The city of Hanau in Hesse has the moniker, “Brüder-Grimm-Stadt” (Brothers Grimm City). Literature’s favourite sibling collaboration was born in Hanau in 1785 and 1786, and there’s a national memorial …
Inland navigation has always been crucial to the city of Minden, in the very northeast of North Rhine Westphalia. In Medieval times Minden needed the Weser River for fishing and …
The seat of a historic county in the old Electorate of Mainz, the town of Miltenberg is pressed against a bend in the River Main by the final eastern peaks …
A lovable town of timber-framed houses, Michelstadt is a tourist favourite in the Hessian Odenwald. Michelstadt’s coil of little streets and squares could be in a fantasy movie, while the …
A UNESCO World Heritage city, Quedlinburg rests below a sandstone cliff that has an abbey and palace on top. The king of East Francia, Henry the Fowler founded Quedlinburg in …
Where the Mulde River empties into the Elbe, Dessau is a city that you’ll often hear described as the “Bauhausstadt”. And with good reason, as Walter Gropius brought the Bauhaus …
A UNESCO city of overwhelming beauty, Goslar is under the northwestern hills of the Harz range in Lower Saxony. One of these peaks, Rammelsberg proved especially lucrative for Goslar, and …
Up to 1945 the city of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony was feted for its 1,900 half-timbered houses. Many of these were wiped out towards the end of the Second World …
Approaching the city of Meissen in Saxony the first thing that comes into view is the Burgberg rising over the Elbe. Translating to castle hill, Burgberg is where the city’s …
On the Ruhr between Bochum and Dortmund, Witten is a city with mining in its blood. The collieries came early to Witten, and were given a boost when Frederick the …