Germany is one of the most beautiful and great countries in the world. Everyone who has been there or is just going to know that the most beautiful and mesmerizing cities are the capitals and just large cities of the country. If you pay attention to the towns located 70-100 km from the big cities, you can get a lot of pleasure. Each country has its own secluded corners, where not many tourists have visited. If you want to get a lot of discoveries, then you should trust your imagination and intuition.
No matter how strange it may sound, it is the smallest cities in Germany that carry the historical past of the people of Germany. Small towns have preserved many castles and landmarks until modern times.
The smallest town is Arnis.The total population is 280 people. Residents of the town probably know each other by sight and spend the biggest holidays as one big family.
Everyone knows the Treasury of the German Empire. The town of Nuremberg. This is a city with an unusual history. Although it is considered historical, it is also very modern. It contains a large number of monuments and architectures that reflect the modernity and historical heritage of Germany.
Nuremberg
You can improve your health in the resorts of the city of Bad Kreuznach. This city is famous for its mineral springs. And interesting fairs and colorful festivals will help to brighten up the treatment and improve the mood.
Bad Kreuznach
Bad Homburg is considered one of the most picturesque.... Dostoevsky and many other writers, as well as their muses, loved to visit this city. There are many healing springs in the city, many of which are considered to be drinking.
Bad Homburg
The small German town of Saalfeld is fragrant and flourishing... Despite its small territory, the city is famous for a large amount of ore and minerals. People are friendly and always smile, whether there is a reason or not. The prices are good, you can have a great vacation here. It became famous thanks to the Thuringian forest and mountains.
Saalfeld
Bamberg is a small town, but very cozy... To walk around the city and visit all the sights, maybe one day will be enough. The town stands on 7 hills. The main attraction of Bamberg is the Rose Garden. In summer and autumn, the garden smells of the wonderful scent of roses. In winter, it offers a beautiful view of the city. Smoked beer is sold in Bamberg, it is worth trying, because you can find it only here.
Unlike Bamberg, the small town of Quedlinburg was practically destroyed... Cathedrals and churches are striking in their massiveness and beauty, and inside them it is famous for its unusual beauty and striking stained glass windows. The city has many museums with excellent collections. One of the monastery churches in Stiftskirche has been rebuilt many times after its destruction. Unfortunately, the nunnery of St. Mary has not survived to our time, only ruins remain. The highlight of the city are half-timbered houses.
Quedlinburg
German city of Neuruppin demonstrates a love of order and cleanliness. The city is divided into two parts - a new one and an old one. It is divided by Lake Ruppiner. Neuruppin is the city of flowers, that's why tourists come here.
Today's architectural structure, the miracle Cathedral of St. Mary, is rightfully considered a landmark fürstenwalde... The city began to form after the end of the Second World War. Guests of the city should definitely visit the zoo with more than 300 species of animals, especially the children will be happy.
In Oranienburg one of the first concentration camps was created, which was located almost in the center of the city. Currently, there is a monument to the victims of the fascist. The city is famous for its mechanical engineering and food industries.
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Shadow of Mazepa. Ukrainian nation in the era of Gogol Belyakov Sergey Stanislavovich
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Visiting Ukrainians and even Russians themselves saw Petersburg as a city almost foreign. Yes, in fact, it is difficult to find a famous writer who has not written about this cosmopolitanism. Ukrainians are no exception. Panteleimon Kulish will call St. Petersburg "Russian Babylon". “The city is endless, maybe - Turkish, maybe - German, and maybe even Russian,” the impressionable and expansive Shevchenko writes in his almost insane poem “Dream”. And fifteen years before him, the respectful Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol wrote to his mother: “Petersburg is not at all like other European capitals or Moscow. Each capital is generally characterized by its own people, which stamp on it the stamp of nationality, but in St. Petersburg there is no character: the foreigners who settled here settled down and did not at all look like foreigners, and the Russians, in turn, became strangers and became neither one nor the other.
In April 1829, Nikolai Vasilyevich had not yet seen a single European capital, except St. Petersburg, his information about Europe was completely bookish. But he saw the cosmopolitanism of northern Babylon with his own eyes. And in the Petersburg Notes of 1836, already compiled abroad, Gogol will repeat his assessment: in Petersburg there is "little indigenous nationality" and a lot of "foreign confusion."
Meanwhile, almost 85% of the population of St. Petersburg were Russians. However, the city was dominated by Western architecture, European clothing, and French cuisine. Even the signs on shops, shops, pastry shops were in two languages: Russian and French or Russian and German. Wealthy residents of St. Petersburg tried not to be inferior to Parisians either in fashion or in cooking. Almost all the pastry shops were owned by the French - from the legendary Wolf and Beranger on the Nevsky to the squalid confectionery on the Petersburg side, where the visitor could only order hot chocolate and sugar water.
Petersburg "at midnight begins to bake French bread, which the next day the German people will eat everything." The most notable ethnographic group in St. Petersburg, glorified even in Russian literature, were, of course, the Germans, who lived in the city, preserving their customs, manners, and language. “The Germans, as the excellent examples of the tin work of Master Schiller and the shoemaker Hoffmann testify to, do not crumble<…> here in Russia, ”noted Stepan Petrovich Shevyrev, literary historian, academician and Slavophile, in his review of Gogol's Mirgorod and Arabesques. If the Germans assimilated, then slowly. They married their pretty German girls, spent their free time with their German friends, and went to German pubs. The Germans usurped entire professions and retained their ethnic identity. The memory of German bakers, pharmacists, artisans was preserved until the twenties and thirties of the XX century. “Petersburg is a neat person, a perfect German,” wrote Gogol.
The military and political elite of the empire was also formed from the Germans. For almost three decades, the Foreign Office was in the hands of Karl Robert von Nesselrode, who spoke poor Russian and even outwardly was a real “German Karl”. Here are the names of the Russian diplomats of the Nikolaev time: Brunnov, Budberg, Palen, Meyendorf. Of the nineteen Russian envoys to European courts, nine professed Lutheranism.
The Ostsee region until the reign of Alexander III was a real German kingdom. In fact, not all Russian laws were in effect there. Under the auspices of the Russian tsar and his deputy, the governor-general, all affairs were managed by the Landtags, which consisted almost entirely of German nobles. In Estonia, Livonia and Courland, they were a real dominant minority, while Latvians, Estonians and Russians were a humiliated, almost powerless population. The famous Slavophile Yuri Fedorovich Samarin, who served in Riga in 1845-1848, was previously shocked to see "the systematic oppression of Russians by the Germans, an hourly insult to the Russian people," which he wrote an anti-German pamphlet - "Letters from Riga." It was impossible to print a pamphlet, and Samarin read it in the salons of St. Petersburg, distributed it in lists. It all ended in arrest. But Samarin was a very influential man, among his patrons were L. A. Perovsky (Minister of Internal Affairs), P. D. Kiselev (Minister of State Property), A. F. Orlov (chief of gendarmes). And even these connections did not save him from arrest - such was the power of the "German party". The Russian tsars themselves, almost purebred Germans, remained consistent Germanophiles. “Our Tsar is a German Russian ...” This Germanophilism had sources more effective than German origin.
Thaddeus Bulgarin and Alexander Herzen, a convinced "guardian" and political emigrant, editor of the loyal "Northern Bee" and editor of the radically oppositional "Bell", literally repeated each other on the German question.
Thaddeus Bulgarin: “The Ostsee people do not like the Russian nation at all - this is an indisputable matter. The thought that they will someday depend on the Russians makes them in awe.<…> For the same reason, they are extremely attached to the throne.<…> The Ostsee people are sure that their own good depends on the good of the reigning family<…> The Ostsee people regard themselves as a guard protecting the throne, from which all their prosperity comes ... "
Alexander Herzen: “Having no other goal than to maintain the royal disposition towards themselves, they served the person of the sovereign, not the nation.<…> “We don’t like Russians,” one well-known person in the Baltic region once told me in Riga, “but in the whole empire there are no subjects more loyal to the imperial family than we are.”
The difference between Bulgarin and Herzen in their assessment: Faddey Venediktovich, a non-Russian man, liked this state of affairs very much, and the Russian publisher of Kolokol was indignant.
There was no international peace in the empire. The modern Russian historian Sergei Sergeev calls the relations between the two peoples "Cold Russian-German War". There was a constant undercover struggle between the Russians and the Germans: at court, in the army, in ministries, in the Academy of Sciences, in universities. Even the research topics of the Russian Archaeological Society depended on the nationality of its superiors. While the president of the society was the Duke of Leuchtenberg, the Germans dominated there, and scientific research was devoted mainly to classical (ancient) archeology and Western European numismatics. Everything will change after the Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich comes to replace the Duke of Leuchtenberg. He was known as a Slavophile, sympathetic to Russian scientists, "Russian and Slavic archeology."
The German dominance in the army irritated the Russians. The future Decembrist A. N. Muravyov proposed to create a secret society "to counteract the Germans in the Russian service." Brothers Alexander, Nikolay and Mikhail Muravyovs were enemies of "every German world." Hostility towards the Germans was extremely common among the Decembrists. According to Prince Vyazemsky, it was even required from potential members of the secret society.
"The propagandists and recruiters found, among other things, that I did not hate the Germans enough, and concluded that there was nothing to be expected of me," Prince Pyotr Vyazemsky wrote.
The Germans firmly defended their interests. Once Ernst Philip von Brunnov (Philip Ivanovich) mistook Philip Wigel (Russified Finn) for a German and offered to intrigue together against the Russian. “There are only two of us,” Vigel remarked. Brunnov replied that another German, a certain Frank, would help them, "and that would be enough to throw off the Russian fool and take over the place." Meanwhile, Philip Ivanovich Brunnov will become a famous diplomat, the Russian ambassador in London, together with Count AF Orlov, he will represent Russia at the Paris Congress.
There has long been a persistent prejudice towards the Germans in the mass consciousness of the Ukrainian people. According to V. G. Korolenko, who grew up in Volyn in the Polish-Ukrainian environment, even the devil appeared to the Little Russians and Poles in the form of a "kurguz German".
“And a despot reigns over the three Slavic peoples, rules them through the Germans,<…> It cripples, destroys the good nature of the Slavic ... "- wrote Nikolai Kostomarov in the" Book of the life of the Ukrainian people. "
In The Missing Letter, devils "with dog faces, on German legs" hover around witches, and the devil from "Christmas Eve" was "completely German in front." Gogol, however, had his own history of meeting the Germans. The "popular view" of the German devils will appear in his mind only with time.
There were few Germans in the Poltava region and in Nizhyn. It is not known whether Gogol was familiar with the life of the community of Poltava Germans-weavers, while the lands of the Germans-colonists were located to the south - in Novorossiya. That is why Gogol's first acquaintance with the Germans, apparently, was a book: “... I mixed German scholarship, German philosophy and literature with the Germans,” he wrote many years later. A whole nation was represented in his imagination by Schiller, Goethe, Hoffmann. Hence not only the early Gogol's fascination with German romanticism, but also his sympathy for the Germans in general.
After living for six months in St. Petersburg, Gogol went, almost flees to Germany, to Lubeck. And there he really likes everything: cleanliness, order, abundance, "worthy of the Flemish school," the amazing politeness of ordinary merchants, "the way of life and the occupations of good Germans." He writes about their cordiality, spontaneity, which you will not find in St. Petersburg.
Several years have passed. Gogol does not yet go to Germany for medical treatment, but he observes the manners and customs of St. Petersburg Germans. And now German artisans appear in "Nevsky Prospekt" - the tinsmith Schiller and the shoemaker Hoffmann: the names of German romantics in comic contrast and with mundane pursuits, and with rudeness, greed, stupidity.
Good Germans were replaced by funny Germans. They will meet Gogol at the beginning of his long travels across Europe. In 1836, Gogol wrote to his sisters that if he was unlucky with his fellow travelers and the Germans in the stagecoach were too fat, then one of them could be used as a pillow. However, over time, the Germans made Gogol less and less amused, more and more annoyed. "How disgusting the Germans seemed to me after the Italians, the Germans, with all their petty honesty and selfishness!" - he wrote to M.P. Balabina in April 1838.
The Germans do not know how to have fun, they only "drink beer and sit at wooden tables, under chestnuts." Now Germany for Gogol is "the most unseemly belch of the ugliest tobacco and the ugliest beer." In Italy he lives and works, in Germany he is treated. German doctors at that time already had the highest reputation. However, Gogol retains his antipathy for the Germans, in whose veins "potato blood" flows.
From a letter from N. V. Gogol to S. T. Aksakov dated July 7, 1840: “I look at the Germans as at the necessary insects in every Russian hut. They run around me, climb, but they don't bother me; and if any of them climbs on my nose, then the click - and it was! "
Since the second half of the 1840s, Gogol either simply does not notice the Germans, or gets off with general phrases, although he spends more time in Germany than before. Thinks it's better for health. The Germans use mineral water, wrap it in a wet sheet and treat it to skimmed milk, while the attending physician sips fresh cream.
Nevertheless, Gogol does not want to be branded as a Germanophobe, and therefore the author of "The Nose" assures P. A. Pletnev that he has no "personal dislike for the Germans" at all. Gogol will even try to compliment the Germans, noting that there are many Russians "who should have been called Germans and who behaved much worse than the Germans." Such a compliment is worth a good curse.
Once Smirnova-Rosset, knowing about Gogol's dislike for the Germans, asked him:
“- You scold the Germans,<…> Well, you still love Schiller; and Schiller is also German.
- Schiller! - answered Gogol. - Yes, when he realized that he was German, he died of grief. And you thought why he died? "
The Germans played a fatal role in the history of Ukraine. The German Catherine II destroyed the Ukrainian autonomy, eliminating the Hetmanate and the Zaporozhye Sich. The empress gave the lands that the Zaporozhians considered theirs to the Serbs, Greeks, Wallachians and, of course, the Germans. German colonists even settled on the island of Khortitsa, that is, on the site of the first Zaporozhian Sich founded by Dmitry Vishnevetsky. After visiting this prosperous German colony, Shevchenko “cried everything,” saying: “they spilled our Ukraine with a lot of people from the Muscovites, the stench changed.” And even in a Jewish shank, simple-minded Little Russians are lured by the game of German barrel organs: "Here is a poor man and drinks his last thread to German music."
But this hostility is ideological, historical, and not everyday, as in Gogol. Shevchenko was friends with the Germans. The young artist Vasily Sternberg, one of the young Shevchenko's closest friends, became the first illustrator of Kobzar. Shevchenko was in love with a pretty German woman, Maria Evropyus. Finally, Karl Bryullov was Shevchenko's teacher, his benefactor and the highest authority in painting. And after returning from exile, when Bryullov's (and Shevchenko's) academicism had already gone out of fashion, Bryullov remained in Shevchenko's eyes "Charlemagne."
From the story "The Artist" by Taras Shevchenko: "You notice that all my friends are Germans. But what wonderful Germans! I'm just in love with these Germans. "
From the book Russians Plus ... author Anninsky Lev Alexandrovich From the book Popular History of Theater author Galperina Galina AnatolyevnaGerman theater German theater in the 18th century made a great contribution to world culture. It was Lessing, Goethe, and Schiller who finished everything that was begun in Europe during the Enlightenment. Some of the fairly significant historical events (for example, the Peasant War of 1525,
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From the book Bloody Age author Popovich Miroslav Vladimirovich From the author's bookGerman National-Radicalism Intoxicating joy swept the crowds on the streets of cities in Germany and Austria-Hungary in the early days of the war. In Austria-Hungary, German boys shouted in the streets: “Alle Serben m? Ssen sterben” (“All Serbs must die”). When the war began, Trotsky,
In the very center of Europe, there is a state steeped in legends and myths, with its glorious history and a very hardworking and perhaps the most punctual people.
The original sights of Germany are its cities, with amazing monuments of architecture and history. But, without further ado, we go to Central Europe and visit the largest cities in Germany.
Population: 552 thousand people
On the right and left banks of the Wieser River are the streets and quarters of Bremen, a city that everyone has known since childhood. After all, the events of the famous fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm take place in this city in northern Germany.
Bremen was founded by the legendary Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne in 787, and immediately became the seat of bishops.
Today Bremen has more than 552 thousand inhabitants and is the tenth largest German city in terms of population.
Population: 574 thousand people
In the center of the Ruhr region is the largest economic center in Germany, the city of Essen, which is part of the large Rhine-Ruhr agglomeration.
Until the middle of the 19th century, it remained a small urban settlement, but with the development of coal mining it began to develop at a high rate, and today it is one of the best on German soil.
The city with a population of 569 thousand is a large exhibition center. In addition, the most influential industrial corporations are located here.
Population: 582 thousand people
A port city in the north of Germany through a canal is connected to the North Sea, which is home to more than 580 thousand people.
The history of Dortmund begins in the early Middle Ages, when it still bore the name Trotmani. In the 13th century, residents of the city acquired the right to brew beer.
Today, the city has a developed metallurgy and coal mining industry, and in terms of the number of parks and green squares it has no equal in Germany.
Population: 605 thousand people
Tourists and residents themselves note that Dusseldorf is the most refined and sophisticated city in Germany. Entering it with his army, Napoleon said that it was a little Paris.
Indeed, there are many architectural monuments in it, and it stands on the banks of the river with magnificent and majestic embankments.
A little more than 600 thousand people live in Dusseldorf today, and the first mention of the settlement dates back to 1135.
Population: 613 thousand people
The name of the center of the state of Baden-Württemberg in translation from German means "stable garden", and it was founded in 950 by one of the Swabian dukes.
Stuttgart is located in extremely picturesque places, surrounded by forests on all sides, and has an open exit only to the Neckar River.
One of the striking sights is the historical and archaeological complex Old Castle, with unique expositions of ancient artifacts.
Population: 718 thousand people
Any car enthusiast knows that this city in Germany is today the largest center where the giants of the automotive industry are concentrated.
Every year, a huge car show is held here, and the most modern race tracks are laid on the tracks in the vicinity.
In Frankfurt, old quarters harmoniously coexist with magnificent and original German architecture with new high-tech neighborhoods. And the population of the urban settlement on the Main River is just over 700 thousand inhabitants.
Population: 1.05 million
Opening the list of German millionaires, Cologne is one of the most beautiful metropolitan areas in Germany and the world.
It suffered the most during the Second World War, but it was restored by the hands of caring residents, and the historical monuments were restored to their former greatness and beauty.
In addition to architectural monuments, Cologne is famous for its greenery; more than 40% of its area is occupied by parks and squares.
Population: 1.5 million people
Germany is simply cut by waterways, and almost every city is on the banks of the river. The center of Bavaria - Munich, which stretches on the banks of the Isar, is no exception.
Munich is not very large by world standards, with a population of just over 1.5 million. But it is this part of Germany that is most popular among tourists who come here to see amazing architectural monuments.
Population: 1.8 million
The Free City of Hamburg is the largest German and European port. The history of Hamburg begins with a fortress that Charlemagne erected to protect against the raids of the Western Slavs.
The port in Hamburg has the second largest container terminal in Europe after Rotterdam.
The city has more than 60 museums and architectural attractions, which receive thousands of tourists every day. And today 1.7 million people live in the second largest city in Germany.
Population: 3.5 million people
The history of the German capital began at the time of fragmentation in Germany, and only in 1701 became the seat of the kings of Prussia. Bismarck in 1871, uniting the scattered lands into a single state, proclaimed Berlin to the German Empire.
Today it is the cultural and historical center of Germany with the most beautiful architectural buildings and history.
The largest city of the Federal Republic of Germany has 3.5 million inhabitants, but every year Berlin receives hundreds of thousands of tourists who come to enjoy the beauty of the capital.
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Large cities in Germany have long been the cultural, political, financial and economic centers of Europe. Thousands of tourists visit Germany every year to enjoy the beauty of medieval architecture, stroll the narrow streets of ancient cities, or have a glass of beer in the best beer halls in the world.
Uncharted Germany: TOP-7 interesting towns
Germany is full of cities, each of which can rightfully be called the pearl of this country. TripMyDream has compiled a mini-guide for you on the most interesting of them, and today we will tell you which German towns you should visit first.
1. Trier
Do you want to see a city that is more than a thousand years older than Rome? Then go to Trier, because it was he who was once the capital of the Western Roman Empire. And although the empire no longer exists, the imperial baths, the amphitheater, the oldest Roman bridge in the country and the monumental Black Gate remind of the former glory and greatness today. Well, after a trip to the days of the ancient Romans, why not remember your childhood in the Toy Museum or take a walk to the Gillenbach and Sirzenischerbach waterfalls?
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Accommodation: the average cost of a hotel room in Trier is
€ 48-80 per night per person.In hotels of a higher "star" rating, the price fluctuates within
€ 72-112 per night.How to get there: the closest major airport to Trier is in Luxembourg. From there you can get to the city by bus or train. You can check the train schedule and buy a ticket .
If you are into medieval romance, be sure to visit Rothenburg an der Tauber. This city is famous for the fact that local authorities (as well as the townspeople themselves) jealously preserve its appearance as a model
XVII century. Here you will not find modern neighborhoods, office buildings or expressways. But there are quiet streets and half-timbered houses, so similar to those in the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, and every evening the city guard with a lantern and a halberd walks around the Old Town, so that later on the Market Square he can regale the guests of Rothenburg with old urban legends.You can feel the fully preserved medieval attributes of the city by choosing. The name speaks for itself: you will immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the city of eternal Christmas, taste air "snowballs" with a cup of coffee and visit the famous Museum of Christmas.
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When you are in Rothenburg, be sure to climb the Town Hall, from the observation deck of which a beautiful view of the city opens. And the building of the town hall itself deserves attention, as it combines elements of different architectural styles. And in the courtyard you can find out what measures of weight and length were used by the Rottenburg people in the Middle Ages. Take a look at the Christmas Museum (where else can you immerse yourself in the atmosphere of your favorite holiday at any time of the year ?!), and in the Starortenburg House (built in 1270, by the way) you can learn about the life of the city craftsmen of those times.
Accommodation: in Rothenburg, everyone will find an apartment to their liking and wallet. The price for a room in a 3-star hotel per night (per guest) ranges from
€ 52 to € 95, you will have to pay a little more for a room in a 4-star hotel (on average from€ 80 to € 130). But if you wish, of course, you can find more budget options - from€ 36 per day per person.How to get there:The nearest airport is in Nuremberg, and from there you can get to Rothenburg by train or bus in 1.5-2 hours.
Lubeck is interesting not only for its famous red brick Gothic buildings, included in the UNESCO List of Historical Heritage, but also because this city is the recognized capital of German marzipans. Sweet tooth, take note! The first step is to visit Old Lubeck - a historical district located on the island. Visit its majestic cathedrals and churches, the ancient Holstein Gate, the Town Hall and, of course, the Marzipan Museum and the Puppet Museum. And finally, go up to the observation deck of St. Peter's Church to admire the panorama of the city from above.
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Accommodation: you can rent accommodation in Lubeck at quite reasonable prices: a single room in a 3-star hotel costs on average
€ 53-75, in 4 stars - from€ 62 to € 139 per night. You can find more budget options in 2-star hotels - from€ 51.How to get there:The most profitable way to get from Ukraine to Lubeck is through Hamburg.
Bamberg is another small German "miracle", and not only because of the architectural beauty that survived the Second World War. This town on the Regnitz River conquers with its homely atmosphere and comfort. The Little Venice area, the old Town Hall, which keeps within its walls a rich collection of antique porcelain, a magnificent rose garden, majestic cathedrals and the real Altenburg fortress, sinks into the soul at first sight.
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Housing. In terms of housing, the city is very convenient. It can be found here as an inexpensive, mid-range hotel room (
€ 49-89 per night from one), and more respectable accommodation options in "star" hotels (such a pleasure will cost you on average€ 96-185). True, sometimes there are quite budget prices even for apartments in 4-star hotels, so how lucky.How to get there:You can get here by plane, but you will not have to fly to Bamberg itself (the city airport accepts only charter flights), but to neighboring Memmingen, Nuremberg or Frankfurt. And from there you can easily get to Bamberg by train. Usually the cheapest tickets to Memmingen are from Wizz Air.
This small German town on Lake Constance will charm you at first sight. Old streets and buildings in the historical part of the city, the Old Castle and the New Palace will take you back in time, and various museums (winemaking, urban history, airships and carpet weaving) will acquaint you with the rich history of Meersburg and open it from different, sometimes unexpected sides.
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But the city has many more pleasant surprises! For example, in October, be sure to visit the Medieval Market, and in late November or early December - the Christmas market. If you are lucky enough to be in Meersburg from February to March, you can witness a local carnival held 6 weeks before Lent. In early May, the townspeople celebrate the Fish Festival, and from May to September several times a week the city orchestra plays for free for the guests of the city in Nizhny Meersburg. In June, Palace Square turns into a stage for open-air concerts of rock and opera, and in early September the residents of Meersburg have fun at the Wine Festival. So you won't be bored, believe me!
Accommodation: in Meersburg you can rent a single room in a 3-4-star hotel for a price from
€ 65 to € 100 per night. In more luxurious hotels, the cost of apartments ranges from€ 115 to € 140.How to get there:The most convenient way to get here is by plane (the nearest airport is Friedrichshafen,
FDH , 23 km from the city center). Another nearby air gate (39 km from the city) is the Altenrhein Airport (ACH) in Switzerland. If there are favorable tickets, we advise you to fly to Zurich.Görlitz is not an easy city, because it is located simultaneously in two states. Can't it be? And here it can! After the Second World War, the eastern part of the city separated and became part of Poland, where it remains today under the name Zgorzelec. But the western one remained in Germany - to the delight of the Germans and guests of the city.
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But although the city is small, there is plenty to do here. For a start, you should visit the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul and listen to the local organ - the sound is simply amazing! Be sure to take a walk in the historic center. The buildings and the entire appearance of the old Görlitz are preserved here as they were back in the distant 1500s. Gothic, Renaissance, Art Nouveau - a variegated mixture of styles and eras gives a unique flavor, immersing you in a magical atmosphere. You can see the city at a glance by going up to the observation deck of the hill
Landeskrone and also try the best beer from the local breweryLandskronbrauerei and take a look at the oldest museum in Germany - the Silesian Museum, where you can learn a lot about the history of Silesia.The list of cities in Germany, like, in principle, the list of settlements in any other developed country, is quite voluminous. Many small, but also many large. This topic is detailed and interesting, so it's worth focusing on it.
Briefly about the topic
First of all, I would like to note that modern Germany is divided into 16 separate federal states. Many people mistakenly believe that each of them is a separate state. But no, this is just a federal land - just like here, in Russia.
Does not include Berlin, Bremen and Hamburg. These are separate cities. The similarity with Russia is also caught: after all, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Sevastopol are separated by the status in our country. Although the above German cities are equated in value to the lands.
A bit of history
Before listing the list of cities in Germany, it is worth delving into history a little. Until the middle of the nineteenth century before last, small separate states existed and flourished on the territory of this country. They often changed their own boundaries. Initially, there were 11 of them, but then, when three states (Baden, Württemberg-Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern) united, there were nine. At the same time there were districts, of which there were 14. But in 1990 there were changes. The eastern and western parts of the German capital were united, and in the eastern part of the country they decided to restore everything as it was. So there were 16 lands.
Free lands and cities
Before announcing the list of cities in Germany, I would like to talk about the lands. So, the first is Baden-Württemberg. It was formed in 1952, when three lands united (as mentioned above). Considered one of the most prosperous and developed cities, Stuttgart is the capital.
Bavaria is the largest land in Germany. Its capital is famous Munich, the birthplace of BMWs and Bavarian traditions. Berlin is the main city of the whole country, until 1920 was part of the state of Brandenburg. And she, by the way, is located in the north-east of the state. The capital is Potsdam, a small but cozy town.
Bremen is a free Hanseatic city, the smallest state in the country. It includes only two cities. These are, in fact, Bremen and Bremerhaven. Just like Bavaria, it is the oldest formation in the country. Hamburg, by the way, is also a free Hanseatic city. Moreover, the largest port metropolis in Europe! It is located where the Elbe flows into the North Sea.
Other lands
Above were listed quite famous cities in Germany. An alphabetical list in Russian in full is provided below. And now - in more detail about the rest of the lands.
Hesse is located in the very center of Germany. This is the land with the capital Wiesbaden, the name of which comes from the ancient Germanic tribe. Western Pomerania (or, as it is also called, Mecklenburg) is located on the coast of the Baltic Sea. The capital is Schwerin - a city with picturesque castles and amazing nature, located among lakes.
Located next to Bavaria. The capital is Hanover, a port city with a population of half a million. North Rhine-Westphalia is a land whose main city is the famous Dusseldorf. Rhineland-Palatinate is located in the southwest. Its capital is Mainz, a major German media center.
Saarland (or simply Saar) is one of the smallest lands in the country. Borders with France. Dresden is the capital of the Free State of Saxony, and Magdeburg is the main city of Saxony-Anhalt. Schleswig-Holstein is located in the north of the country. The capital is Kiel, whose twin cities are Kaliningrad and Sovetsk.
And finally, a free state called Thuringia. This is the so-called green heart of Germany. Located in the very center of the country. Its capital is Erfurt, the university center. All this, in its advantage, is the large cities of Germany. The list is pretty long. Therefore, it is not worth listing them all.
Small settlements
In principle, people more or less know the list of cities in Germany. But only the names of large capitals come to mind when this topic is mentioned. But there are many settlements such as small towns in Germany, the list of which is also voluminous.
For example, Rothenburg od der Tauber. Cozy, small, with a population of 11 thousand people, with bright houses and narrow streets. Minden is also a small town. Few people know that it is here that the second longest water bridge in Europe is located. Villingen-Schwenningen, Velbert, Flensburg (by the way, the northernmost settlement in the country), Tübingen, Marl, Dessau (where Junkers planes were once produced), Lünen, Ratingen (green and picturesque), Ludwigsburg with the famous Baroque palace , Esslingen am Neckar (founded in the 8th century), Hanau, Duren ...
This is a list of cities in Germany that are the smallest but notable ones. Their population is less than 100 thousand people. By the way, such towns are very popular among tourists.
Studying the list, one cannot fail to note the attention that thanks to which these settlements gained fame. For example, Recklinghausen is famous for the fact that it houses the Museum of Icons - the largest museum focused on religious values.
In Bergisch Gladbach, for example, iron ore was mined for a long time. In the last century there was just a huge supply of it. Russians are familiar with Göttingen, since it is there that a large number of our compatriots live. Pforzheim is the city that suffered the most from the bombing during the war. Heilbronn is famous for its winemaking and salt mines. By the way, in the places where this city was founded, traces of a person were first noticed during the Paleolithic! Furth is a city known as the most dense in terms of the number of monuments. Neuss is known for a rather unusual fact - the fact that a local witch named Esther Jonas was executed here in the 17th century. Although she was just doing medicinal herbs.
These are, in principle, the most interesting cities in Germany (the alphabetical list in Russian is provided above). As one could understand, small settlements, the names of which are far from being heard by everyone, can boast of something.
