| | Ludwigsburg is a city in Germany, about 12 km (7 miles) north of Stuttgart's city center, near the river Neckar. It is the capital of the Ludwigsburg District (its largest city having at present ca 87,000 inhabitants), and belongs to the Stuttgart Region in the Administrative region (Regierungsbezirk) of Stuttgart. |
| 20km/12.5mi northwest of Dinkelsbühl, in the Jagst valley, is Crailsheim (in Baden-Württemberg), with the Johanniskirche (St John's Church; Romanesque and Gothic), which has a 15th C. high altar. In the old Spitalkapelle (Hospital Chapel) is the Hohenlohe Heimatmuseum. |
| Berlin is a city of brilliant architectural and social discontinuity—due to its past of both prosperity and division and conflict. Now the largest and most racially diverse city in Germany, it is a capitol with a difficult history. Having suffered through the atrocities of WWII and a repressive era of Soviet occupation, today Berlin displays a love of culture and community unrivaled in any... |  |
| Leipzig is, along with Dresden, one of eastern Germany's biggest tourist destinations. A smaller, walkable, university-centered city, Leipzig has an exciting street culture and a youthful exuberance. Like many larger German cities Leipzig has an Altstadt (literally "old city"), which is vaguely circular and filled with old churches, museums (new and old), and bars and restaurants. It's the... |  |
| The town is located relatively central in a larger depressed area of the "Rheinische Schiefergebirge" (Rheinian Schale-mountains). The "Limburger Becken" (Limburg basin) is surrounded by the Taunus and the Westerwald. Because of its favourable ground and climate conditions, it is one of the most fruitful Hessian agricultural regions. In addition, it has a high importance in trade and traffic... |
| Nuremberg (German: Nürnberg ['nʏɐ̯nbεɐ̯k]) is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. It is situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal and is Franconia's largest city. It is located about 170 kilometres north of Munich, at 49.27° N 11.5° E. Population (as of 01/2006) is 500,132. |  |
| Dresden, the largest city in former East Germany, sits on either side of the wandering river Elbe. One part imperial relic and two parts thriving bohemian village, Dresden has a rich and tumultuous past. Walking through the city you can see bombed out buildings that haven't been touched since WWII, communist relics from the DDR era and edifices more modern than we have here, like the new VW... |  |
| Weimar is a charming little town of about 65,000 and one of the most important cities in Europe. For history and culture buffs Weimar is not to be missed. Goethe, Nietzche and Schiller all lived here, the famous Bauhaus art and design movement got started here, and the town lent its name to a period of German history, the Weimar Republic (1919-1933). If you're visiting be sure to check out... |  |
| Regensburg (['reːgənsbʊɐk], also Ratisbon, Latin: Ratisbona, Czech: Řezno, originally Castra Regina, meaning Fortresses on the Regen river) is a city (population 131,000 in 2007) in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. To the east lies the Bavarian Forest. Regensburg is the capital of the Bavarian administrative region... |  |
| Mönchengladbach (IPA: [mœnçənˈglatbax]) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine half way between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border. The original name of the city was Gladbach, which is even today often applied to the town. To distinguish the town from another town of the same name (the present Bergisch Gladbach) it took the name München-Gladbach in 1888. This... |
| A perfect little lake town, lost in the calm serenity of the Bavarian Alps, Schliersee feels like an older, slower Germany. A pastoral village, happily oriented around a glassy lake, Schliersee is a community full of neighbors, of walking paths, family restaurants, and churches. Schliersee is only a scant 55km from the kinetic city of Munich, but the pace, the tone, and the mood of the town... |  |
| In the heart of Bavaria, Munich is both charming and cosmopolitan. The Marienplatz is the heart of the old city and the central location for tourists and visitors. The old city is pretty walkable. Munich is often called a "big village" despite its more then 1m habitants due to its feel of a relaxed village or small town rather than a busy city. Munich is the capital of the Bavaria province as is... |  |
| Mainz is an adorable place with all the benefits of a large city and of a small town. It's close to Frankfurt, so it's very easy to get to. On the other hand, it has beautiful, quaint Fachwerkhäuser archetecture instead of ominous skyscrapers, and it feels very safe, even in the early morning or late evening. You will miss a lot by not walking the city on foot: not only the archetecture and... |
| A very small German city, Wittenberg feels like a suburb, but there isn't any urban area around. The main attraction here is the church on which Martin Luther nailed his demands for reform. The city draws a pretty good crop of tourists from this history, but it's also worth visiting if you just want to check out a smaller German city for some variety. The city center is really pleasant and lined... |  |
| Zwickau! The Detroit of East Germany. This little hamlet produced East Germany's answer to the Volkswagen: the tiny, ridiculous Trabant. It's a crazy, two cylinder trinket with big charm. You can still hear them on Zwickau's streets and Bono of U2 bought one. |
| The industrial city of Chemnitz was a favorite city of the German Comunist Party and was even named Karl-Marx-Stadt for a while. There's still lots of old Communist sculpture around and lots of the old buildings have that characteristically boxy look. With deep roots in the DDR but lots of new development going on, Chemnitz is a fascinating example of a city in transition. |
| Stuttgart (IPA: [ˈʃtʊtgaʁt]) is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 590,429 (February 2008) while the metropolitan area referred to as Stuttgart Region has a population of 3.46 million (February 2007)[2]. The city lies at the centre of a heavily populated area, circled by a ring of smaller towns. The... |  |
| Kempten im Allgäu is the largest city in Allgäu, a region in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. Population was c. 61,000 in 2006. The area was possibly settled originally by Celts, but was later overtaken by the Romans, who called the town Cambodunum. Archaeologists consider Kempten one of the oldest urban settlements in Germany. |
| "Hanover your keys, you've had too much to drink." A perfect place to escape from the beer hall brouhahas of Bavaria and the redbull fueled house beats of Berlin, Hanover is a northern German city. Off the tourist heavy German loop, Hanover gives visitors a calming taste of Lower Saxony with a good sized half million person population. This midsized city on the river Leine exudes a comfortably... |  |
| The Bauhaus movement was one of the most important revolutions in architecture and design in the 20th century and Dessau was at the center of it. In this town, between 1925 and 1932, the philosophy and practice of Bauhaus found a home and a voice. The Bauhaus university here and the many examples of Bauhaus residential architecture make it well worth visiting. The city is pretty spread out.... |
| Eisenach is one of those German cities that seems to have way more than its fair share of cultural assets. Bach was born here, Martin Luther was exiled here, and the city is presided over by the huge, beautiful Wartburg Fortress in the mountains. The city is smallish but the cultural attactions have kept the city financially comfortable, clean and beautiful. You can see Bach's onetime house and... |  |
| Jena is probably Germany's most famous college town and academic center. It was the intellectual home to Schlegel and Tieck during the Romantic movement in Germany, Friedrich Schiller lectured here in the 1780s and Hegel was a junior professor here when he wrote his monumental Phenomenology of Spirit. Jena is essentially a nice college town, not a big tourist destination. They play up the... |
| Construction of Paris' Euro Disney didn't begin until 1988 but Disney's inspirational sui generis rose into the Bavarian mists over 100 years earlier with Neuschwanstein's groundbreaking. Iconically recognizable, the castle was the creative blueprint for Disneyland's 'Sleeping Beauty Castle.' The palace, built by "Mad King Ludwig II" a man who idealized the fairy tale aesthetic, and fantastical... |  |
| Bonn was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 when the country reunified. It's 20 km south of Cologne on the Rhine river. There's a university here and about 30,000 students who lend the city a certain energy and provide an endless market for theaters, clubs and pubs. |  |
| Pottsdam, 20 minutes by train from downtown Berlin, is the Versailles of Germany. |
| Füssen is a town in Bavaria, Germany, in the district of Ostallgäu situated 5 kilometres (3 miles) from the Austrian border. It is located on the banks of the Lech river. The River Lech flows into the Forggensee. Füssen's coat of arm shows a triskelion (three legs). It had been a settlement in Roman times on the Via Claudia Augusta, a road that leads southwards to northern Italy and northwards to... |
| Fulda (IPA: [ˈfʊlda]) is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the Fulda River and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (Kreis). |
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