Tag: Germany

Kiel (Germany) Kiel was founded in 1242 by Count Adolf IV. Standing on the shores of the Baltic Sea and protected from storms, it has become quite a significant trading port. In 1284, Kiel joined the union of German cities, later called the Hansa. Here was the Prussian, and later – the all-German fleet. The…

Autonomous German art begins only with the creation of a national state after the partition of the Carolingian Empire. Its first phase therefore falls into the Romanesque period of European art, and can be divided into three periods; the archaic period, which takes its name from the Ottoni dynasty and reaches up to the middle…

Dresden, capital of the State of Saxony and an independent city, 113–315 m above sea level, (2019) 556 800 residents (1939: 630,000, 1950: 494 200, 1988: 518 100 residents). Dresden lies in the middle of the climatically favorable Dresden Elbe valley widening on both sides of the Elbe and extends over an area of ​​328…

Hence the systematic escapes from the GDR to West Germany (3 million people in ten years), favored by the situation in Berlin with easy access from one sector to another. To prevent these escapes, a concrete wall was erected in 1961 across Berlin to reinforce the ruthless police measures against fugitives. In East Germany, too,…

City peculiarities Augsburger Puppenkiste Probably the most famous puppet theater in Germany was housed in the Heilig-Geist-Spital and is located in the old town of Augsburg, Germany as featured on petsinclude. It has been performing fairy tales since 1948, but also more serious plays. Incidentally, the doll box was ennobled with the Golden Camera in…

Aschaffenburg – The Bavarian Nice The Süddeutsche Zeitung once described Aschaffenburg as Bavaria with a difference. An Upper Bavarian would not even claim that, however, the city is so far above the white sausage equator, seen from it in the far north, and so close is the state border with Hesse. Not only did the…

ON THE GO Traveling by plane Lufthansa (LH) is the best-known domestic German airline. Eurowings (EW) and Air Berlin (AB) connect numerous German cities. In the summer, connections to Helgoland, Sylt and some East Frisian islands such as Usedom are offered by demand flight services with fixed departure times. Air Hamburg (HH) flies from Hamburg…

In 2010, Germany was a prosperous and thriving nation. With a population of over 82 million people, it was the most populous country in the European Union and one of the world’s major economic powers. The country had a strong economy with low unemployment, a high standard of living, and an abundance of natural resources….