Germany Travel Guide Holidays & Vacations States Cities Alps<<>> This travel guide Germany will give a brief overview of a wonderful country with a diverse landscape of coast, mountains, plains, forests, rivers and lakes. And highlight a few Germany attractions.
Its highest point is in the Alps, the Zugspitze at 2,962 metres/9,718 feet. Its lowest point is Wilstermarsch, in the north, at 3.54 metres/11.6 feet below sea level.
Major rivers such as the Rhine, Danube and Elbe flow through it. It has the largest population among member states of the European Union.
Reunified in 1990 the east and west are now the Federal Republic consisting of sixteen states, or Lander. Germany States are :
Baden-Wurttenberg with the capital city of Stuttgart. Baveria with the capital city of Munich. Berlin which is the Capital of the country since October the 3rd, 1990. Brandenburg with the capital city of Potsdam. Bremen both state and capital. Hamburg is the same. Hesse with the capital city of Wiesbaden. Mecklenburg-vorpommern with the capital city of Schwerin. Lower Saxony with the capital city of Hanover. North Rhine-Westphalia with the capital city of Dusseldorf. Rhineland-Palatinate with the capital city of Mainz. Saarland with its capital city being Saarbrucken. Saxony with the capital city of Dresden. Saxony-Anhalt with the capital city of Magdeburg. Schleswig-Holstein with the capital city of Kiel. Thuringia with its capital Erfurt.
Other large Germany cities are Cologne, Dortmund, Duisburg, Essen and Frankfurt.
Trier is the country's oldest city and is located in Mosel River Valley. It is home to the stunning Porta Nigra, the best-preserved Roman city gate north of the Alps. West Germany was a founding member of the European Community in 1957, which then became the European Union in 1993. Germany shares its borders with Denmark in the north, Belgium and the Netherlands in the north-west, Poland and the Czech Republic in the east, Austria and Switzerland in the south and France and Luxembourg in the south-west.
The country is more than industry, football, beer, cars and christmas markets.
Tourists have many things to dicover on German holidays such as castles, palaces and historical buildings. Gardens, wild places, natural landscapes and a superb coastline.
For those who prefer to be more active there is skiing and hiking the Alpine peaks and other sporting and leisure activities to visits to many action packed theme parks.
The Bavarian German Alps and forest is a mecca for those who love nature and is very popular.
Berchtesgaden National Park will also, appeal to outdoor lovers and here is where you will find the famous “Eagle’s Nest”, the mountain retreat that was the refuge of Hitler in the World War II.
The German Rhine and its banks is a popular holiday destination. A cruise is a great way to discover its treasures of castles, cathedrals and vineyards all set in a beautiful countryside.
Potsdam is a beautiful baroque city, which during the 18th and 19th centuries was the home of the Prussian kings. You can see their magnificent palaces set in Sanssouci Park.
Other areas to visit are The German Black Forest, Teutoburg Forest, Erzgebirge and Fichtelgebirge Mountains, Sauerland and Spessart.
Then there is the world famous Oberammergau Passion Play which came about because in 1632 Oberammergau suffered an outbreak of the "Black Death" or Black Plague. It killed 20% of the population. To prevent such a terrible misfortune from happening again the villagers of Oberammergau vowed to God that they would perform a Passion Play every 10 years forever. To this day this promise has been upheld.
German holidays and vacations in cities and states can be varied and immensely enjoyable.
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