The medical and university town of Erlangen

16 April 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Erlangen Castle, seat of the Friedrich-Alexander University © Selby

Erlangen Castle, seat of the Friedrich-Alexander University © Selby

Erlangen is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria. It is located at the confluence of the river Regnitz and its large tributary, the Untere Schwabach. Erlangen has more than 100,000 inhabitants.   read more…

The university and Hanseatic town of Greifswald

12 April 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

Market Square with the City Hall © Axt

Market Square with the City Hall © Axt

Greifswald is a town in northeastern Germany. It is situated in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, at an equal distance of about 250 kilometres (160 mi) from Germany’s two largest cities, Berlin and Hamburg. The town borders the Baltic Sea, and is crossed by a small river, the Ryck. It is also located near Germany’s two largest islands, Rügen and Usedom as well as near three of the country’s 14 national parks. A former district-free town, it is the capital of the new district of Vorpommern-Greifswald since the September 2011 district reforms.   read more…

The North Sea spa town of Cuxhaven

10 April 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

© cuxhaven.de

© cuxhaven.de

Cuxhaven is an independent town and seat of the Cuxhaven district, in Lower Saxony. It is situated on the shore of the North Sea at the mouth of the Elbe River. Cuxhaven has a footprint of 14 km (east-west) by 7 km (north-south). Especially its town quarters Duhnen, Döse and Sahlenburg are popular vacation spots on the North Sea and home to about 52,000 residents.   read more…

Erfurt, Thuringia’s capital

5 April 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  7 minutes

Haus 'Zum breiten Herd' and Guild Hall on Fish Market © TomKidd

Haus ‘Zum breiten Herd’ and Guild Hall on Fish Market © TomKidd

Erfurt is the capital city of Thuringia and the main city nearest to the geographical centre of Germany, located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 150 km N of Nuremberg and 180 km SE of Hannover. Erfurt Airport can be reached by plane via Munich. It lies in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin within the wide valley of Gera River, a tributary of the Unstrut. To the south, the city is surrounded by the Steigerwald forest.   read more…

Sankt Augustin in the Rhineland

3 April 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Monastery of Divine Word Missionaries © Marcus Bentfeld

Monastery of Divine Word Missionaries © Marcus Bentfeld

Sankt Augustin is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is named after the patron saint of the Divine Word Missionaries, Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430). The Missionaries established a monastery near the current city centre in 1913. Sankt Augustin is situated about eight km north-east of Bonn and three km south-west of Siegburg.   read more…

The Hackesche Höfe in Berlin

31 March 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Berlin Reading Time:  8 minutes

© Times

© Times

Berlin’s Hackesche Höfe (Hof means courtyard) – just off S-Bahn Station Hackescher Markt, is a heritage site consisting of eight communicating, restored rear courtyards accessible through Rosenthalerstrasse 40’s main arched entrance. The area, also known as the Scheunenviertel is one of Berlin’s top entertainment hubs, popular with Berliners and visitors alike and a magnet for club-goers since the 1990’s.   read more…

The Karl-Marx-Allee in Berlin

28 March 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Berlin Reading Time:  6 minutes

Frankfurter Tor © Dnsob

Frankfurter Tor © Dnsob

The Karl-Marx-Allee is a monumental socialist boulevard built by the GDR between 1952 and 1960 in Berlin Friedrichshain and Mitte. Today the boulevard is named after Karl Marx.   read more…

The Museum Island in Berlin

24 March 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Berlin, Museums, Exhibitions, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  9 minutes

© museumsinsel-berlin.de

© museumsinsel-berlin.de

Museum Island (German: Museumsinsel) is the name of the northern half of an island in the Spree river in the central Mitte district of Berlin, Germany, the site of the old city of Cölln. It is so called for the complex of five internationally significant museums, all part of the Berlin State Museums, that occupy the island’s northern part:   read more…

Cottbus, capital of Lausitz and gate to the Spreewald

22 March 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Branitz Palace © Martinroell

Branitz Palace © Martinroell

Cottbus is a city in Brandenburg, Germany, situated around 125 km (78 miles) southeast of Berlin, on the River Spree. As of 2010, its population was 102,091.   read more…

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