Best known to most Germans as the locale of Georg-August University, Gottingen has about 130,000 residents, about a quarter of whom are students. Gänseliesel (Goose Girl) is the city's most famous resident, a 1901 fountain built in front of the 14th century Rathaus (Town Hall), which today houses the city's tourist office. But even Goose Girl can't escape the college students, who by tradition upon receiving their PhDs must climb and kiss her, making her "the most kissed girl in the world."
Discover the best top things to do in Franconia, Germany including Rathaus - Buergerbuero, Rothenburg Town Hall (Rathaus), Rathaus, Altes Rathaus, Barockes Rathaus, Kulmbacher Rathaus, Rathaus, Rathaus Bad Konigshofen, Neues Rathaus, Gemeinde Pommersfelden.
Discover the best top things to do in Hannover, Germany including Aegidienkirche, Altes Rathaus, Leibnizhaus, Gartentheater, Kreuzkirche, Alter St. Nikolai Friedhof, St. Nicholas' Chapel, Hannovers Altestes Burgerhaus, Horse Well, Neues Tor.
Founded by the Romans in 179 AD as Casta Regina (meaning Fortress by the River Regen), Regensburg is one of Germany's oldest towns. It was relatively spared from Allied bombings during World War II. Today, many flock to see the wonderfully intact old city and its many medieval structures. The 12th-century Stone Bridge was used by Crusaders en route to the Holy Land. The Regensburg Cathedral (or Dom St. Peter) is one of southern Germany's finest examples of Gothic architecture.
Sonneberg is a town in Thuringia, Germany, which is seat of the district Sonneberg. It has long been a centre of toy making and is still well known for this. It is the home of PIKO, a model railway manufacturer which became one of the few such enterprises in the Warsaw Pact countries and as such supplied model trains depicting railway stock of all the Soviet bloc countries. Sonneberg is home to the German Toy Museum ("Deutsches Spielzeugmuseum").
Discover the best top things to do in Toenisvorst, Germany including Katholische Kirchengemeinde St. Cornelius, Pfarrkirche St. Godehard, St. Martin Denkmal, Tonisvorst - Haus Donk, Altes Rathaus, Tonisvorst - Streuff Muhle, Tonisvorst - Mertenshof, Tonisvorst - Haus Brempt, Tonisvorst - Haus Neersdonk, Tonisvorst - Haus Raedt.
Discover the best top things to do in Palatinate Forest, Germany including Altes Rathaus, Flaggenturm, Stadtmuhle Annweiler, Schlossbrunnen, Klosterruine Limburg, Romerplatz, Humberg Tower, Romisches Weingut Weilberg, Rathaus, Der Kaiserbrunnen.
Discover the best top things to do in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany including Villa Reitzenstein, Rathaus Uberlingen, Gemeinde Schliengen, Town Hall (Rathaus), Landtag Baden-Wuerttemberg, Konstanzer Rathaus, Bundesverfassungsgericht, Das Heilbronner Rathaus, Rathaus, Altes Rathaus.
Discover the best top things to do in Upper Palatinate, Germany including Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof - Unesco World Heritage, Cathedral of St Peter's, Historisches Museum, Kurfurstenbad, Altes Rathaus, Basilica of the Nativity of Our Lady Regensburg, Basilica, Cistercian Monastery and Library, Parsberg Museum, Museum Fur Historische MaybachFahrzeuge, Golf Museum.
Though probably best known as the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 (and of reunified Germany until 1999), Bonn actually has a history dating back to the 1st century BC. Roman soldiers were stationed here and the largest known Roman fort was built at Bonn. In medieval times, the town gained prominence when the Archbishop of Cologne transferred his seat to Bonn. The city's most famous son is Ludwig van Beethoven, born in 1770 at Bonngasse, where a museum now honors him.
Discover the best top things to do in Bruttig-Fankel, Germany including Weingut Volker Jobelius, Altes Rathaus, Filiale-Kirche Maria Himmelfahrt, Weingut Klein-Gotz, Pension Weingut Riedel, Schunk’sches Haus.
Suhl is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located 50 kilometres (31 miles) SW of Erfurt, 110 kilometres (68 miles) NE of Würzburg and 130 kilometres (81 miles) N of Nuremberg. With its 35,000 inhabitants, it is the smallest of the six urban districts within Thuringia. Together with its northern neighbour-town Zella-Mehlis, Suhl forms the largest urban area in the Thuringian Forest with a population of 46,000. The region around Suhl is marked by up to 1,000-meter high mountains, including Thuringia's highest peak, the Großer Beerberg (983 m), approximately 5 kilometres (3 miles) NE of the city centre.
Discover the best top things to do in Weissenburg in Bayern, Germany including Ellinger Tor, Altes Rathaus, Kriegergedachtnisstatte, Hohenzollernfestung Wulzburg, Seeweihermauer, Historische Altstadt, Spitalkirche mit Spitaltor, Schiessgrabenmauer, Sauhandel, Bismarckturm.
Founded by the Romans in 179 AD as Casta Regina (meaning Fortress by the River Regen), Regensburg is one of Germany's oldest towns. It was relatively spared from Allied bombings during World War II. Today, many flock to see the wonderfully intact old city and its many medieval structures. The 12th-century Stone Bridge was used by Crusaders en route to the Holy Land. The Regensburg Cathedral (or Dom St. Peter) is one of southern Germany's finest examples of Gothic architecture.
Lower Saxony (German: Niedersachsen [ˈniːdɐzaksn̩], Low German: Neddersassen) is a German state (Land) situated in northwestern Germany. It is the second largest state by land area, with 47,624 square kilometres (18,388 sq mi), and fourth largest in population (7.9 million) among the sixteen Länder federated as the Federal Republic of Germany. In rural areas Northern Low Saxon, a dialect of Low German, and Saterland Frisian, a variety of the Frisian language, are still spoken, but the number of speakers is declining.
Werne (Westphalian: Wäen) is a town in the Federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the Unna district in Germany. It is located on the southern edge of the Münsterland region near the Ruhrgebiet. The population of Werne is about 32,000.
Like Rome, Bamberg sits on seven hills, though these are lush, green Bavarian ones. You’ll find all sorts of architecture here, so enjoy exploring the cobbled streets. Plenty of shopping and museums await you, as do nine different breweries. The city loves markets and festivals, especially around Christmas.
Founded by the Romans in 179 AD as Casta Regina (meaning Fortress by the River Regen), Regensburg is one of Germany's oldest towns. It was relatively spared from Allied bombings during World War II. Today, many flock to see the wonderfully intact old city and its many medieval structures. The 12th-century Stone Bridge was used by Crusaders en route to the Holy Land. The Regensburg Cathedral (or Dom St. Peter) is one of southern Germany's finest examples of Gothic architecture.
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