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Capital Cities

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.

German Fairy Tale Route

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.

Klassikerstrasse

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.

Road of the German Language

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.

Small town gems

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.

The Bergstrasse

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.

UNESCO World Heritage

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.