Schwarzwald - Black Forest

The Black Forest is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. The highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 metres.

Ulm

Ulm is a city in the federal German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the River Danube. Internationally, Ulm is primarily known for having the church with the tallest steeple in the world, the Gothic minster and as the birthplace of Albert Einstein.

Alpe Kuhgehren 1673m

Munchen

The capital city of Bavaria, located on River Isar and assumed to be founded in 1158. The city's motto is "München mag Dich" (Munich likes you). 

Rathaus (City Hall), Hamburg

The Hamburg Rathaus is the Rathaus—the city hall or town hall—of Hamburg, Germany. It is the seat of the government of Hamburg. It was constructed from 1886 to 1897 and still houses its original governmental functions with the office of the First Mayor of Hamburg and the meeting rooms for Hamburg's parliament and senate. After the old city hall was destroyed in the great fire of 1842, it took almost 44 years to build a new one. In 1971 a room in the tower was only discovered accidentally during a search for a document fallen behind a filing cabinet. So there is a probability that there are even more rooms than the currently counted 647 rooms. It is one of the few completely preserved buildings of historicism in Hamburg.

Hamburg-Blankenese

Blankenese is a former independent town, now a suburban quarter in the borough Altona in the western part of Hamburg. It is located on right bank of the Elbe river. Blankenese comes from the Low German blanc ness, meaning white promontory in the Elbe river.

MS "Queen Marry 2" passing the Port of Hamburg

The most significant economic unit for Hamburg is the Port of Hamburg, which ranks 2nd only to Rotterdam in Europe and 9th worldwide. 

RMS Queen Mary 2 is a transatlantic ocean liner. She was the first major ocean liner built since Queen Elizabeth 2 in 1969, the vessel she succeeded as flagship of the Cunard Line. The new ship was named Queen Mary 2 by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004 after the first RMS Queen Mary, completed in 1936. Queen Mary 2 is the only transatlantic ocean liner in service running between Southampton and New York.

Planten un Blomen, Hamburg

Planten un Blomen is a park with a size of 47 hectares in the center of Hamburg. The name is Low German for plants and flowers. The first plant was a Platanus, planted by Johann Georg Christian Lehmann in November 1821. It can be seen next to the Hamburg Dammtor railway station entrance of the park. The park is famous for its water-light concerts, public theater and music performances. It contains the old botanical garden of Hamburg.

Zugspitze - in Tyrol, Austria and in Bavaria Germany

The Zugspitze, at 2,962 metres above sea level, is the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains as well as the highest mountain in Germany. It lies south of the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and the border between Germany and Austria runs over its western summit. The Zugspitze was first conquered on 27 August 1820 by Josef Naus, his survey assistant, Maier, and mountain guide, Johann Georg Tauschl.

Lüneburg

Is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. The first signs of human presence in the area of Lüneburg date back to the time of Neanderthal Man: 56 axes, estimated at 150,000 years old, were uncovered during the 1990s.

High Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Mary, Koln

A World Heritage Site, one of the best-known architectural monuments in Germany and Cologne's most famous landmark.

Konstanz

Is a university city situated on Lake Constance. The first traces of civilization in Konstanz date back to the late Stone Age. Around 50 AD, the first Romans settled on the site, the city's original name being Constantia. 

Frankfurt am Main - 1945

The city of Frankfurt was severely bombed in World War II. About 5,500 residents were killed during the raids, and the once famous medieval city centre, by that time the largest in Germany, was destroyed. Post-war reconstruction took place in a sometimes simple modern style, thus irrevocably changing the architectural face of Frankfurt. Only very few landmark buildings have been reconstructed historically, albeit in a simplified manner. 

Frankfurt am Main

Commonly known simply as Frankfurt, the fifth-largest city in Germany, was one of the most important cities in the following Holy Roman Empire. From 855 the German kings and emperors were elected in Frankfurt and crowned in Aachen. From 1562 the kings/emperors were also crowned in Frankfurt, Maximilian II being the first. 

Munchen

The capital city of Bavaria, located on River Isar and assumed to be founded in 1158. The city's motto is "München mag Dich" (Munich likes you).