Bundeswehr Military History Museum

12 November 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Museums, Exhibitions Reading Time:  5 minutes

MHM Dresden © Kolossos

MHM Dresden © Kolossos

The Bundeswehr Military History Museum (German: Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr) is the military museum of the German Armed Forces, the Bundeswehr, and one of the major military history museums in Germany. The museum is under the technical and administrative chain of command of the German Armed Forces Military History Research Office. It is located in a former military arsenal in the Albertstadt neighborhood of Dresden. The arsenal, an enormous, neo-classical building, was decommissioned and became a military museum.   read more…

Country overview

9 November 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

In addition to the regular search function, a country overview is available here. Click on the country name to see all currently available blog entries.   read more…

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Eberbach Abbey in the Rheingau

5 November 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Environment Reading Time:  4 minutes

© Fritz Geller-Grimm

© Fritz Geller-Grimm

Eberbach Abbey (German: Kloster Eberbach) is a former Cistercian monastery near Eltville am Rhein in the Rheingau. On account of its impressive Romanesque and early Gothic buildings it is considered one of the most significant architectural heritage sites in Hesse. In the winter of 1985/86 the interior scenes of the film The Name of the Rose were filmed here.   read more…

The Pied Piper city of Hameln

28 October 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Cruisship Hameln on River Weser in front of Hotel Stadt Hameln © Thomas Fietzek

Cruisship Hameln on River Weser in front of Hotel Stadt Hameln © Thomas Fietzek

Hamelin (German: Hameln) is a town on the river Weser in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Hamelin-Pyrmont and has a population of 59,000. Hamelin is also the gateway to the surrounding Weserbergland mountains, which can be visited by hikers and bikers. Embedded into the gentle hills of the Weser Mountains Region lies, to the left and the right of the river Weser, the town of Hamelin. Amongst Cinderella and the Lying Baron of Münchhausen this is the home of the darkest fellow from the German Fairy-tale Route – the Pied Piper. More than a million day tourists are drawn to Hamelin each year.   read more…

The Hanseatic city of Stade

14 October 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Former Fish Market Square © Kolossos

Former Fish Market Square © Kolossos

Stade is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany and part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region (Metropolregion Hamburg). It is the seat of the district named after it. The city was first mentioned in a document from 994. Stade is located on the German Timber-Frame Road.   read more…

Papenburg on river Ems

12 October 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Two-masted tall ship Friederike von Papenburg - Tourist Information © Michielverbeek

Two-masted tall ship Friederike von Papenburg – Tourist Information © Michielverbeek

Papenburg is a city in the district of Emsland in Lower Saxony, Germany, situated at the river Ems. It is known for its large shipyard, the Meyer Werft, which specializes in building cruise liners. In the “Chronicle of the Frisians”, written in the 16th century by the East-Frisian council Eggerik Benninga, the Papenburg (at that time a manor) is mentioned for the first time. In 1458, Hayo von Haren, called “von der Papenburch”, confesses to be leaned with the Papenburg. The contract that was made because of this is the earliest verifiably documented mention of Papenburg.   read more…

Neuwerk Island in the Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park

10 October 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Hamburg, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  5 minutes

Horse carriages in the Wadden Sea near Neuwerk Island © Geoz

Horse carriages in the Wadden Sea near Neuwerk Island © Geoz

Neuwerk (3 km², 39 inhabitants) is a Wadden Sea island on the German North Sea coast and a homonymous quarter of the city of Hamburg, Germany, in the borough Hamburg-Mitte. It is located northwest of Cuxhaven, between the Weser and Elbe estuaries, the distance to Hamburg’s center is about 120 km.   read more…

The Rhine

7 October 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  9 minutes

Distance marks along the Rhine indicate distances from this bridge in the City of Constance © Achim Lehle

Distance marks along the Rhine indicate distances from this bridge in the City of Constance © Achim Lehle

The Rhine flows from Grisons in the eastern Swiss Alps to the North Sea coast in the Netherlands and is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at about 1,233 km (766 mi), with an average discharge of more than 2,000 m3/s (71,000 cu ft/s).   read more…

The spa city and wine growing district of Bad Kreuznach

6 October 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Parkhotel Kreuznach © Axolotl Nr. 733

Parkhotel Kreuznach © Axolotl Nr. 733

Bad Kreuznach is the capital of the district of Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is located on the Nahe river, a tributary of the Rhine. The town and the surrounding areas are renowned both nationally and internationally for their wines, especially from the Riesling, Silvaner and Müller-Thurgau grape varieties. The villas of rich citizens built during the German Empire (1871–1918) are very typical of the town.   read more…

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