{"id":4211,"date":"2025-09-17T09:40:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T09:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travelslowly.de\/?p=4211"},"modified":"2025-09-17T10:00:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T10:00:22","slug":"student-project-a-slow-travel-map-for-kreuzlingen-and-northern-thurgau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelslowly.de\/?p=4211&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Student project: A Slow Travel Map for Kreuzlingen and northern Thurgau"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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View of the slow travel map of Kreulingen and northern Thurgau (2025). Screenshot: umap.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was also a guest lecturer at the University of Konstanz in the 2024\/2025 winter semester. As part of the \u201cSchl\u00fcsselqualifikation N\u201d<\/a> program, four seminar days were again available to address the topic of \u201csustainable travel.\u201d In the seminar, students from various degree programs learned about the green travel concepts of \u201cSlow Travel\u201d and \u201cMicroadventures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rolf M\u00fcller and his team also identified slow travel destinations in Thurgau. Photo: Anika Neugart.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As in the previous year, the seminar was supplemented by contributions from invited guest speakers. Rolf M\u00fcller, managing director of Thurgau Tourism,<\/a> presented the organization of tourism in Switzerland, particularly in Thurgau. He highlighted clear differences in tourism management in Germany. He also discussed the tourist offerings in Thurgau (Untersee region) and pointed out the sustainability work and the swisstainable movement.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Students at the University of Konstanz, SQ seminar \u201cSustainable Travel\u201d WS24\/25 during the urban sketching city tour with artist Simone Hauck. Photo: Anika Neugart.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New parents and seasoned travelers Miriam and Sven K\u00f6nig were guests on another day. They reported on their long-term cycling trip across Europe during the coronavirus pandemic. Their stories about different regulations in individual countries, route planning with some border crossings closed, and their perception of different cultures during the crisis were fascinating. Their presentation was peppered with amusing anecdotes about their experiences as a volunteer on various farms, such as an olive farm and with a Greek family who lived as self-sufficient farmers. Her journey was also accompanied by periods of self-reflection, planning for the future, and intimate togetherness, which ultimately culminated in a marriage proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Miriam and Sven K\u00f6nig encouraged all to just go on a trip instead of worrying too much. Photo: Anika Neugart.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the main project of the seminar, which took up most of the time and effort, was the joint development of a slow travel map for the city of Kreuzlingen and northern Thurgau. This is now available digitally to anyone interested via the Umap map service, which uses Openstreetmap data as its basis: to the map <\/a>(no app required).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The map contributes to sustainable tourism and provides the following information:
Three tours<\/p>\n\n\n\n