Meersburg Castle on the Bodensee (Lake Constance) in Baden-Württemberg, Southwestern Germany, is the oldest inhabited castle in Germany. Its central tower was first built during the 7th century, though the original structure is no longer visible.
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Town Hall of Gieselwerder, Oberweser, district of Kassel-Country, Hesse
Gieselwerder is the village of the tale of Snow White on the German Fairy Tale Road.
This year’s Oktoberfest in München (Munich) starts on Sept 22 and ends Oct 7, 2018. Opening day festivities will begin at 10:00 h with the traditional tapping of the first keg at noon by the Munich mayor.
Oktoberfest dates back to 1810 when it started in celebration of the wedding between Crown Prince Ludwig and Teresa of Sassonia-Hildburghausen. It was such a hit that another one occurred around the same time the following year, and the tradition has continued almost every year since.
With an estimated 7.7 million liters of beer served and an annual visitor count of more than 7 million, it’s the largest folk festival for brewing in the world. Oktoberfest activities have grown over the years, spreading the festival earlier into September for better weather and milder nights. This year, overall drier-than-normal conditions are expected across southern Germany for the first week of the festival, so visitors have ample opportunities to enjoy the parades, bands, traditional Bavarian food/drink & carnival rides. Average high temps in Munich during late September range from 17-19 C (63-66 F), while overnight temps fall to 8-9 C (47-49 F).
Fortress Heldrungen, Kyffhäuser district, Thuringia
Hercules Monument with Cascades, Kassel, Hesse
Castle of Adelebsen, district of Göttingen, Lower Saxony
The town of Adelebsen was first mentioned in 990. The oldest surviving part of the castle is the tower, which was built in two phases: The first three levels were built between 1370 and 1380, the upper seven levels, of which six are preserved, were built between 1420 to 1440.
The castle was severely damaged in the Thirty Year War, but partially rebuilt from 1650 onwards.
Family von Adelebsen owned the castle from the early 13th century until 1957, when the last male member of the family, Georg Freiherr von Adelebsen, died without a legitimate heir. He established a foundation in 1947 with the purpose to preserve the castle as cultural heritage and transferred the ownership to the foundation. The foundation is currently led by a great-grandson of the last von Adelebsen.
Welfenschloss, Hannover, Lower Saxony
Built from 1857 to 1866 for the King of Hannover, who never lived here due to the annexation of the Kingdom of Hannover by Prussia in 1866. After the palace stood empty for 10 years, its interior was redesigned to host the Royal Technical College of Hannover. Today, it is the main building of the Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizUniversity of Hannover.
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