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Points of Interest
Area: 137,838 square miles (slightly smaller than Montana). Population: 84,068,000 (Berlin, 3,478,000; Hamburg, 1,704,000; Munich, 1,251,000; Cologne, 966,000). Language: German.
Highlights
Berlin, again the capital, is a center of art and culture.
Sixteen miles away is Potsdam, famous for the Sanssouci and Cecilienhof palaces and Royal Gardens.
Dresden is regaining its reputation as Germany's most beautiful city. Nearby is Leipzig, a city of commerce and culture, where Johann Sebastian Bach was choir director at St. Thomas Church.
Bonn, on the Rhine, is still the seat of government. It was the birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven.
Cologne is a university town with a must-see Gothic cathedral (the cornerstone was set 750 years ago). The Rhine is a favorite, of course, for cruises.
Frankfurt, cosmopolitan center of business and finance on the river Main, also hosts excellent opera, concerts and ballet.
In Augsburg, Jakob Fugger, patrician founder of a merchant dynasty, established the world's first social housing settlement in 1510. Stuttgart, a historic university town, is home to Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Bosch and its eponymous ballet. Freiburg, gateway to the Black Forest, includes a splendid cathedral among its outstanding buildings.
Munich, fun-loving capital of Bavaria, has a flair for fashion and gemŸtlichkeit, especially at Oktoberfest.(text copied from somewhere)
| Rhine Tour Boat | German Castle | picture eleven | picture sixteen | picture twentyone |
| Bornhofen | Wallfahrtsort | picture twelve | picture seventeen | picture twentytwo |
| Burgkatz | picture eight | picture thirteen | picture eighteen | picture twentythree |
| Loreley | picture nine | picture fourteen | picture nineteen | picture twentyfour |
| Ore Boat | picture ten | picture fifteen | picture twenty | picture twentyfive |
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