Feasibility study: „European city and culture tourism – Thuringian ...

Final report, VIA REGIA „European city- and culture tourism“
8 Implementation proposals on the positioning of sign- and information boards
The VIA REGIA as historical east-west corridor defines itself not primarily through specific
„VIA REGIA sights“, but rather by way of the historical and cultural overall context through
the many centuries. In order to convey this overall context to both, locals and tourists, it´s
necessary to provide more information about the VIA REGIA in public besides the already
realised signposting of historical buildings. Various possibilities may be considered for this
purpose:
1. Sign boards at crossing cycling-/hiking trails
2. Sign boards at crossing theme streets
3. Sign boards at selected railway stations
4. Information boards at city limits
5. Information boards at motorway restaurants
As a start, it would be important to establish a clear relation to the VIA REGIA. For the
location of the course, it would be reasonable to integrate a map of Thuringia and a
transnational outline. This should go along with the provision of information on the historical
development of the route, as well as details about more sights situated in the vicinity. In
contrast to this, information boards positioned at city limits and motorway restaurants might
be useful to give a clear overview of trade and commerce, tourism, and serve as orientation
guide for the respective place. Details concerning the content and route of the VIA REGIA
should be included here, too.
Possible locations of sign- and information boards, such as points of intersections at cycling-
and hiking trails, theme streets, as well as at city limits, railway stations, and motorway
restaurants are introduced in sequence. The picture documentation of the local prerequisites
can be seen in the attachment.
About 1: Sign boards at crossing cycling-/hiking trails
At points of intersections/forks of roads, trails or routes, an information sign board is simply
inevitable. It helps with the geographical orientation and can also be used for the thematic
information. Especially from the tourist perspective, it´s a vital requirement to raise the
interest of guests in new thematic aspects or historical backgrounds which are located in
close distance to each other. Often, as it is the case with the location of the VIA REGIA,
there aren´t provided any visual information about the history that took place there.
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