Regionen · Kapitel 5
By the HolidayGenie editorial team ·
From Cologne Cathedral through the Middle Rhine Valley to Dresden — central and Saxon Germany with a high density of World Heritage sites.
Cologne, Rhine & Ruhr Area
- Cologne — Cologne Cathedral (UNESCO, Germany's most visited attraction), Romanesque churches, Carnival, Kölsch brewery culture
- Düsseldorf — Königsallee, Old Town ("longest bar in the world"), Media Harbor (Gehry)
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley (UNESCO) — from Bingen/Rüdesheim to Koblenz: castles, vineyards, Loreley; river cruises and rail along the shore
- Ruhr Area — post-industrial transformation: Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex (UNESCO), Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park, Gasometer Oberhausen
- Aachen — Aachen Cathedral (UNESCO)
Black Forest & Southwest
- Black Forest — dense forest area in the southwest, cuckoo clocks, Black Forest cake, hiking (Westweg, Schluchsee), Triberg (Germany's highest waterfalls)
- Baden-Baden — traditional spa metropolis, UNESCO ("Great Spa Towns of Europe")
- Freiburg — sun, wine cultivation, university city, good eco-reputation
- Lake Constance — "Swabian Sea", tri-border area (D/A/CH), Mainau Island (flowers), Reichenau Island (UNESCO), Constance
- Heidelberg — castle ruins above the old town, Germany's oldest university (1386)
- Stuttgart — Mercedes-Benz Museum, Porsche Museum, Wilhelma (zoo)
Dresden, Saxon Switzerland & Leipzig
- Dresden — "Florence on the Elbe": Frauenkirche (rebuilt after destruction in 1945), Zwinger, Semper Opera House, Royal Palace; one of the most impressive baroque city centers in Europe
- Saxon Switzerland (Elbe Sandstone Mountains) — National Park with Bastei rock formation, Königstein Fortress
- Leipzig — City of books, city of music (Bach, Mendelssohn), Monument to the Battle of the Nations, vibrant scene after reunification
- Meißen — world-famous porcelain manufactory since 1710
- Ore Mountains — Christmas handicrafts (Seiffen), traditional mining landscape (UNESCO)
Thuringia & Saxony-Anhalt
- Weimar (UNESCO "Classical Weimar") — Goethe, Schiller, Bauhaus, Buchenwald Memorial
- Erfurt — medieval old town, Krämerbrücke (fully built-up)
- Wartburg (UNESCO) — where Luther translated the Bible
- Wittenberg — Luther's Reformation, posting of the theses
- Quedlinburg (UNESCO) — half-timbered town with over 1,300 half-timbered houses
- Harz — low mountain range, Brocken (highest mountain in northern Germany, steeped in legend), steam railways
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