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Breathtaking beauty
Discover the Beauty
and Romance
See sites of royal splendour in Germany
Culture in Germany
Palaces, Parks and Gardens
UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Wartburg Castle Eisenach
Welcome to the treasure trove
of German history.
Castle ruin of Hanstein Orangery Gera Great Hall Castle Rococo Castle in Dornburg
Heidecksburg Rudolstadt
Whether castles and palaces or parks
and gardens, let the pearls of Thuringia
sweep you into its fascinating past.
Relive dazzling tales of knights,
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CONTENTS Foreword Cultural tours in Germany
CONTENTS The Golden Age of Classicism Noble s
Culture & Castles Preserving the Past for
ROYAL LIFE IN MODERN TIMES St. Emmeram Palace, Re
ware and jewels that were once owned by the Thurn
ROYAL LIFE IN MODERN TIMES St. Emmeram Palace, Re
Baden Baden F or more than 350
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE CASTLE Burghausen Castle
Hornberg Castle (Baden-Württemberg) Probably the
EXPLORING THE MIDDLE AGES Wartburg Castle, Eisena
The Elisabeth bower: at the beginning of
FROM RENAISSANCE TO ROMANTICISM Heidelberg Castle
19th century, the remnants were turned into an En
A DECLARATION OF LOVE TO THE ANCIENTS Hämelschenb
centuries. The von Klencke family still owns this
Pappenheim Castle Gate to the valley of the Altmü
Coburg Kronach Kulmbach Bamberg
COBURG I've never seen
BAROQUE PEARLS IN SAXONY Pillnitz Palace and park
Triton gondola: the Red Triton gondola can be fou
CREATIONS OF THE LATE BAROQUE ERA Würzburg Reside
artists in one corner. With this painting complet
POMP AND CEREMONY Friedenstein Palace, Gotha | He
The duchess's exquisite quarters. breatht
CLASSICISM AND LATE-BAROQUE TREASURE TROVES Ludwi
Köpenick Palace (Berlin) Köpenick Palace is a thr
BAROQUE SPLENDOUR IN THE NORTH Gottorf Palace | E
The baroque garden with globe house by the Hercul
MASTERPIECES OF BAROQUE HORTICULTURE Royal Herren
The grand cascade with its elaborate decoration.
BAROQUE MAGNIFICENCE Ludwigsburg Palace | Solitud
vate apartment is a wonderful example of playful
FREDERICIAN ROCOCO Sanssouci Palace & Park, Potsd
Sanssouci Palace The magnificent marble hall at
BAROQUE TO BIEDERMEIER IN BERLIN AND BRANDENBURG
most point, where an imitation fairytale castle s
Royal – Rheinsberg Castle & Park
Prussian Glory 500 castle complexes from four cen
m The Orange Route Princely Variety r on t h e
Royal Demesne BORNSTEDT WELCOME
MASTERPIECES OF LANDSCAPE DESIGN Garden Kingdom o
ing visit to Naples provided the final moti- vati
PALATINE BAROQUE Schwetzingen Palace| Benrath Pal
Moschee und Minarett von Nicolas de Pigage im Tür
BAROQUE AND ROCOCO IN BAVARIA Nymphenburg Palace
The Apollo temple is set on a peninsula on the sh
THE GOLDEN AGE OF CLASSICISM Weimar Palace & Ilm
Goethe's summer house: A present to the poet from
MASTERPIECE IN THE SPIRIT OF ANTIQUITY Glienicke
mate garden courtyards. Arcades, antique reliefs
THE LEGACY OF GERMANY'S GARDEN PRINCE Prince Pück
The “Pücklerstein” looking out over the river Nei
NATURE AS A WORK OF ART Wilhelmshöhe Palace & Par
HESSEN – CULTURE IN THE CENTRE OF EUROPE Bad Homb
HESSEN – CULTURE IN THE CENTRE OF EUROPE Fran
Fulda Baroque castles, parks and gardens The era
HESSEN – CULTURE IN THE CENTRE OF EUROPE Rüss
PRESERVING THE CULTURAL HERITAGE The Hessian Hous
JEWELS OF HISTORICISM Schwerin Castle & Park | Gr
Drachenburg Castle Park (North Rhine-Westphalia)
THE GOTHIC DREAM OF THE GUELPHS Marienburg Castle
Statue of Henry the Lion in the inner courtyard o
THE GOTHIC DREAM OF THE GUELPHS Marienburg Castle
Celle– Royal Residence with the
THE GOLDEN AGE OF HISTORICISM Hohenzollern Castle
The Queen's “blue parlour” takes its name from th
A SYMBOL OF LIBERTY Hambach Castle, Neustadt an d
BETWEEN THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE WORLD OF OPERA Ne
tion of Neuschwanstein in 1869, he united aspects
YEARNING FOR A ROMANTIC WORLD OF MYTHS AND LEGEND
the “Königshäuschen”. In 1874 it was ex- tended b
MONUMENT TO ABSOLUTISM Herrenchiemsee Palace
parquet floor, which could be mechanically raised
PAST AND PRESENT OF LIVING GARDEN CULTURE Flower
Gardeners' tower, left, and archway house, right
PAST AND PRESENT OF LIVING GARDEN CULTURE Flower
A wide range of facilities · castle complex wit
FRUITS BORNE OF STRONG WOMEN Bayreuth | “Favorite
“Fantaisie” Palace:
NATURE AS MODERN ART Garden of the Senses, Merzig
colours has flowers of every hue and illus- trate
The Europa-Rosarium Sangerhausen was successful
Weimar is actually a park with a city inside!
UNIQUE ROSE COLLECTION European Rosarium, Sangerh
Another gem is the bi-colour “Versicolor”, a pink
GRÄFLICHER PARK BAD DRIBURG COMITAL HO
MARIENBURG CASTLE Visit the fairy tale castle
PRIVATE BENEFACTORS, PUBLIC ENJOYMENT Bremen Bürg
RELAXATION HAMBURG STYLE Planten un Blomen Park,
ENTERTAINMENT & RECREATION Europa-Park Rust
IMPRESSIVE DISCOVERIES egapark Erfurt
SCHLOSS IPPENBURG The archetype of Germa
Guided tours with Baron Süsskind himself Cas
MAGICAL FLOWERS AND EXOTIC AMBIENCE Palmengarten
If you've seen enough botanical splen- dours, you
THE FORERUNNER OF THE MODERN-DAY ZOO Hagenbeck Zo
Hellabrunn Zoo (Munich) Covering an area of 36 he
E i f e l e l s o H a u ue M r i
DeGuetrsmchalannyd s O s t fr e eW s
INDEX Find the attraction you want to visit from
Oranienbaum Palace (SA) .........................
REGIONAL MANAGEMENT OF THE GERMAN NATIONAL TOURIS
Veitshöchheim Palace · Imperial Castle of Nu
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