Southern Germany’s longest long-distance bus line began operating in June 1950. The historical photos on this page show some impressions from the past decades.
Time travel
The road is the destination – a romantic journey through time
Jürgen Wünschenmeyer…
… since 2000 Jürgen Wünschenmeyer is the CEO of the Romantische Straße Touristik- Arbeitsgemeinschaft GbR. This famous holiday route already left its mark at him as he was a little boy. That’s why he summarized the most important events in the development of the Romantic Road. These are also linked with some nice individual (characters).
Cult star Charly Brown
Karl Heinz Zobel, better known by his »artist name« Charly Brown, drove generations of passengers safely down the Romantic Road. However, his large fan club did not only include people: one of his most loyal passengers was »Schnuppy«, a mixed-breed male from Wallerstein, who waited for the European bus every day, drove through town with it and ate a sausage during the journey, which Charly reliably made for him ready. The friendship between the bus driver and the Wallerstein dog lasted more than 14 years before »Schnuppy« embarked on his last journey to dog heaven.
The cult bus driver on the Romantic Road, who always wore a black top hat and white gloves, lived near Wiesbaden until 2018 after his driver’s license expired.