Burg – Parey (approx. 26 km)
By local train to Burg, walk, transfer from Parey to Tangermuende.
Overnights Tangermuende
April 25
Hotel Stars Inn garni, Lange Strasse 47, 39590
Tangermuende
April 26
Parey – Tangermuende (approx. 27 km)
Transfer to Parey, walk, stay in Tangermuende
April 27
Tangermuende – Arneburg (approx. 14 km)
Transfer back to stay in Tangermuende
April 28
Arneburg – Sandau (approx. 18 km)
Transfer to Arneburg walk, transfer to Tangermünde
April 29
Sandau – Havelberg (approx. 19 km)
tramsfer to Sandau, walk, ttransfer from Havelberg to Wittenberge.
Overnight stays in Wittenberge April 29, 30, May 1, 2
Hotel Prignitz, Bismarckplatz 2, 19322 Wittenberge
April 30
Havelberg – Ruehstaedt (approx. 25 km) Transfer to Havelberg, walk, transfer from Ruehstaedt to Wittenberge
May 1
Ruehstaedt – Wittenberge (approx. 14 km)
Transfer to Ruehstadt, overnight Wittenberge
May 2
Wittenberge – Schnackenburg (approx. 26 km)
Transfer back to Wittenberge
May 3
Schnackenburg – Lenzen (approx. 18,5 km)
Transfer to Schnackenburg, walk to Lenzen, transfer to Hitzacker.
Overnight stays May 3, 4 5 Hotel zur Linde garni, Drawenertorstrasse 22-24, 29456 Hitzacker
May 4
Lenzen – Langendorf (approx. 20 km)
Transfer to Lenzen, walk, then transfer to Hitzacker overnight
May 5
Langendorf – Hitzacker (approx. 23 km)
Transfer to Langendorf.
Overnight Hitzacker
May 6
Hitzacker – Darchau (approx. 20 km)
Transfer from Darchau to Bleckede
Overnights May 6 and 7 Landhaus an der Elbe, Elbstrasse 5, 21354 Bleckede
May 7
Darchau – Bleckede (approx. 15 km)
Transfer to Darchau. Overnight stay in Bleckede
May 8
Bleckede – Lauenburg (approx. 22 km)
Overnights May 8 and 9 Hotel Moeller, Elbstrasse 44-50 21481 Lauenberg
May 9
Lauenburg – Geesthacht (approx. 18 km)
walk then transfer back to Lauenburg
May 10
Geesthacht – Fünfhausen Transfer to Geesthacht, walk then on OWN
May 11 – 14
Baseler Hof in Hamburg