Category: Germany

Dresden

Although Dresden is a relatively recent city of Germanic origin followed by settlement of Slavic people, the area had been settled in the Neolithic era by Linear Pottery culture tribes ca. 7500 BC. Dresden’s founding and early growth is associated with the eastward expansion of Germanic peoples, mining in the nearby Ore Mountains, and the […]

Leipzig

Leipzig is the most populous city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany. With a population of 591,686 inhabitants as of 30 June 2018. Leipzig has been a trade city since at least the time of the Holy Roman Empire.The city sits at the intersection of the Via Regia and the Via Imperii, two important […]

Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg is the fifth largest city in the German state of Lower Saxony. Located on the River Aller. Wolfsburg is famous as the location of Volkswagen AG’s headquarters and the world’s biggest car plant. The Autostadt is a visitor attraction next to the Volkswagen factory that features the company’s model range: Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Ducati, […]

Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf is the capital and, after Cologne, second most populous city of the most populous German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, as well as the seventh most populous city in Germany. At the confluence of the Rhine and its tributary Düssel, the city lies in the centre of both the Rhine-Ruhr and the Rhineland Metropolitan […]

Münster

Münster is an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also capital of the local government region Münsterland. Münster was the location of the Anabaptist rebellion during the Protestant Reformation and the site […]

Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. First documented in the 13th century and situated at the crossing of two important historic trade routes, Berlin became the capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1417–1701), the Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918), the German Empire (1871–1918), the Weimar Republic (1919–1933), and […]