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Würzburg's Old Main Bridge (Alte Mainbrücke) was built 1473–1543 to replace the destroyed Romanesque bridge from 1133. It was adorned from 1730 on in two phases with well-known statues of saints and famous persons. A similar impressive bridge… [ + ] More Details

The original castle on the Marienberg, a hill which was first settled in the late Bronze Age, was probably a small fort built early in the 8th century by the Franconian-Thuringian dukes, together with a church which in 741 became the first church… [ + ] More Details

Würzburg Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to Saint Kilian. It is the seat of the Bishop of Würzburg. With an overall length of 105 metres it is the fourth largest Romanesque church building in Germany and a masterpiece of German… [ + ] More Details

Castle Bentheim is the largest hilltop castle in northwest Germany, receiving mention for the first time in 1050. For five centuries it has been owned by the Counts and Princes of Bentheim and Steinfurt. The town’s most prominent emblem, the castle… [ + ] More Details

Waldeck castle rests on the remnants of an 11th-century fortification. The castle is situated to the north of the Kellerwald-Edersee nature reserve, 220 metres above the Edersee's north shore, on a steep, wooded rock close to the center of the half-timbered… [ + ] More Details

The Radebeul-Radeburg railway, known locally as the Lößnitzgrundbahn (Lössnitz Valley Railway), nicknamed Lößnitzdackel (Lößnitz Dachshund), is a 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) gauge narrow gauge steam-hauled railway in the outskirts of Dresden.… [ + ] More Details

The Bohemian Route used to link the trading center of Leipzig with the royal residence of Prague. Goods from all corners of the continent were transported along this trading route including the silver from the Ore Mountains which made its way from… [ + ] More Details

A fortress of ruined wood is said to have been already standing there in the year 1100, where today the castle of Stolpen shows itself to the visitor. The castle was first mentioned as having been secured in the year 1222. The following 800… [ + ] More Details

Lichtenwalde is so very different from other Saxon castles because it is surrounded by a network of fountains. One hundred of these fountain complexes are situated throughout the Baroque garden with more than 400 individual fountains connected by… [ + ] More Details

For centuries the Ore Mountains lived from that which gave it its name – especially the silver mines, which made this picturesque mountain range a prosperous region. But when the face-workers in the sixteenth century started to bring even less white… [ + ] More Details