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This route brings together hundreds of monasteries, churches, town halls and town fortifications such as city walls, towers and town gates from Denmark, Germany and Poland.

A touristic route that runs from the river Elbe to the Black Forest. It connects many places with idyllic half-timbered towns, stunning scenery, historic sites, and monuments.

A touristic route that runs from the river Elbe to the Black Forest. It connects many places with idyllic half-timbered towns, stunning scenery, historic sites, and monuments.

A touristic route that runs from the river Elbe to the Black Forest. It connects many places with idyllic half-timbered towns, stunning scenery, historic sites, and monuments.

A touristic route that runs from the river Elbe to the Black Forest. It connects many places with idyllic half-timbered towns, stunning scenery, historic sites, and monuments.

A touristic route that runs from the river Elbe to the Black Forest. It connects many places with idyllic half-timbered towns, stunning scenery, historic sites, and monuments.

The Romanesque Route is a scenic route in Saxony-Anhalt. It connects 88 cathedrals, monasteries, churches and castles which were built between the 10th and the middle of the 13th century.

The Romantic Road connects 29 of the most beautiful and historic German towns over 460 kilometers. The places along the road reveal the wealth of European history, art, and culture.

A Bachstadt is a city or town that has a special connection to the famous German composer Johann Sebastian Bach, including cities in which he and his family lived and worked.

The European Goethe Route follows Goethe‘s journey to Italy, which began in Carlsbad on 3 September 1786 and ended with his painter friend Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein in Rome.

Since Martin Luther has traveled extensively through what today comprises the country of Germany, all of these cities have a connection to the great reformer, his work and the Reformation itself.

A list of twelve iconic heritage sites, one in each of England’s Historic Cities. An app allows visitors to explore each attraction and unlock its stories at various points on site.

Free and imperial cities were special urban areas in the Holy Roman Empire with a certain degree of independence and autonomy that were directly subordinate to the emperor.

The Décapole, originally Richestette gemeinlich im Elsass, was an alliance of nine to eleven free imperial cities in the Alsace in the Holy Roman Empire that was founded in 1354.

The Hanseatic League was a commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in North­western and Central Europe that dominated Baltic maritime trade for three centuries.

This organization is a department of the finance ministry of Bavaria that opens, shares, develops and preserves 45 of the state's historical monuments in southeastern Germany.

This 780-kilometre long theme route runs from Mannheim to Bayreuth. Along the way, it leads past around 60 medieval castles and palaces of national importance.

The National Trust is a conservation charity dedicated to preserving historic sites, landscapes, and natural beauty. It manages over 500 properties, including gardens, mansions, and coastline areas.

This foundation is based in Potsdam and is tasked with preserving and caring for the approximately 30 castles, villas and gardens of the former state of Prussia.

This organization currently unites 54 palaces, castles, gardens, fortresses and hotels in the Free State of Saxony - from A for Albrechtsburg in Meissen to Z for Zwinger in Dresden.

This organization is part of the treasury of Baden-Württemberg and opens, shares, develops and preserves 60 of the state's historical monuments in southwestern Germany.

This foundation presents the wealth of princely residences and the legacy of court culture in the former capitals of the small states that have merged into present Thuringia.

A capital city or simply capital, from the Latin ‘caput’ meaning ‘head’, is the municipality exercising primary status in a country, state or province, usually as its seat of government.

The German Fairy Tale Route is a tourist attraction in Germany. The route runs from Hanau in central Germany to Bremen in the north and focuses on the works of brothers Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm.

The “Classicism Route” is a tourist route in Thuringia that travels through cities of significance to the Weimar Classicism movement, including places where Goethe and Schiller lived and worked.

This touristic route leads through places whose past and present are of great importance for the German language, including the cradle of the High German language.

A network of small towns in Baden-Württemberg in the midst of beautiful landscapes. These selected “pearls” enchant with their rich history, short distances and a great deal of tradition.

This road, running from Darmstadt in Hesse to Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg, was already built by the Romans and is now a touristic route through scenic landscapes and charming towns.

A World Heritage Site is a landmark which is chosen by the United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organisation as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance.