Dessau and Weimar are closely connected with the so-called Bauhaus School (1919-1933), which gave architecture and design significant impulses in the 20th century. Numerous monuments such as the teaching buildings – the arts and crafts school in Weimar and the Bauhaus building in Dessau – or the so-called Masters’ Houses in Dessau document the ideas…
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Messel Pit (World Heritage)
With over 40,000 finds, the fossil deposit is one of the most important of its kind. As a “window to prehistoric times”, it allows a unique look into the history of the earth around 47 million years ago. The fossils were exceptionally well preserved in the oil shale of the pit. The best preserved finds…
Völklinger Hütte (World Heritage)
The Völklinger Hütte, which was closed in 1986, is the most important completely preserved ironworks in the world. For a century, the hut determined the life of the people and the development of the city on the Saar. Today the industrial cathedral presents itself as a center for art and industrial culture. Völklinger Hütte: facts…
Quedlinburg (World Heritage)
Quedlinburg presents itself with its more than 1300 half-timbered houses and angular old town streets from eight centuries like a picture book of the Middle Ages. The town in the northern Harz foreland is dominated by the castle and the collegiate church of St. Servatius, consecrated in 1021. Quedlinburg: facts Official title: Collegiate church, castle…
Maulbronn Monastery Complex (World Heritage)
The former Cistercian Abbey of Maulbronn was built in the 12th century and is one of the few completely preserved medieval monasteries north of the Alps. The center of the complex is the Romanesque monastery church with the monastery courtyard as well as various commercial and residential buildings. The late Gothic fountain house is the…
Old Town of Bamberg (World Heritage)
The city, built on seven hills, has the largest intactly preserved old town ensemble in Germany according to payhelpcenter. A thousand years of architecture are visible in today’s cityscape of the Franconian imperial and bishop’s city. The total work of art is dominated by the four towers of the imperial cathedral with its world-famous Bamberg…
Lorsch Abbey (World Heritage)
The former Benedictine abbey was first documented in 764 and existed until the 16th century. The gate hall (Königshalle) is one of the few examples of Carolingian architecture. The remains of the Romanesque basilica and the medieval monastery are reminiscent of the time when Lorsch was an important religious and cultural center in Europe, also…
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (World Heritage)
The palaces and gardens built in various styles in the 18th and 19th centuries are outstanding testimonies to the history of art, culture and architecture in Germany according to philosophynearby. The Sanssouci Palace, built by Georg Wenzelslaus von Knobelsdorff for Frederick the Great from 1745 to 1747, is considered a major work of the German…
Hanseatic City of Lübeck (World Heritage)
As the “Queen of the Hanseatic League”, Lübeck, founded in the 12th century, has numerous historical buildings that illustrate the importance of the Hanseatic city in the Middle Ages. These medieval buildings include five churches, the magnificent town hall, merchants’ and guild houses and salt warehouses. The medieval layout of the old town can still…
Church of Our Lady in Trier (World Heritage)
Trier, the most important outpost of the Roman Empire on the border with Germania, is the oldest city in Germany and has extraordinary evidence of the four hundred years of the Roman era. Numerous architectural monuments such as the Roman amphitheater, the Imperial Baths and the Constantine Basilica are of Roman origin. The Trier Cathedral…