General information
Arrival: your accommodation will be available as from 2pm on the day of your arrival. There may be exceptions to this arrangement, which can be discussed individually. Any outstanding expenses should at this point be paid in cash.
We have a limited number of bicycles available. A bicycle shop with a rental service is within walking distance.
Books to keep you occupied in case of bad weather are provided in the accommodation – or you can ask the owner.
Breakfast service: the “ Guten Morgen Frühstücks – Lieferservice“, Tel. 0551 – 62540 or information at www.broetchenlieferdienst.de/
Car park: free parking on accommodation property or on a nearby public car park.
Chemical cleaning services are available in the Weender Straße and the Goßlerstraße.
A child’s high chair is available. Please contact us in advance.
Cots may be provided for babies. Please give us advance notice.
Departure: we kindly ask you to vacate your accommodation by 11am at the latest. There may be exceptions to this arrangement, which can be discussed individually.
Duplicate keys: you will be given all three available keys.
Emergency services: Telephone number: 112
Facilities: your payment includes all the facilities present in both apartment and guest house i.e. kitchen with dishwasher, oven with glass-top stove cooking areas or microwave, refrigerator with freezer compartment or refrigerator and freezer; sitting-room with HDMI flatbed television set with satellite-TV reception and DVD player.
A toilet and shower are, of course, available in both guesthouse and apartment.
The guesthouse has high-quality carpeting. The apartment has oak parquet flooring throughout.
First aid: plasters etc., are provided in the accommodation – or you can ask the house owner. The telephone number for emergency services is 112.
Internet: we offer you free wireless internet access. More detailed information on your arrival.
Laundry: in both the guesthouse and the apartment there are washing machines and drying facilities. If required, we can dry your laundry in a tumble-dryer. There is also a public laundry at the following address: Hannoversche Straße 53a (just over 1 kilometre away).
Luggage service: see above under “Arrival“.
Payment: your bill should be paid at the latest on arrival, either in cash or as a cheque handed directly to the accommodation owner. A deposit of at least 20% of the total amount should be transferred within 12 days of the booking confirmation (account details – name: Ulrich Esch; account number: 346932; bank code number: 26060184; bank: Bankhaus Hallbaum) so that the outstanding sum may be paid on arrival. Other means of payment cannot be accepted. The exception to this rule is bookings at short notice (up to 7 days before arrival), for which cash payments on arrival are required. The agreed booking fee covers use of electricity, gas, and water as well as normal use of the furniture provided.
Petrol stations nearby: Aral in the neighbouring village of Bovenden (2.5 kilometres); at the supermarket “Real” (1 kilometre).
Pets: please contact us in advance and we will do whatever is possible.
Photocopies can be provided by the house owner.
Public transport: bus stops for two routes – numbers 2 and 3 – are close to the accommodation; a stop for a third route – number 14 – is at a distance of 200 metres.
The nearest railway station is in the town at a distance of 3.5 kilometres from the accommodation. If convenient, we can collect you and your luggage (at no extra cost) from the station.
In the interests of future tenants, smoking is not allowed indoors. Please use the apartment balcony or the guesthouse patio.
Taxi: the following numbers can be called free of charge from accommodation phones: 34034 or 69300
Town centre: ca 3.5 kilometres from the accommodation (direct bus connection)
Weende is the most northern and largest area of Göttingen. Not only is the university hospital situated here but also various other university and Max Planck institutes, including several which are currently being extended at great expense. The German Primate Centre (DPZ), Leibnitz Institute for Primate Research, was established here as an independent research centre offering services to German scientific work. The Protestant hospital Göttingen-Weende is also gaining importance beyond the local area. Companies which are known internationally are also based here.
University buildings and other developments changed the character of Weende in the past. However, the historic centre of the area around the renovated “Thiehaus” has for the most part been preserved. We recommend visiting our monastery park (Klosterpark) with its medieval wall, the remains of the monastery possessions, and its baroque offices
We must also mention that Weende has the town’s biggest open-air swimming-pool, whose existence has recently been under threat but which is likely to remain open thanks to the committed efforts of concerned local citizens.
Costs
The cost of both the guesthouse (address: Am Weendespring 12 a) and the apartment (address: Am Weendespring 12) is the same:
at least 2 – 3 days € 95.00 per day
as from 4 days € 75.00 per day
The cost of long-term tenancy is by individual arrangement.
All the following costs are included in the booking fee: cleaning, bed linen, towels, telephone (landline within Germany), internet, and, of course, energy and water.
Cancellation of reservation: there are no costs for cancellation up to 22 days before arrival.
Any deposits already paid will be returned. Charges are as follows: a fee of 40% for cancellation between 21 and 8 days before arrival; a fee of 80% for cancellation between the 7th and last days before arrival; all costs must be paid if arrival is delayed or departure brought forward. Cancellation must be in writing.
Holiday guesthouse and apartment at Am Weendespring, Weende, Göttingen, Germany.
Vacation home, Temporary residence
Our detached guesthouse comprises living-room, kitchen, and bathroom on the ground floor and two bedrooms on the first floor. Our apartment consists of the entire first floor of the house next door. Both guesthouse and apartment have a living space of 65 square metres.
Weende is a part of Göttingen, which is quiet but very conveniently situated with regard to access to various institutes (the university, the university hospital, the primate centre, the Max Planck Institute) as well as to the industrial zone in Göttingen Nord, the motorway, and the local bus service. A wooded area and a swimming-pool can be seen from the accommodation.
Everything which a person needs:
Both guesthouse and apartment are fully furnished. The guesthouse has a patio, which borders on a green area. The apartment has a spacious balcony, which offers a very pleasant view of the surrounding countryside and over the roofs of other buildings. Parking space, telephone, internet connection, and satellite-TV are all included.
The guesthouse has two large beds (each 100cm x 200cm). If needed, two other beds (each 200cm x 80cm) can be used in the ante-room, which can otherwise be used as a small study or generous dressing-room.
Our apartment has two bedrooms, both of which have a comfortable single bed and one also has a double bed.
Both guesthouse and apartment are therefore designed for between two and four people. However, in exceptional cases, when the properties have been used for short stays, more visitors have been satisfactorily accommodated. Please contact us should this situation arise.
To adapt an old saying – pictures speak louder than words: in the column on the left, you will find our album “Guest house” and “apartment” with additional texts on the right under “Info”, “From A to Z” in the column.
Who are the people who traditionally book our accommodation?
• Visiting lecturers
• Employees of companies from outside Göttingen involved in short-term projects
• Relatives of hospital in-patients
• Employees completing a probationary period
• Companies on behalf of their guests
• Holidaymakers in Göttingen
• Parents of students
• ... ... ...
You are welcome to phone us or send an e-mail. We will be happy to help you further.
About us
We, the house owners, would like to introduce ourselves. Our names are Monika and Ulrich Esch, we work respectively as a teacher and advertising agent, and are both approaching retirement. We have been renting out our guesthouse to holidaymakers since 2008 and our apartment since 2010 and are fully aware that this can only continue to be successful if we maintain good and fair standards.
