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MAIN CONTRIBUTORS: JOANNA EGERT-ROMANOWSKA AND MAŁGORZATA OMILANOWSKA

CONTENTS HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE 6 PRODUCED BY Wydwnictwo Wiedza i Życie, Warsaw CONTRIBUTORS Małgorzata Omilanowska, Marek Stańczyk,

Tomasz Torbus, Hanna Köster, Teresa Czerniewicz-Umer CARTOGRAPHERS Kartographie Huber (Munich), Magdalena Polak, Dariusz Romanowski PHOTOGRAPHERS Adam Hajder, Dorota and Mariusz Jarymowiczowie, Wojciech Mędrzak, Tomasz Myśluk, Paweł Wójcik ILLUSTRATORS Lena Maminajszwili, Paweł Marczak, Andrzej Wielgosz, Bohdan Wróblewski, Magdalena Żmudzińska DTP DESIGNERS Paweł Pasternak, Paweł Kamiński EDITORS Teresa Czerniewicz-Umer, Joanna Egert-Romanowska PRODUCTION Anna Kożurno-Królikowska DESIGNERS Ewa Roguska, Piotr Kiedrowski Dorling Kindersley Limited EDITORS Sylvia Goulding, Irene Lyford TRANSLATORS Magda Hannay, Ian Wisniewski DTP DESIGNERS Jason Little, Conrad Van Dyk PRODUCTION Marie Ingledew Printed and bound by South China Printing Co. Ltd., China First American Edition 2001 10 11 12 13 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Published in the United States by DK Publishing, 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 Reprinted with revisions 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 Copyright © 2001, 2010 Dorling Kindersley Limited, London ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. WITHOUT LIMITING THE RIGHTS UNDER COPYRIGHT RESERVED ABOVE, NO PART OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE REPRODUCED, STORED IN OR INTRODUCED INTO A RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, OR TRANSMITTED, IN ANY FORM, OR BY ANY MEANS (ELECTRONIC, MECHANICAL, PHOTOCOPYING, RECORDING, OR OTHERWISE), WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION OF BOTH THE COPYRIGHT OWNER AND THE ABOVE PUBLISHER OF THIS BOOK.

Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited. ISSN 1542-1554 ISBN 978-0-75666-071-0 Front cover main image: Rheinstein Castle, Rheingau, Hessen, Germany THROUGHOUT THIS BOOK, FLOORS ARE REFERRED TO IN ACCORDANCE WITH EUROPEAN USAGE, I.E., THE “FIRST FLOOR” IS THE FLOOR ABOVE GROUND LEVEL.

INTRODUCING GERMANY

Heraldic shield over the entrance to the Nuremberg town hall

DISCOVERING GERMANY 10 PUTTING GERMANY ON THE MAP 14 A PORTRAIT OF GERMANY 18 GERMANY THROUGH THE YEAR 40 THE HISTORY OF GERMANY 46

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The information in this Dorling Kindersley Travel Guide is checked regularly.

Every effort has been made to ensure that this book is as up-to-date as possible at the time of going to press. Some details, however, such as telephone numbers, opening hours, prices, gallery hanging arrangements and travel information are liable to change. The publishers cannot accept responsibility for any consequences arising from the use of this book, nor for any material on third party websites, and cannot guarantee that any website address in this book will be a suitable source of travel information. We value the views and suggestions of our readers very highly. Please write to: Publisher, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, Dorling Kindersley, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, Great Britain. Church in Bavaria nestled at the foothills of the Alps

EASTERN CENTRE 66 WESTERN CENTRE 82 FURTHER AFIELD 94 SHOPPING IN BERLIN 106 ENTERTAINMENT IN BERLIN 108

EASTERN GERMANY INTRODUCING EASTERN GERMANY 122

BRANDENBURG 128 SAXONY-ANHALT 142 SAXONY 158 THURINGIA 182

SOUTHERN GERMANY INTRODUCING SOUTHERN GERMANY 200

Picturesque landscape in Mecklenburg

NORTH RHINEWESTPHALIA 382

SHOPPING IN GERMANY 558

NORTHERN GERMANY

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND SPECIALIST HOLIDAYS 560

INTRODUCING NORTHERN GERMANY 418

SURVIVAL GUIDE

MUNICH 206 SHOPPING IN MUNICH 230

LOWER SAXONY, HAMBURG AND BREMEN 424

TRAVEL INFORMATION 576

SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN 454

GENERAL INDEX 584

MECKLENBURGLOWER POMERANIA 466

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 604

Statue of a dancing figure, Stadtmuseum in Munich (see p214)

TRAVELLERS’ NEEDS

ENTERTAINMENT IN MUNICH 232

WHERE TO STAY 484

BAVARIA 238

PRACTICAL INFORMATION 566

WHERE TO EAT 520

BADENWURTTEMBERG 288

WESTERN GERMANY INTRODUCING WESTERN GERMANY 330 RHINELAND-PALATINATE AND SAARLAND 336 HESSE 360

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