Introducing Germany
Few countries have had as much impact on the world as Germany, a land of innovation that has given us the printing press, the automobile, aspirin and MP3 technology. This is the country where you can visit the birth places of Martin Luther, Albert Einstein and Karl Marx, of Goethe, Beethoven and the Brothers Grimm and other greats who, in some way, have forged the fate of humankind. The roots of modern architecture? Right here in Dessau where the Bauhaus movement began. For God’s sake (so to speak), even the pope is German!
As you travel the country, you’ll have plenty of such brushes with genius, but Germany’s storybook scenery is perhaps even more memorable. There’s something undeniably artistic in the way the landscape unfolds, from the serpentine, dune-fringed coasts of the north to the moody forests, romantic river valleys and vast vineyards of the middle regions to the off-the-charts splendor of the Alps, carved into rugged glory by glaciers and the elements. All are a part of the vast and magical natural quilt that’ll undoubtedly have you burning up the pixels in your digicam.
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City from Frankfurt Main Tower observation deck.
- Holger Leue
- Lonely Planet photographer
