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Contents
The Authors 13 EASTERN BRANDENBURG
Buckow
158
158
Frankfurt An Der Oder 159
Getting Started 15 NORTHERN
BRANDENBURG 160
Sachsenhausen
Concentration Camp 160
Itineraries 19 Rheinsberg 161
Lower Oder Valley
National Park 162
Snapshot 25 Chorin 163
Niederfinow 164

History 27
Saxony 165
The Culture 44 CENTRAL SAXONY
Dresden
166
166
Around Dresden 178
Environment 68 Saxon Switzerland
Meissen
180
182
WESTERN SAXONY 184
Food & Drink 74 Leipzig
Around Leipzig
184
194
Chemnitz 194
Berlin 89 Around Chemnitz 196
Orientation 91 Zwickau 197
Information 91 Around Zwickau 199
Dangers & Annoyances 105 EASTERN SAXONY 199
Sights 105 Bautzen 199
Activities 119 Görlitz 201
Walking Tour 120 Zittau 203
Berlin For Children 122 Around Zittau 204
Tours 122
Sleeping
Eating
124
129 Saxony-Anhalt 205
Drinking 134 THE ALTMARK 210
Entertainment 135 Stendal 210
Shopping 140 Tangermünde 211
Getting There & Away 142 EASTERN
Getting Around 142 SAXONY-ANHALT 211
Dessau 211
The ‘Garden Realm’ 215
Brandenburg 145 Ferropolis 216
POTSDAM & HAVELLAND 146 Lutherstadt Wittenberg 217
Potsdam 147 SOUTHERN
Brandenburg An Der SAXONY-ANHALT 221
Havel 154 Halle 221
SPREEWALD 156 Eisleben 224
Lübben 156 SAALE-UNSTRUT
Lübbenau 156 REGION 225
Cottbus 157 Naumburg 225
Around Cottbus 158 Freyburg 227
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Harz Mountains 229 Festivals & Events

Sleeping
308
308
Sights
Tours
394
397
WESTERN HARZ 231 Eating 312 Festivals & Events 397
Goslar 231 Drinking 314 Sleeping 398
Oker Valley 234 Entertainment 316 Eating & Drinking 398
Hahnenklee 234 Shopping 319 Entertainment 399
Bad Harzburg 235 Getting There & Away 319 Shopping 400
Braunlage 236 Getting Around 320 Getting There & Away 400
St Andreasberg 237 AROUND MUNICH 321 Getting Around 400
Clausthal-Zellerfeld 238 Dachau Concentration Around Stuttgart 401
EASTERN HARZ 238 Camp Memorial 321 NORTHERN
Wernigerode 238 Schleissheim 321 BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG 403
Rübeland Caves 241 Starnberg 322 Heidelberg 403
Schierke 241 Andechs 322 Around Heidelberg 417
Mittelbau Dora 242 Chiemsee 323 Mannheim 417
Brocken & Torfhaus 243 THE ROMANTIC ROAD 326 Karlsruhe 419
Quedlinburg 243 Würzburg 327 Kloster Maulbronn 421
Gernrode 247 Aschaffenburg 332 Schwäbisch Hall 421
Thale 247 Rothenburg Around Schwäbisch Hall 422
Ob Der Tauber 332 SCHWÄBISCHE ALB 422
Dinkelsbühl 336 Tübingen 423
Thuringia 250 Nördlingen
Augsburg
337
338
Burg Hohenzollern 426
CENTRAL THURINGIA 251 Ulm 426
Füssen & Schwangau 342 NORTHERN
Erfurt 251
Around Füssen 345 BLACK FOREST 430
Weimar 258
BAVARIAN ALPS 345 Baden-Baden 431
Buchenwald 265
Garmisch-Partenkirchen 345 Freudenstadt 435
Gotha 266
Around Garmisch- Kinzig Valley 437
NORTHERN THURINGIA 268 Partenkirchen 348
Mühlhausen 268 SOUTHERN
Oberstdorf 350 BLACK FOREST 439
The Kyffhäuser 269 Berchtesgaden & Freiburg 439
THURINGIAN FOREST 270 Berchtesgadener Land 351 Around Freiburg 444
Eisenach 270 FRANCONIA 354
West Of Freiburg 444
Rennsteig 273 Nuremberg 354
Northeast Of Freiburg 446
Friedrichroda 274 Erlangen 364
Southeast Of Freiburg 449
Ilmenau 275 Bamberg 364 LAKE CONSTANCE 452
Schmalkalden 275 Bayreuth 367 Konstanz 454
Meiningen 277 Coburg 370 Around Konstanz 457
THE SAALE VALLEY 278 Around Coburg 371 Meersburg 458
Jena 278 Altmühltal Nature Park 371 Around Meersburg 460
Around Jena 281 Eichstätt 373 Friedrichshafen 460
Rudolstadt 281 Ingolstadt 374 Ravensburg 461
Saalfeld 282 EASTERN BAVARIA 377
Lindau 463
Regensburg 378
Bavaria 283 Around Regensburg
Straubing
383
384 Rhineland-Palatinate
MUNICH
History
286
286
Passau
Marktl Am Inn
384
388
& Saarland 465
RHINE-HESSE &
Orientation 286 Bavarian Forest 388 PALATINATE 467
Information 287 Mainz 467
Dangers & Annoyances 288 Worms 472
Sights 288 Baden-
Activities 305 Württemberg 391 Speyer
German Wine Road
474
476
Walking Tour 306 STUTTGART 393 AHR VALLEY & THE
Munich For Children 307 Orientation 393 EIFEL 480
Tours 308 Information 393 Remagen 480
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Bad Neuenahr & Ahrweiler 480 Around Bonn 567 Juist 639
Altenahr 481 Aachen 567 Borkum 640
Nürburgring 482 Eifel National Park 571
Maria Laach
THE ROMANTIC RHINE
482
483
THE RUHRGEBIET
Essen
571
572
Bremen 641
CITY OF BREMEN 642
Koblenz 485 Bochum 575 History 642
Braubach 488 Dortmund 576 Orientation 642
Boppard 488 Elsewhere In Information 642
St Goar 490 The Ruhrgebiet 579
Dangers & Annoyances 642
St Goarshausen & Loreley 490 WESTPHALIA 581
Sights & Activities 642
Oberwesel 491 Münster 581
Tours 645
Bacharach 491 Around Münster 585
Sleeping 646
Bacharach To Bingen 492 Soest 585
Eating 646
Bingen 492 Paderborn 587
Drinking 648
Rüdesheim 494 SAUERLAND 589
Entertainment 648
Around Rüdesheim 495 Altena 589
Shopping 649
THE MOSELLE VALLEY 495 Attendorn 590
Getting There & Away 649
Trier 496 Winterberg 590
Getting Around 649
Bernkastel-Kues 500 SIEGERLAND 590
AROUND BREMEN 649
Traben-Trarbach 501 Siegen 590
Bremerhaven 649
Cochem 502 Around Siegen 591
Worpswede 651
Around Cochem 503
HUNSRÜCK
MOUNTAINS 503
Lower Saxony 592 Hamburg 653
Idar-Oberstein 503 Around Hanover 602 History 654
Kaiserslautern 504 FAIRY-TALE ROAD – Orientation 654
SAARLAND 505 SOUTH 603 Information 654
Saarbrücken 505 Hamelin 603 Dangers & Annoyances 655
Völklinger Hütte 508 Bodenwerder 605 Sights 655
Mettlach 509 Bad Karlshafen 606 Activities 663
Around Mettlach 509 LÜNEBURGER HEIDE 607 Tours 663
Perl-Nennig 509 Celle 607 Festivals & Events 664
Europäischer Kulturpark Bergen-Belsen 610 Sleeping 664
Bliesbruck-Reinheim 509 Lüneburg 611 Eating 668
Naturpark Drinking 672
Hesse 510 Elbufer-Drawehn
SOUTH & EAST
614 Entertainment 672
Frankfurt-Am-Main 511 Shopping 676
OF HANOVER 614 Getting There & Away 676
Darmstadt 525
Hildesheim 614 Getting Around 676
Around Darmstadt 527
Braunschweig 617 AROUND HAMBURG 677
Wiesbaden 527
Wolfenbüttel 621
Lahn Valley 530
Marburg 530
Wolfsburg 622 Schleswig-Holstein 678
Göttingen 625
Fulda 533 Around Kiel 682
WEST OF HANOVER 630
Kassel 534 Lübeck 683
Osnabrück 630
Around Lübeck 689
Varusschlacht Museum &
North Park Kalkriese 632
Schleswig 690
Rhine-Westphalia 539 Oldenburg 633
Flensburg
Glücksburg
693
695
THE RHINELAND 540 Emden & Around 634
Husum & The Halligen 695
Düsseldorf 540 EAST FRISIAN ISLANDS 637
NORTH FRISIAN
Around Düsseldorf 547 Wangerooge 638 ISLANDS 696
Lower Rhine 548 Spiekeroog 638 Sylt 697
Cologne 550 Langeoog 638 Föhr 701
Brühl 561 Baltrum 639 Amrum 701
Bonn 561 Norderney 639 Helgoland 702
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Mecklenburg- Tourist Information 751 Vaccinations 771

Travellers With Disabilities 752 IN TRANSIT 771
Western
Pomerania 703 Visas
Women Travellers
752
753
Deep Vein Thrombosis
(DVT) 771
MECKLENBURGER Work 753 Jet Lag & Motion Sickness 771
SEENPLATTE 704 IN GERMANY 771
Schwerin
Ludwigslust
704
708 Transport 754 Availability & Cost of
Health Care 771
Güstrow 708 GETTING THERE & AWAY 754 Travellers’ Diarrhoea 772
Neubrandenburg 709 Entering The Country 754 Environmental Hazards 772
Müritz National Park 711 Air 754 Sexual Health 772
COASTAL MECKLENBURG- Land 758 Travelling With Children 772
WESTERN POMERANIA 711 Lake 760 Women’s Health 773
Rostock 711 Sea 760
Bad Doberan & Coastal
Resorts 718
GETTING AROUND
Air
761
762
Language 774
Wismar 719
Bicycle 762
Darss-Zingst Peninsula
WESTERN POMERANIA
721
722
Boat 762 Glossary 782
Bus 762
Stralsund 722
Greifswald
Usedom Island
725
726
Car & Motorcycle
Hitching
763
767 Behind the Scenes 786
Local Transport 767
RÜGEN ISLAND
Binz
727
729
Train 768 Index 792
Prora 730
South Rügen 730 Health 771 World Time Zones 814
Jasmund National Park 732 BEFORE YOU GO 771
Kap Arkona 732 Insurance 771
Hiddensee Island 733 Recommended Map Legend 816
Directory 734
Accommodation
Activities
Business Hours
734
738
740
Regional Map Contents
Children 741
Climate Charts 741
Courses 742 Schleswig-Holstein
p679
Customs 743 Mecklenburg-Western
Hamburg Pomerania p704
Dangers & Annoyances 743 Bremen p654
p642
Discount Cards 743
Embassies & Consulates 743 Lower Saxony
p594-5 Berlin
Festivals & Events 744 p93
Saxony-Anhalt
Food 745 p206 Brandenburg
p146
Gay & Lesbian Travellers 746 North Rhine-Westphalia Harz Mountains
p540 p230
Holidays 746
Saxony
Insurance 747 Thuringia p166
Internet Access 747 Hesse p251
p511
Legal Matters 748
Rhineland-Palatinate &
Maps 748 Saarland p466
Money 748
Photography 749
Bavaria
Post 749 p284-5
Shopping 750 Baden-Württemberg
p392
Solo Travellers 750
Telephone & Fax 750
Time 751