Pannfisch, also known as Hamburger Pannfisch or Hamburger Pfann(en)fisch, is a traditional dish of Hamburg cuisine, now considered “typically North German” and widespread throughout Northern Germany. Its main components are fried or boiled pieces of fish (without the head), fried potatoes, and mustard sauce. Once considered a “poor man’s food” and a way to use up leftovers, this pan-fried dish is now sometimes prepared with more expensive fish and can also be found in upscale restaurants. read more…
Freising is a university town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the FreisingLandkreis (district), with a population of about 50,000. Freising is the oldest town between Regensburg and Bolzano, and is located on the Isar river in Upper Bavaria, north of Munich and near the Munich International Airport. The city is built on and around two prominent hills: the Cathedral Hill (Domberg) with the former Bishop’s Residence and Freising Cathedral, and Weihenstephan Hill (Weihenstephaner Berg) with the former Weihenstephan Abbey, containing the oldest working brewery in the world. It was also the location of the first recorded tornado in Europe. The city is 448 metres above sea level. read more…
The Ahr valley (German: Ahrtal) is named after the Ahr, a left tributary of the Rhine in Germany. It begins at the Ahr spring (Ahrquelle) in Blankenheim in the county of Euskirchen (North Rhine-Westphalia) and runs generally eastwards. At its southernmost point it enters the county of Ahrweiler, and hence the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Running through the collective municipality of Adenau the valley bends northeast at its confluence with the Adenauer Bach and reaches the collective municipality of Altenahr, from where it resumes its characteristic west to east course, albeit interrupted by meanders. Here begins the section that is known as the Ahr valley (Ahrtal) in a touristic sense. Here it is characterized by vineyards on the south-facing slopes and a picturesque rocky landscape, carved out by the river creating a 300 metre deep gorge in the Ahr Hills. In the next stage the Ahr reaches the area of the county town of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, before finally discharging into the Rhine south of Remagen in the borough of Sinzig. read more…
Jüterbog is a historic town in north-eastern Germany, in the Teltow-Fläming district of Brandenburg. It is on the Nuthe river at the northern slope of the Fläming hill range, about 65 km (40 mi) southwest of Berlin. read more…
