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Germany

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Exceptional Sights

Neuschwanstein Castle and Ludwig II;
Bayern castles;
Aachen Cathedral;
Berlin and Potsdam.

Population: 82,6 Million

Capital: Berlin

Currency: Euro

Language: German

Size: 357,000 km2

Time Zone :UTC+1


	History Hanseatic city of Lübeck Relax Black Forest (and Baden-Baden Spas) Cruise Rhine or Elbe Valley River

Cultural

Berlin Philharmonic Hall

UNESCO

World Heritage Sites in Germany

Cultural
Aachen Cathedral (1978)
Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch (1991)
Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau (1996)
Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl (1984)
Classical Weimar (1998)
Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg (1994)
Cologne Cathedral (1996)
Dresden Elbe Valley (2004)
Frontiers of the Roman Empire (1987)
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz (2000)
Hanseatic City of Lübeck (1987)
Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar (2002)
Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg (1996)
Maulbronn Monastery Complex (1993)
Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar (1992)
Monastic Island of Reichenau (2000)
Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin (1999)
Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski (2004)
Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof (2006)
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (1990)
Pilgrimage Church of Wies (1983)
Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier (1986)
Speyer Cathedral (1981)
St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim (1985)
Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen (2004)
Town of Bamberg (1993)
Upper Middle Rhine Valley (2002)
Völklingen Ironworks (1994)
Wartburg Castle (1999)
Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square (1981)
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen (2001)
Natural
Messel Pit Fossil Site (1995)

Museums

In Berlin: Museum Island: Pergamon Museum and the bust of Queen Nefertiti, Bode Museum, Altes Museum, Alte Nationalgalerie, Neues Museum;

Dalhem Museum or European Cultures, German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven, Romano Germanic Museum of Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Schnütgen Museum, Art of the middle Ages, Museum of Dresden: list of museum including those in the Zwinger, Art Museum of Mannheim, Gutenberg Museum and the first Gutenberg’s bible, Science and Technology Deutsches Museum in Munich, Bavaria National Museum (Munich), Nymphenburg Palace and Park, Germanic National Museum of Nuremberg, German Mining Museum.

Historical

Castles

Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein Castles, Charlottenburg Palace, Sanssouci Palace, Herrenchiemsee Palace: the “Bavarian Versailles”, Castle of Heidelberg

Linderhof Palace, Eltz Castle, Schwerin Castle, Wartburg Castle, Castle of Wilhelmshöhe, Residenz wonderful baroque palace.

Churches and Cathedrals

Aachen Cathedral where you’ll see Lothar Cross, St-Annen Church, Imperial Cathedral of Bamberg, Cologne Cathedral, Hofkirche, The reconstructed church: Frauenkirche, St-Mary’s Church in Lubeck, Cathedral of Saints Catherine and Maurice Magdeburg, Church of St-Elizabeth in Marburg, Münster St Paul’s Cathedral and its astronomic clock of 1542, Ottobeuron Abbey (in German), St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral in Naumburg, Founded in 1147 the Cistercian Maulbronn Monastery, Speyer Cathedral, Basilica Vierzehnheiligen, Wies Church, Zwiefalten Church.

Others

Brandenburger Gate and Reichstag in the heart of Berlin; Bremen's Town Hall and Roland statue; Holstentor (Fortified doors); Nydam Boat; Roman Porta Nigra of Trier; Ulm Münster.

Natural

German Alpine Road: driving the 450 kilometres between Lindau and Berchtesgaden is an amazing experience.

By train, then by foot to the summit of Mont Wendelstein

Berlin’s Zoo (site in German only), Lake Constance (Bodensee), Black Forest, Frankfurt’s Zoo, Rammelsberg’s mines, Sailing on Außenalster in Hamburg, Herrenhäuser Garden, Harz National Park, Wilhelmshöhe Park, Mosel Valley, Neberlhorn summit and Breitachklamm, Lorelei Rock, Saxon Switzerland Bastei bridge and Königstein Fortress, Thüringe Forest, Wörlitz Park, Zugspitze Germany highest mountain.

Cities

Augsburg: Mozart’s Father Native Home, Baden Baden: Kurhaus and Casino, Bamberg, Berchtesgaden, Berlin, Bremen and its Market Square, Burghausen and its over 1km long castle, Celle and its old town, Cologne birth place of Eau de Cologne, Dresden, Eichstätt: very baroque, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Garmisch-Partenkirchen ski area, Old town and Mines of Goslar, Hanseatic city of Hamburg, Hann Münden, Heidelberg, Hanseatic city of Lübeck, Lindau, Lüneburg the city of the “white gold”: salt, Magdeburg, Marburg, Monschau, Munich, Münster, Medieval town of Nuremberg, Oberstdorf, Passau where Danude, Inn and IIz (rivers meet), Potsdam and Beautiful SansSouci Palace, Old town of Regensburg, Rhine Valley and its towns, castles and vineyards; Old town of Rothenburg, Schwäbisch Hall, Westerland on Sylt, Trier, Tübingen and its university who welcomed Hegel and Kepler, Ulm, Weimar and Bauhaus Institut, Bad Wimpfen, Wolfenbüttel (in German only), Würzburg.

Food

Black Forest Cake, German Chocolate Cake, Apple Streudel, Gingerbread in Nuremberg,
Beer (Alt in Düsseldorf, Kölsch from Cologne, Helles from Bavaria and there are hundreds more), Sausages.

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