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Munich
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Located in southeastern Germany, Bavaria (Bayern) is the country’s largest state and second in population after North Rhine-Westphalia. By far the largest city in Bavaria is Munich (München), followed by Nuremberg (Nürnberg) and Augsburg. Bounded in the south by the Alps, Bavaria is famous as a hiker’s and skier’s paradise, and we feature vacation apartments in nearly all of its picturesque towns, including Berchtesgaden, Lenggries, and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, to name just a few. Another popular way to explore Bavaria is by following the Romantic Road (Romantische Straße)—a north-south tourist route that begins in Würzburg and ends in Füssen, passing through numerous ancient and beautifully-preserved towns such as Rothenburg ob der Tauber. We currently offer a variety of vacation apartments in Bavaria to choose from, with more being added every day!  [ + ] learn more

Popular Activities: Nürnberger Christkindelsmarkt (Christmas Market in Nuremberg), Munich’s famous Hofbräuhaus – “oans, zwoa, g'suffa!”, "Christkindlmarkt" and "Kripperlmarkt" in Munich, more...
Popular Destinations: Vilseck, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Berchtesgaden, Mittenwald
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Lenggries
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The snow-capped German Alps are perfect for either hiking in the summer and skiing in the winter. Live like a German in a small alpine village, stroll through the narrow streets, have a pleasant dinner in an authentic Bavarian restaurant...  [ + ] learn more

Popular Activities: Freiburg, Black Forest, and Europa Park, Enjoy Great Dining in Stuttgart, Heidelberg & Freiburg, more...
Popular Destinations: Heidelberg, Stuttgart, Tübingen, Baden Baden, Friedrichshafen
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Burg Eltz
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The state Rhineland-Palatinate consists of nine fascinating regions. Each is different and offers a variety of landscape, culture, and joy de vivre. Rhineland-Palatinate is the largest wine producing area in Germany. A paradise for wine lovers, because it is home of 6 of the 9 wine-producing districts in Germany.  [ + ] learn more

Popular Activities: Date Night Guide - Grafenwoehr, Trier - Visit the Oldest City in Germany, Take a Boat Tour on the Rhine River, more...
Popular Destinations: Ramstein, Koblenz, Baumholder, Landstuhl, Prüm
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Berlin (skyline)
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Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city. It is the second most populous city and the ninth most populous urban area in the European Union. Located in northeastern Germany, it is the center of the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan area, comprising 5 million people from over 190 nations.  [ + ] learn more

Popular Activities: Visit the Disturbing Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, Potsdam, St. Martins Day and the "Martinsgans", Berlin Marathon – a Race through Germany’s Buzzing Capital, more...
Popular Destinations: Berlin-Wannsee, Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin-Steglitz, Berlin-Schöneberg, Berlin-Mitte
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Limburg
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Hesse enjoys a central location in the middle of Germany. Beautiful forests, charming villages, historic old towns, and picturesque castles are waiting for you to enjoy.  [ + ] learn more

Popular Activities: Take a Boat Tour on the Rhine River, Freiburg, Black Forest, and Europa Park, Explore the Braunfels Castle, more...
Popular Destinations: Frankfurt, Waldgirmes, Wetzlar, Wiesbaden, Königstein im Taunus
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Kap Arkona (Rügen)
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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, sometimes translated as Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania or Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, is a state in northern Germany comprising of two regions, Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The Baltic Sea coastline and its islands (such as Rügen), the cities, as well as the Mecklenburg Lake District are very popular with tourists, making the state one of Germany's leading tourist destinations.  [ + ] learn more

Popular Activities: Osnabrück Christmas Market, home to the historical children's Merry-Go-Round, Rostocker Weihnachtsmarkt - The Biggest Christmas Market in North Germany, Romantic Salzwedel, birthplace of the "Baumkuchen", more...
Popular Destinations: Warnemünde, Kühlungsborn, Zinnowitz, Rügen, Poel Island
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Dresden
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The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen is a federal state of Germany. Located in the southeastern part of present-day Germany. It is the tenth-largest German state in area (18,413 km²) and the sixth largest in population (4.3 million), of Germany's sixteen states.  [ + ] learn more

Popular Activities: The "Erzgebirge", a visit to the Christmas-Country in Germany, Visit Germany's Oldest Christmas Market in Dresden, Leipzig, Trade Fair Calendar 2010, more...
Popular Destinations: Dresden, Freiberg (Saxony), Leipzig, Seiffen, Voigtsdorf
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Sky over Düsseldorf
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North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen) is a state in the northwest of Germany - in terms of population and economic output - the largest Federal State of Germany.  [ + ] learn more

Popular Activities: Aachener Printen and the "Printenmann", the landmark of the Christmas Market, Where to Find the Best Christmas Markets in Europe, Take a Boat Tour on the Rhine River, more...
Popular Destinations: Cologne, Düsseldorf, Gütersloh, Paderborn, Essen
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Hamburg (Harbour)
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Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany (after Berlin), and is the most populous non-capital city in the European Union. The city is a major tourist destination both for domestic and overseas visitors, receiving about 7.4 million overnight stays in 2007.  [ + ] learn more

Popular Activities: Heide-Park – Fun for Young and Old!, Paddling Around Lake Alster, Travemünde – Seaside Resort at the Baltic Sea, more...
Popular Destinations: Hamburg, Buxtehude, Blankenese
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Lower Saxony
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Lower Saxony lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen Bundesländer (states) of Germany.  [ + ] learn more

Popular Activities: Best Christmas Markets throughout north and north-west Germany, Osnabrück Christmas Market, home to the historical children's Merry-Go-Round, The Castles of the Rhine River, more...
Popular Destinations: Wolfsburg, Aurich, Hamelin, Göttingen, Cuxhaven
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Bremen
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Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany (official name: Stadtgemeinde Bremen / City Municipality of Bremen). It is a port city, situated along the river Weser, about 60 km (37 mi) south from its mouth on the North Sea. Bremen is one of two towns belonging to the state of Bremen (official name: Freie Hansestadt Bremen1 (Free Hanseatic City of Bremen), referring to its membership in the medieval Hanseatic League), the other being Bremerhaven.  [ + ] learn more

Popular Activities: Best Christmas Markets throughout north and north-west Germany, Bremer Freimarkt, biggest Fairground Festival in northern Germany, Enjoy a Tranquil Vacation at the German Wadden Sea, more...
Popular Destinations: Bremen, Bremerhaven
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Urlaub auf Sylt
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Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany. Its capital city is Kiel, other notable cities are Lübeck and Flensburg.  [ + ] learn more

Popular Activities: Leipzig, Trade Fair Calendar 2010, Visit the Disturbing Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, Potsdam, St. Martins Day and the "Martinsgans", more...
Popular Destinations: Lübeck, Wyk auf Föhr, Sylt, Schleswig, Travemünde
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Quedlinburg
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Saxony-Anhalt (German: Sachsen-Anhalt) is one of the sixteen Bundesländer (federal states) that make up the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of 20,447 square kilometres (7,895 sq mi), and a population of 2.45 million (more than 2.8 million in 1990). Its capital is Magdeburg.  [ + ] learn more

Popular Activities: Visit Germany's Oldest Christmas Market in Dresden, Leipzig, Trade Fair Calendar 2010, Munich, Bavaria, Castles, & Legoland, more...
Popular Destinations: Magdeburg, Quedlinburg, Halle an der Saale, Thale, Stecklenberg im Harz
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Thuringia
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The Free State of Thuringia (German: Freistaat Thüringen) is located in central Germany. It has an area of 16,171 square kilometers (6,243.7 sq mi) and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen Bundesländer (federal states). The capital is Erfurt.  [ + ] learn more

Popular Activities: Leipzig, Trade Fair Calendar 2010, Leipzig – City of Music and Culture, Enjoy hot rhythms and sexy dancers at the Samba festival in Coburg, more...
Popular Destinations: Königsee, Erfurt, Jena, Gerstungen, Bad Salzungen
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Potsdam Neues Palais
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Brandenburg is one of the sixteen states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam. Brandenburg surrounds but does not include the national capital Berlin.  [ + ] learn more

Popular Activities: Visit Germany's Oldest Christmas Market in Dresden, Dresden, unthinkable without "Striezelmarkt and Christstollen", Visit the Disturbing Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, more...
Popular Destinations: Brandenburg an der Havel, Hohenleipisch, Teltow, Senftenberg, Rangsdorf
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Saarland - Alte Brücke
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Saarland is one of the 16 federal states (German: Bundesländer) of Germany. The capital is Saarbrücken. It has an area of 2570 km² and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population, it is the smallest of the German Flächenländer (area states), i.e., those that are not city-states (Berlin, Bremen and Hamburg). Its location between French and German powers has given Saarland a unique history. It was the only state to join the Bundesrepublik between its formation in 1949 and the German reunification in 1990. Saarland has the highest concentration of Roman Catholics of any German state (65.1 percent of the population), and is one of two states (the other being Bavaria) in which Catholics form a majority.  [ + ] learn more

Popular Activities: Trier - Visit the Oldest City in Germany, ADAC Rally Race, Gemstone Factory Tours, more...
Popular Destinations: Saarbrücken, Homburg, Völklingen, Perl, Bad Kohlgrub
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Black Forest
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The Black Forest (German: Schwarzwald) is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. The highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 metres (4,898 ft). The region is almost rectangular with a length of 200 km (120 mi) and breadth of 60 km (37 mi). Hence it has an area of approximately 12,000 km2 (4,600 sq mi).  [ + ] learn more

Popular Destinations: Baden Baden, Oberharmersbach, Freiburg im Breisgau, Titisee-Neustadt, Triberg
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Road Sign near Römerkessel
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The Romantic Road (German: Romantische Straße) is the term for a theme route coined by travel agents in the 1950s to describe the stretch of highway in southern Germany (in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg), between Würzburg and Füssen.

Popular Destinations: Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Füssen, Augsburg, Würzburg, Dinkelsbühl
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Rothenburg
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The Castle Road is a theme route in southern Germany (in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg) and a small portion in the Czech Republic, between Mannheim and Prague.

Popular Destinations: Heidelberg, Bamberg, Mannheim, Ansbach, Bayreuth
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Augsburg Portal
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Swabia is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in southwest Bavaria. It was formed out of the part of the historic region of Swabia which was annexed by Bavaria in 1803. It was once formally ruled by dukes of the Hohenstaufen dynasty. During the Nazi period, the area was separated from the rest of Bavaria to become the Gau Swabia. It was re-incorporated into Bavaria after the war.

Popular Destinations: Memmingen, Kempten im Allgäu, Lindau, Aichach
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Stillachtal near Oberstdorf
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Allgäu is a German region in the southwest of Bavaria also extending some kilometres into southeastern Baden-Württemberg. The region stretches from the prealpine lands up to the Alps. The main rivers flowing through the Allgäu are the Lech and Iller rivers.

Popular Destinations: Oberstdorf, Bad Hindelang
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Rachelsee
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The Bavarian Forest is a wooded low-mountain region in Bavaria, Germany. It extends along the Czech border and is continued on the Czech side by the Šumava (Bohemian Forest). The highest mountain in the region is the Großer Arber (Great Arber, 1456 m). The main river is the Regen, which is formed by the conjunction of White Regen and Black Regen and leaves the mountains towards the city of Regensburg.

Popular Destinations: Bayerisch Eisenstein, Zwiesel, Passau, Neuschönau, Waldmünchen
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Chiemgau mit Chiemsee
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The Chiemgau is the name of an area of Upper Bavaria. It refers to the foothills of the Alps. The district is located in the Chiemgau. Wendelstein is the name of a mountain there.

Popular Destinations: Prien am Chiemsee, Aschau im Chiemgau, Bad Endorf, Bernau am Chiemsee, Breitbrunn am Chiemsee
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Wichtiger Wirtschaftszweig
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The Palatinate, historically also Rhenish Palatinate, is a region in south-western Germany. It occupies more than a quarter of the German federal state (Bundesland) of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz). Traditionally, the Palatinate is divided into the regions of Anterior Palatinate (Vorderpfalz), West Palatinate (Westpfalz), North Palatinate (Nordpfalz), and South Palatinate (Südpfalz).

Popular Destinations: Kaiserslautern, Ludwigshafen, Zweibrücken, Germersheim, Speyer
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Hintersee
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Berchtesgadener Land is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the district of Traunstein and by the state of Austria. This district comprises the southeastern tip of Bavaria. It consists of a high alpine countryside in the south, with mountains rising to more than 2500 m, and of a strip along the Saalach River. The city of Salzburg (Austria) is located on the opposite side of the Saalach, across from the town of Freilassing.

Popular Destinations: Berchtesgaden, Schönau am Königssee, Bad Reichenhall, Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden, Inzell
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Iuliacensis et Montensis Ducatus map
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The Bergisches Land is a region in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It contains beside the tri-city area of Remscheid-Solingen-Wuppertal the district Mettmann, Leverkusen, the Rheinisch-Bergisch district, the Oberbergisch district and parts of the Rhein-Sieg district. It emerged from the Duchy of Berg. The name of the region is not derived from its mountainous terrain (German: Berg, mountain), but from the dukes of Berg. The dukes of Berg lived first in the Castle Berge in Altenberg, later then in the Castle Schloss Burg at the Wupper. Düsseldorf was the capital. The known region star is Angry German Kid also known as Keyboard Crusher.

Popular Destinations: Ratingen, Bergisch Gladbach, Velbert
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Walberla
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Franconia is a region of Germany comprising the northern parts of the modern state of Bavaria, a part of southern Thuringia, and a much smaller region in northeastern Baden-Württemberg called Heilbronn-Franken. The Bavarian part is made up of the administrative regions of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken), Middle Franconia (Mittelfranken), and Upper Franconia (Oberfranken). Franconia (just like France) is named after the Germanic tribe of the Franks. This tribe played a major role after the breakdown of the Roman Empire and colonised large parts of medieval Europe.

Popular Destinations: Nuremberg, Bad Windsheim, Erlangen, Bad Kissingen, Fürth
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Langeoog
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East Frisia or Eastern Friesland is a coastal region in the northwest of the German federal state of Lower Saxony. It connects Western Frisia (in the Netherlands) with the district of Nordfriesland (Northern Frisia, Northern Friesland) in Schleswig-Holstein, all of which belong to the historic and geographic Frisia. Ostfriesland consists of the districts of Aurich, Leer, Wittmund as well as of the city of Emden. The historical district of Norden is today part of the district of Aurich.

Popular Destinations: Aurich
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Baldiunseck
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The Hunsrück is a low mountain range in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the river valleys of the Moselle (north), the Nahe (south), and the Rhine (east). The Hunsrück is continued by the Taunus mountains on the eastern side of the Rhine. In the north behind the Moselle it is continued by the Eifel. To the south of the Nahe, the Palatinate is to be found.

Popular Destinations: Idar-Oberstein, Boppard, Blaubach, Birkenfeld
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Eifel aqueduct
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The Eifel is a low mountain range in western Germany and eastern Belgium. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the south of the German-speaking Community of Belgium. Since 2004 about 110 km² of the Eifel have been protected as the Eifel National Park nature reserve.

Popular Destinations: Prüm, Bitburg, Oberkail, Maifeld, Schöneseiffen
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Spätburgunder
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Ahr is a region (Anbaugebiet) for quality wine in Germany, and is located in the valley of the river Ahr, a tributary of Rhine, and is situated in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. With only 558 hectares (1,380 acres) of vines as of 2008, it is one of smaller of Germany's 13 regions. Despite its northern location (it is for example situated north of Mosel region) it primarily produces red wines, and red grape varieties account for 86% of the vineyard area, which is more than in any other German wine region.

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Bergparade
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The Erzgebirge or Ore Mountains are a mountain range, which for many centuries formed a natural border between Saxony in Germany and Bohemia in today's Czech Republic, named in both local languages after the ore found there. The mountain range forms the border between both countries for 150 kilometers, extending from the western border of Saxony to the Elbe river.

Popular Destinations: Adorf, Unterwürschnitz, Markneukirchen, Mühlental, Oberwiesenthal
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Hegne & Reichenau
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Lake Constance is a lake on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps, and consists of three bodies of water: the Obersee (upper lake), the Untersee (lower lake), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called the Seerhein. The lake is situated in Germany, Switzerland and Austria near the Alps. Specifically, its shorelines lie in the German states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, and the Swiss cantons of Thurgau and St. Gallen. The Rhine flows into it from the south.

Popular Destinations: Friedrichshafen, Meersburg, Überlingen, Tettnang, Tailfingen
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Mönchengladbach Münster
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The Lower Rhine region or Niederrhein is a region around the Lower Rhine section of the river Rhine in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany between approximately Neuss and Düsseldorf to the South and the Dutch border around Emmerich to the North. As the region can be defined either geographically, lingustically, culturally, or by political, economic and traffic relations of centuries, as well as more recent political subdivisions, its precise borders are disputable and occasionally may be seen as extending beyond the Dutch border. Yet, while the Dutch half of the Lower Rhine geographic area is called Nederrijn in Dutch, it does practically not overlap with the German Niederrhein region, although one term is a translation of the other.

Popular Destinations: Bedburg-Hau, Krefeld, Emmerich, Mönchengladbach, Grevenbroich
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Wilseder Berg
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The Lüneburg Heath is a large area of heath, geest and woodland in northeastern part of the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany. It forms part of the hinterland for the cities of Hamburg, Hanover, and Bremen and is named after the town of Lüneburg. Most of the area is a nature reserve. Northern Low Saxon is still widely spoken in the region.

Popular Destinations: Celle, Soltau, Gifhorn, Isenbüttel, Wietzendorf
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Frankfurt Liederbach
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Main-Taunus is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Hochtaunuskreis, district-free Frankfurt, Groß-Gerau, district-free Wiesbaden, Rheingau-Taunus. The district covers the southern part of the Taunus mountains, with the Main river forming part of the district's border in the south. The district covers the smallest area of any rural district in Germany.

Popular Destinations: Bad Soden am Taunus, Hattersheim am Main
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Schloss Ahaus
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Münster is one of the five Regierungsbezirke of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the north of the state, and named after the city of Münster. It includes the area which in medieval times was known as the Dreingau. Regierungsbezirk Münster covers mostly the rural lands of the Münsterland which is famous for its castles, e.g. Castle Nordkirchen and Castle Ahaus. The region offers more the 100 castles, all linked up by the bike path 100 Schlösser Route.

Popular Destinations: Bottrop, Recklinghausen, Löningen, Warendorf
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A car and passenger ferry leaving Föhr
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The North Frisian Islands are a group of islands in the Wadden Sea, a part of the North Sea, off the western coast of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The German islands are in the traditional region of North Frisia and are part of the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park and the Kreis (district) of Nordfriesland. Occasionally Heligoland is also included in this group. Sometimes the North Frisian Islands include also the Danish Wadden Sea Islands on the western coast of Jutland, Denmark. They belong to Tønder municipality and Esbjerg municipality. The ethnic group of Frisians lives only on the German-ruled islands.

Popular Destinations: Friedrichstadt
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Phytoplankton bloom
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The North Sea is a marginal, epeiric sea on the European continental shelf. The Dover Strait and the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north connect it to the Atlantic Ocean. It is more than 970 kilometres (600 mi) long and 580 kilometres (360 mi) wide, with an area of around 750,000 square kilometres (290,000 sq mi). A large part of the European drainage basin empties into the North Sea including water from the Baltic Sea.

Much of the sea's coastal features are the result of glacial movements. Deep fjords and sheer cliffs mark the Norwegian and parts of the Scottish coastline, whereas the southern coasts consist of sandy beaches and mudflats. These flatter areas are particularly susceptible to flooding, especially as a result of storm tides. Elaborate systems of dikes have been constructed to protect coastal areas.

Popular Destinations: Cuxhaven, Wilhelmshaven, Bremerhaven, Nordenham, Langen
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Eberbach sandstone
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The Odenwald is a low mountain range in Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany. The Odenwald lies between the Rhine rift with the Bergstraße and the Hessisches Ried (the northeastern section of the Rhine rift) in the west, the Main and the Bauland (a mostly unwooded area with good soils) in the east, the Rhine-Main Plain of the Rhine rift near Darmstadt in the north and the Kraichgau in the south. The part south of the Neckar valley is sometimes called the Kleiner Odenwald.

Popular Destinations: Darmstadt, Miltenberg, Birkenau (Odenwald), Heppenheim (Bergstraße), Hirschberg an der Bergstraße
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Rennsteig sign
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The Rennsteig is a ridge walk, as well as an historical boundary path in the Thuringian Forest, Thuringian Highland and Franconian Forest in central Germany. In the Middle Ages the Rennsteig marked the boundary of the Duchy of Franconia with the Landgraviate of Thuringia. Even today it forms a clear border between the Franconian part of South Thuringia from the otherwise overwhelmingly Thuringian-Upper Saxon state of Thuringia. The Rennsteig is the language border separating the East Franconian dialects of Hennebergisch, Itzgründisch and Upper Franconian from the Thuringian dialects of Central Thuringian, Ilm Thuringian and Southeastern Thuringian, which is spoken in the mountains, in northern parts and east of the Thuringian Forest. The Rennsteig is also the watershed between the river systems of the Werra/Weser, Saale/Elbe and Main/Rhine. The catchment areas of all three river systems meet at the Dreistromstein (Three Rivers Stone) near Siegmundsburg.

Popular Destinations: Moorgrund, Oberhof, Saalfeld, Eisenach
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Burg Rheinberg
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The Rheingau is the hill country on the north side of the Rhine River between Wiesbaden and Lorch near Frankfurt, reaching from the western Taunus to the Rhine. It lies in the state of Hesse and is part of the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis administrative district. It is famous for Rheingau wines, especially the "Rheingauer Riesling," and its many wine taverns.

Popular Destinations: Wiesbaden, Hochheim am Main, Rauenthal
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Winter in the Rhön
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The Rhön Mountains are a group of low mountains in central Germany, located around the border area where the states of Hesse, Bavaria and Thuringia come together. These mountains, which are at the extreme southeast end of the East Hesse Highlands (Osthessische Bergland), are partly a result of ancient volcanic activity. They are separated from the Vogelsberg Mountains by the Fulda River and its valley. The highest mountain in the Rhön is the Wasserkuppe (950.2 m) which is in Hesse. The Rhön Mountains are a popular tourist destination and walking area.  [ + ] learn more

Popular Destinations: Wildflecken, Fulda, Bad Hersfeld, Burkardroth, Hammelburg
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Sign for Ruhrgebiet
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The Ruhr is an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With 4435 km² and a population of some 5.3 million, it is the largest urban agglomeration in Germany. It consists of several large, formerly industrial cities bordered by the rivers Ruhr to the south, Rhine to the west, and Lippe to the north. In the Southwest it borders on the Bergisches Land. It is considered part of the larger Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area of more than 12 million people.

Popular Destinations: Düsseldorf, Essen, Oberhausen, Duisburg, Dortmund
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Binz Kurhaus
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Rügen or Rugia is Germany's largest island. It is located in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Rügen makes up the principal part of the Rügen District, which also includes the neighboring islands Hiddensee and Ummanz, as well as several small islands. The climate is in the temperate zone. The winters are not particularly cold with mean temperatures in January and February of 0.0 °C and the summers are cool with mean temperature in August 16.3 °C. There is average rainfall of 520–560 mm and approximately 1800–1870 hours of sunshine annually.

Popular Destinations: Rügen, Neuenkirchen (Rügen), Göhren, Sassnitz, Sellin
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Satellite image of Hiddensee
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Hiddensee is a carfree island in the Baltic Sea, located west of Rügen on the German coast. The island, located 54°33' north longitude 13°07' east, has about 1,300 inhabitants. It was a popular vacation destination for East Germany and continues to attract tourists today with its natural beauty. It is the location of the University of Greifswald's ornithological station. Gerhart Hauptmann and Walter Felsenstein are buried there.

Popular Destinations: Grieben, Vitte, Kloster
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Biggesee
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The Sauerland is a rural, hilly area spreading across most of the south-eastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, in parts heavily forested and, apart from the major valleys, sparsely inhabited. It has been chosen as the first place in Germany where the Wisent or European bison will be reintroduced mainly because of its large forests, and to help boost the tourism industry by attracting visitors to the region.

Popular Destinations: Bad Berleburg, Hatzfeld, Winterberg, Wenholthausen
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Siegen Siegtalbruecke
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The Siegerland is a region of Germany covering the old district of Siegen (now part of the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein in North Rhine-Westphalia) and the upper part of the district of Altenkirchen, belonging to the Rhineland-Palatinate adjoining it to the west. Geologically, the Siegerland belongs to the Rheinisches Schiefergebirge (Rhenish Slate Mountains). The point of highest elevation is the Riemen, at 678 metres above sea level.

Popular Destinations: Siegen, Freudenberg
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Spreewald canal
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The Spreewald is situated 100 km south-east of Berlin and designated a biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 1991. It is known for its traditional irrigation system which consists of more than 200 small channels (called Fließe; total length : 1,300 km ) within the 484 km² area. The landscape was shaped during the ice-age. Alder forests on wetlands and pine forests on sandy dry areas are characteristic for the region, however, also grasslands and fields can be found.

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The Swabian Alb near Tübingen
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The Swabian Alb or Swabian Jura is a low mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, extending 220 km from southwest to northeast and 40 to 70 km in width. It is named after the region of Swabia. The Swabian Alb occupies the region bounded by the Danube in the southeast and the upper Neckar in the northwest. In the southwest it rises to the higher mountains of the Black Forest. The highest mountain of the Swabian Alb is the Lemberg (1015 m). The Alb's profile resembles a high plateau, which slowly falls away to the southeast. The northwestern edge is a steep escarpment (called the Albtrauf or Albanstieg, rising up 400 m, covered with forests), while the top is flat or gently hilled. In economic and cultural terms Swabian Alb includes regions just around the mountain range. It is a popular recreation area.

Popular Destinations: Stuttgart, Tübingen, Ulm, Bad Urach, Reutlingen
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Sand washing out
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Sylt is an island in northern Germany, part of Nordfriesland district, Schleswig-Holstein and well known for the distinctive shape of its shoreline. It belongs to the North Frisian Islands and is the largest island in North Frisia. The northernmost island in Germany, it is known for its tourist resorts, notably Westerland, Kampen and Wenningstedt-Braderup, as well as for its 40 km long sandy beach. It is frequently covered by the media in connection with its exposed situation in the North Sea and its ongoing loss of land during storm tides. Since 1927 Sylt has been connected to the mainland by the Hindenburgdamm causeway.

Popular Destinations: Sylt, Kampen, Westerland, Wenningstedt-Braderup
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Donop's Pond in Teutoburg Forest
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The Teutoburg Forest is a range of low, forested mountains in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia which was believed to be the scene of a decisive battle in AD 9. Until the 19th century the official name of the mountain ridge was Osning.

Popular Destinations: Paderborn, Bielefeld, Osnabrück, Bad Laer, Bissendorf-Schledehausen (Osnabrück)
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Bode Gorge
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The Harz is a mountain range in central Germany. It is the highest mountain chain in northern Germany occupying parts of the German states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The name Harz derives from the Middle High German word Hardt or Hart (mountain forest). The following districts (Kreise) fall wholly or partly within the Harz: Goslar and Osterode am Harz in the west, Harz and Mansfeld-Südharz in the north and east, and Nordhausen in the south. The Brocken is the highest peak in the Harz Mountains with a height of 1,141.1 m above NN. The Wurmberg (971 meters (3,186 ft)) is the highest peak in the Harz located totally within the federal-state of Lower Saxony.

Popular Destinations: Quedlinburg, Goslar, Thale, Wernigerode, Westerhausen
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Smaller lakes
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The Mecklenburg Lake District is the largest coherent lakes and canals area in Germany. It is situated in southern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and sometimes called "the land of the thousand lakes". The Seenplatte includes Müritz National Park, which contains the Germany's largest lake as well as the wildlife reserves Feldberger Seenlandschaft, Mecklenburgische Schweiz and Nossentiner/Schwinzer Heide.

Popular Destinations: Blankenese
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Upper Saale valley
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The Saale, also known as the Saxon Saale and Thuringian Saale, is a river in Germany and a left-bank tributary of the Elbe. It is not to be confused with the smaller Franconian Saale, a right-bank tributary of the Main, or the Saale in Lower Saxony, a tributary of the Leine.

Popular Destinations: Jena, Nienburg, Bad Kösen, Großheringen, Merseburg
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Forest sign
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The Thuringian Forest running northwest to southeast, forms a continuous stretch of ancient rounded mountains posing ample difficulties in transit routing save through a few navigable passes in the southern reaches of the German state of Thuringia. It is about 120 km (75 mi) long and 35 km (22 mi) wide. The highest elevation is the Großer Beerberg, 982 m (3,222 ft).

Popular Destinations: Königsee, Gerstungen, Rudolstadt
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Rosenheim wendelstein
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Upper Bavaria is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the south of Bavaria, around the city of Munich. It is subdivided into four regions (Planungsverband): Ingolstadt, Munich, Bayerisches Oberland (Upper Bavaria), and Südostoberbayern (South East Upper Bavaria). It is named 'Upper Bavaria' because the land is higher above sea level, not according to the map.

Popular Destinations: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Munich, Ruhpolding, Freising, Rosenheim
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Taufstein Bismarckturm
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The Vogelsberg Mountains are a group duct of ancient volcanic activity and are separated from the Rhön Mountains by the Fulda River and its valley.

Popular Destinations: Schotten, Gelnhausen, Schlüchtern, Ulrichstein, Gedern
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Wilmeröder Berg
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The Weser Uplands is a hill region (Bergland = uplands, hills or hill region) in Germany (Lower Saxony, Hesse, and North Rhine-Westphalia, between Hannoversch Münden and Porta Westfalica near the river Weser. Important cities of this region include Bad Karlshafen, Holzminden, Höxter, Bodenwerder, Hameln, Rinteln, and Vlotho.

Popular Destinations: Koblenz, Hannoversch Münden, Limburg an der Lahn, Bad Karlshafen, Ottenstein
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Westerwald near Arborn
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The Westerwald is a low mountain range on the right bank of the river Rhine in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a part of the Rhine Massif (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge or Rhenish Slate Mountains). Its highest elevation, at 657 m above sea level, is the Fuchskaute in the High Westerwald. Tourist attractions include the Dornburg (394 metres), site of some Celtic ruins from La Tène times (5th to 1st century BC), found in the community of the same name, and Limburg an der Lahn, a town with a mediaeval centre.

Popular Destinations: Wetzlar, Waldbrunn, Mengerskirchen, Merenberg, Dietzhölztal
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Climbing rock
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Saxon Switzerland (German: Sächsische Schweiz) is a mountainous climbing area and national park near Dresden in Saxony, Germany. It continues as the Bohemian Switzerland in the Czech Republic. Saxon Switzerland alone has some 1,000 climbing peaks, as well as several hollows. The area is popular with Dresden locals and international climbers. The administrative district for the area is Sächsische Schweiz. The fortress of Königstein is a well-known landmark.

Popular Destinations: Dresden, Königstein (Saxony), Sayda, Rathen, Rabenau
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Pier
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Lake Starnberg in southern Bavaria is Germany's fourth largest lake and a popular recreation area for the nearby city of Munich. Towns by the lake include Starnberg in the north, Seeshaupt in the south, and Tutzing in the west. The small town of Berg, Upper Bavaria near Starnberg is famous as the site where King Ludwig II of Bavaria was found dead in the lake in 1886.

Popular Destinations: Starnberg, Pöcking, Herrsching, Grafrath, Andechs
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Coast of Cape Arkona
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The Baltic Sea is a brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, the Great Belt and the Little Belt. The Kattegat continues through Skagerrak into the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The Baltic Sea is connected by man-made waterways to the White Sea via the White Sea Canal, and to the North Sea via the Kiel Canal. The Baltic Sea might be considered to be bordered on its northern edge by the Gulf of Bothnia, on its northeastern edge by the Gulf of Finland, and on its eastern edge by the Gulf of Riga. However, the various gulfs can be considered to be simply offshoots of the Baltic Sea, and actually parts of it.

Popular Destinations: Warnemünde, Schleswig, Kiel, Zinnowitz, Frätow
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German wine gatte
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The German Wine Route or Wine Road is the oldest of Germany's tourist wine routes. Located in the Palatinate region of the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, the route was established in 1935. A number of tourist routes (Touristenstraßen) were established along existing roads in the 1930s as an economical way to promote tourism. The German Wine Route was officially opened on 19 October 1935. Existing local roads along the route were renamed to incorporate Weinstraße into their names and local municipalities were permitted to add an der Weinstraße to their names.

Popular Destinations: Deidesheim, Bad Bergzabern, Bad Dürkheim, Haßloch, Radebeul
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Grimm statue in Hanau
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Germany is the country of the Brothers Grimm: Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, and the Bremen Town Musicians are some of their most famous fairy tales, and you can visit the settings of these wonderful fables along the German Fairy Tale Road (Märchenstraße).

Popular Destinations: Göttingen, Bremen, Trendelburg, Hanau
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Teufelstisch
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The Fichtelgebirge is a mountain range in northeastern Bavaria, Germany. It extends from the valley of the Red Main River to the Czech border, with a few foothills extending into the Czech Republic. It is continued by the Ore Mountains in northeastern direction, and by the Bohemian Forest in southeastern direction.

Popular Destinations: Fuchsmühl, Nagel, Arzberg (Bavaria), Zell, Bischofsgrün
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Karlsruhle bridge
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The Rhine is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at 1,320 km (820 mi), with an average discharge of more than 2,000 m3/s (71,000 cu ft/s). Between Bingen and Bonn, the Middle Rhine flows through the Rhine Gorge, a formation which was created by erosion, which happened at about the same rate as an uplift in the region, which left the river at about its original level and the surrounding lands raised. This gorge is quite deep and is the stretch of the river which is known for its many castles and vineyards. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site (2002) and known as the Romantic Rhine, with more than 40 castles and fortresses from the Middle Ages and many quaint and lovely country villages.

Popular Destinations: Cologne, Rüdesheim am Rhein, Mainz, Bingen, Karlsruhe
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Wolf in Traben-Trarbach
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The Moselle is a river flowing through France, Luxembourg and Germany. It is a left tributary of the Rhine, joining it at Koblenz. A small part of Belgium is also drained by the Mosel through the Our. Its name comes from the Latin Mosella, meaning the "Little Meuse" (Mosa in Latin). The river gave its name to two French départements: Moselle and Meurthe-et-Moselle.

Popular Destinations: Nittel
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