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Reichstag Berlin

179 Reviews If you plan to visit the Dome, make sure your information is up todate. Some guide books information is not. Admission is free but you must apply online or by post. I went on line from my home country...

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Marienplatz Munich

123 Reviews Taking the train from the airport we got off at Marienplatz in the city center, probably the most popular place all over Munich. Pic 1 was taken from the stairs as we were approaching the ground...

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Main River Frankfurt am Main

32 Reviews One of the lovliest parts of Frankfurt is the Main River. We walked across the pedestrianized Eisenbrucke - iron Bridge which affords great views over the old town, the cathedral, the church in...

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Reeperbahn - St. Pauli Hamburg

35 Reviews St. Pauli is a traditionally working-class district of Hamburg, near the harbor. It includes the red-light district around the Reeperbahn as well as numerous bars and music clubs. The Beatles lived...

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Cologne Cathedral/ Kölner Dom Cologne

182 Reviews How could you NOT go to the Dom? It's spires are visible from so many points in the city. In fact, I recommend staying in a hotel near to it so you can use those spires as a guide to get you home when...

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Old Town - Altstadt Düsseldorf

56 Reviews This is a square in the heart of Dusseldorf. Years ago there have been a castle there, that’s why is has that name too - Castle Keep. Now it is a very pleasant place for walking and chilling, the...

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Schöner Brunnen - Beautiful Fountain Nürnberg

24 Reviews The Beautiful Fountain (Schöner Brunnen) sits in to the side of the central market square in Nürnberg. This Gothic fountain is a replica of the original that was erected at this site in the 1380s; the...

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Castle/Schloss Heidelberg

174 Reviews I've heard about the University in Heidelberg for years, but had no idea there was such an amazing castle there. When you are in the Old Town, the castle literally looms above you on the hill (that...

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Neues Schloss (New Castle) and Schlossplatz Stuttgart

30 Reviews The Neues Schloss was built in 1807 on a project of Leopoldo Retti as residence palace of the royal family. Today the New Castle is the home of the ministries of the Baden-Wuerttemberg state...

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Zwinger Dresden

79 Reviews If you like the excess of Baroque architecture you’ll love the Zwinger. The word ‘Zwinger’ derives from the German word ‘Zwingen’ which means to constrain, and ‘Zwingenhof’ refers to the area between...

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Marktplatz Karlsruhe

19 Reviews Marktplatz is the central square of the city, so it's truly unlikely that you'll miss it. It features a Pyramid that has become a symbol of the city. There is also the city's Rathaus (picture) and the...

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Beautiful Old Town Koblenz

43 Reviews The Old Town of Koblenz is a delight to stroll. There is a wonderful main square where you can choose from many restaurants and cafes to enjoy a meal, or a coffee and to people watch at the same time....

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Völkerschlachtdenkmal (Monument of the Battle of the Nations) Leipzig

10 Reviews The "Völkerschlachtdenkmal" is a memorial from the late 19th century dedicated to the memory of those fallen in the battle of Leipzig of 1813 (Napoleonic Wars), termed "Völkerschlacht" (battle of the...

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Old Town Hannover

42 Reviews Hannover has one of the biggest and oldest Fleamarkets in Germany! Every Saturday people come from all over Germany to sell and buy. The market starts at 6:00 am and finishes at 4:00 pm. After...

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Porta Nigra Trier

43 Reviews Römer Express, the little tourist train, runs daily nearly the whole year round. It departs from in front of Porta Nigra. The tour takes 35 min, and recorded information is given in English, French,...

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Rhine River Mainz

14 Reviews Well, it isn’t a real beach next to the ocean but you can have sand, beach chairs, cold drinks, and beach volleyball next to the Rhein River when the weather is warm in Mainz. An area between the...

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Beethoven House Bonn

9 Reviews Beethoven was born in a small room at the back of this house in 1770. The front part, at that time, was a pub called Im Mohren, which is why that is written across the front of the building. The...

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Checkpoint Charlie Berlin

158 Reviews Checkpoint Charlie is the most famous border point in Berlin. During the times of the divided Berlin, there were 8 lanes for cars and buses travelling between the both parts. Many people tried to...

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Dachau - Concentration Camp Munich

65 Reviews The term holocaust is an ancient word derived from the Greek language—"holos" (whole) and "kaustos" (burned)—but following the conclusion of World War II the term took on an entirely new meaning. The...

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Römer Frankfurt am Main

62 Reviews Concerts are often held at the Old Nikolai Church, which is right on the Römerberg in front of the Historical Museum. The one I attended recently was of Christmas Carols in English, featuring the...

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Port - Hafen Hamburg

75 Reviews It is a very important part of the port of Hamburg and main tourist attraction. More of the tourist ships depart from here. You can see the port along the river and the building of the Elbsymphonie,...

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Old Town Cologne

35 Reviews I just loved walking around Old Town Cologne; it's just so beautiful! There are so many colorful buildings, plazas and little streets to wander around and I would keep finding one area or building...

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Rheinturm Düsseldorf

31 Reviews This is the telecommunication tower of Dusseldorf. It is 240m tall and 20 years old. I know that you can climb on the top but unfortunately I didn’t do it. They say the view is great. Also the tower...

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Frauenkirche - Church of Our Lady Nürnberg

23 Reviews At noon each day the clock on the west façade, Männleinlaufen, rings to commemorate the Golden Bull of 1356, when seven electors paid homage to Charles IV and it was decreed that each new Emperor...

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Old Bridge Heidelberg

34 Reviews All great romantic cities have a river: Prague has the Vltava, Paris has the Seine, Florence the Arno, and Heidelberg the Neckar river. "Die Alte Bruecke" (=the old bridge) is named after Kurfuerst...

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Cathedrals: Bamberg

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The Cathedral of St. Peter and St. George in Bamberg is a late Romanesque structure that sits atop Domberg, one of the seven hills in the town. It was founded by Holy Roman Emperor Henry II in 1004 and consecrated in 1012. The cathedral was destroyed in a fire in 1081, rebuilt in the early 1100s only to suffer destruction by a fire again in 1185. The cathedral we see today is the second reconstruction, completed in 1237. During the 17th century, the building was updated with a Baroque interior only to be restored to a neo-Romanesque look in the late 1800s.The four towers on the exterior make the cathedral easy to spot from just about anywhere in the city. The interior has two aisles beside the nave and two choirs, one east and one west. Pope Clement II, who was bishop of Bamberg prior to becoming Pope, is buried in the west choir. His tomb dates back to 1240 and is the only Pope buried...

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Cathedrals: Dom St. Martin's in Mainz

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“This Cathedral, towering in all its might and grandeur above the Rhine plain, would have remained in my memory, even if I had never seen it again.” – author Anne Seghers.Begun in 975, the Dom is one of three Romanesque imperial cathedrals along the Rhein (the other two are in Worms and Speyer) and served as the location of seven coronations through the years. The original church burnt in a fire in 1036 and was rebuilt with the red sandstone starting the following year, continuing through 1239. It has endured several fires and has had several additions along with being reconstructed due to the fires.While the original plan was in the Ottonian architectural style (pre-Romanesque) the church is very much a Romanesque style church with three naves and two chancels (one in the east and one in the west) and two transepts. The cathedral is built in the red sandstone that is predominant in the...

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Cathedrals: Fulda Cathedral

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The Fulda Cathedral was built in the 1700s in the Baroque style on the site of the former Ratgar Basilica and burial site of Saint Boniface. The German architect Johann Dientzenhofer was commissioned by Prince Adalbert von Schleifras, whose coat of arms can be seen above the main portal and above the high altar (I was intrigued by this rather ornate coat of arms and had to research the ownership of it). Fulda’s church did not receive cathedral status until 1752 when the Fulda Diocese was created, turning the Prince-Abbotts into Bishops.Because Saint Boniface is entombed in the Fulda Cathedral, the church has been a pilgrimage site for centuries and is still visited by pilgrims today. Boniface’s tomb is located behind and below the high altar – enter from either side of the high altar via the steps that lead down to the tomb. There is a small chapel in the tomb area. On the day we were...

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Castles: Trifels Castle

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My fascination in wanting to go to Annweiler am Trifels was simple: to see the castle where Richard the Lionheart was held prisoner by Emperor Henry VI of Hohenstaufen in 1193. Richard had been captured near Vienna on his return to France and England after the Third Crusade and handed over to the emperor, who held him until a rather large ransom was paid. As a British history fan, I could not pass by seeing this site. In fact, at the time of my visit I was in the midst of reading a novel by one of my favorite authors about Richard (too bad the sequel will have the part about Trifels Castle).And what a site it is! The setting of the castle on the top of a rock hill (one of three hills, thus the name “Trifels” or “three rocks”) is spectacular. I could easily see how intimidating it would be for anyone to consider a prison escape from this location. While the castle is not the same one as...

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Castles: Burg Eltz

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“Eltz castle is simply what a castle should be. Its solitude and the beauty of its situation stimulate the imagination." ~ Georg Dehio, German art historianBurg Eltz (Eltz Castle) is beautifully situated in a valley near the Mosel River with the Eltz, a Mosel tributary, gently winding its way around the castle on three sides. It is probably one of the most picturesque settings for a storybook-like castle in Germany. Thankfully for us, Burg Eltz is one of the few castles in the Rhein/Mosel area that has never been destroyed by enemies.The castle is designed around three family houses – the Rübenach, Rodendorf, and Kempenich houses – that were owned by three members of the Eltz family. In 1268 the castle and its lands were divided between the three brothers. Over time, each line built their own portion of the castle; today this is still clearly marked by the name of the line carved above...

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Castles: Schloss Linderhof

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We enjoy southern Bavaria and go there a good bit for long weekends to enjoy its natural beauty. On a recent trip, we were with visiting friends and family and we were looking for something different to see. So we headed up from Garmisch-Partenkirchen towards Ettal and Oberammergau to visit one of the three castles built by Bavarian King Ludwig II – Linderhof Palace.You are probably most familiar with King Ludwig’s larger castle – Neuschwanstein – located not too far away from here. While he never finished that one, Linderhof was completed and was designed more as a retreat away from the world and its inhabitants – a private oasis in the middle of the beautiful Bavaria hills. It was built as a miniature Versailles Palace, complete with a small version of the Hall of Mirrors. King Ludwig was a fan of Louis XIV and you can see the Sun King’s influence throughout the building. But this...

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Castles: Schloss Hohenschwangau

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Schloss Hohenschwangau is one of three castles in the nearby area that Bavarian King Ludwig II lived in – the other two are the famous Neuschwanstein Castle and Schloss Linderhof. I have visited all three and, while Schloss Hohenschwangau is very much a grand palace in a beautiful setting, I find that it is my least favorite of the three. That doesn’t mean that I don’t like it, I just like the other two more.The castle dates back to the 12th century, making it the oldest of the three castles. However, the previous owners, the Schwangau Knights, no longer existed by the 16th century and the castle was abandoned. It was heavily damaged in the 1800s during the Napoleonic wars. King Ludwig II’s father, Maximilian II, purchased the ruin when he was still Crown Prince and rebuilt the castle in the mid-1800s.Hohenschwangau is well worth a visit when you are in the area visiting Neuschwanstein...

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Castles: Schloss Neuschwanstein

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“It is my intention to rebuild the old castle ruin of Hohenschwangau near the Pöllat Gorge in the authentic style of the old German knights' castles, and I must confess to you that I am looking forward very much to living there one day (in 3 years); there will be several cosy, habitable guest rooms with a splendid view of the noble Säuling, the mountains of Tyrol and far across the plain…” ~ Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, in a letter addressed to Richard WagnerNeuschwanstein Castle is known to most people who like castles, Europe, or Disney. It is on the top of many people’s must-see lists when they come to Germany. It was designed and built for King Ludwig II of Bavaria, who never lived to see the work completed. To this day, the castle is toured in its unfinished state by millions of tourists a year (as many as 6,000 per day walk through its halls at the height of the vacation...

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Cities: Nürnberg

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Nürnberg is one of my favorite German cities; it has so much of all the things I like – history, art, architecture, good food, and Christmas markets. It is one of those cities that I could keep coming back to over and over again and I doubt I would ever get tired of visiting.Nürnberg is the home of Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer who took the negative tradesman concept away from artists and replaced it with the artisan celebrity that the Italian artists were experiencing. Dürer was one of the first to understand the concept of marketing art to the middle class – the idea that even those without a lot of money could have a piece of art in their home through his work with engravings. He even developed one of the first logos and placed it on his work to prevent theft of his ‘copyright.’Historically, Nürnberg has a dark period as well, known for its vivid presence during the Third Reich...

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Cities: Mainz

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Mainz is the first place we stayed when arriving in Germany – it was our home for the first month while we waited for our house. So full of history and things to do that we were never bored and we still return to the city often since some of our favorite restaurants and sights are there!Mainz dates back to the Roman times and there are plenty of Roman ruins around town if you are interested in that part of history.Mainz was the home of Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the movable type printing press. There is a museum dedicated to Gutenberg and his work as well as a statue in the middle of town honoring their favorite son.Mainz is dominating by the Dom - St. Martin's Cathedral, one of three Romanesque imperial cathedrals in the area. But this is not the only church in Mainz as there are 12 churches in the city.Situated on the 50th parallel, Mainz has the line drawn to mark it near the...