GITravel, December 7, 2011 7:25 am. Like all major German cities, Leipzig Germany took a fearful pounding from Allied bombers in World War II, before becoming incorporated into the GDR (East Germany). The peaceful Monday demonstrations that marked...
GITravel, January 8, 2012 5:16 am. Munich Germany, Germany’s third-largest city lies on the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps. It began with a monastery and river crossing in the 12th century, with the Dukes of Bavaria...
GITravel, December 31, 2011 4:18 am. Potsdam Germany, this leafy city near Berlin has just a quarter of its area covered with buildings and streets – the remainder consisting of lakes and wide green spaces. Frederick the Great,...
GITravel, December 20, 2011 5:56 am. Germany’s oldest coastal city, Bremen Germany started out as a fishing village but has developed to be second only to Hamburg among the country’s ports. The Marktplatz (Market Square) is surrounded by...
GITravel, January 16, 2012 5:08 am. The state capital of Hesse is Wiesbaden Germany on the north bank of the River Rhine, though nearby Frankfurt am Main is a larger city. To add to local rivalries, Mainz-just across...