Literary Park Walk with Rainer Appel

**As part of the *43rd Baden-Württemberg Literature Days*, take a literary stroll through the park in the footsteps of famous authors who came to Bad Mergentheim for a health cure and immortalized our city in their writing.** Poets on Spa Breaks! Eduard Mörike came to Mergentheim in 1837—as a spa guest. He liked it so much that he later moved here. Hans Fallada arrived in 1938 in his own car, along with his wife, who was suffering from a gallbladder condition. His fellow sufferer, Martin Walser, could report only brief periods of relief. And while Eugen Roth felt right at home in the spa town in the early 1960s, Max Frisch couldn’t stand it for even a full day … Whether they were here briefly or for longer, these famous authors (in fact, all men!) wrote about their time in Mergentheim. You can learn about their experiences on a walk through the castle and spa gardens with Würzburg actor Rainer Appel. He’ll talk about the poets’ ailments and their sometimes cheerful stays in the sanatoriums—and, above all, he’ll let them speak for themselves. The meeting point is in the inner castle courtyard; from there, the tour proceeds past the Moon House, the Music Pavilion, and the Gradier Pavilion to the Rose Garden—rain or shine! In cooperation with the Center for Literary Museums, Archives, and Memorial Sites in Baden-Württemberg.