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LAROCHETTE – Larochette
Veilz, Velz, Feltz, Fels, Rupes, Roketa, La Roiche, La Rochette, Larochette - During the past 800 years of the Felser castle and town history many names an manner of writing were used. The name 'Fiels' appears for the first time in the Luxembo [...]

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HASSELT – Plopsa Hasselt
Plopsaland are children's theme parks owned by Studio 100, a Flemish company that produces popular children's television series and music bands.- Plopsaland De Panne is an outdoor amusement park near the Belgian coast.- Plopsaland Indoor is an [...]

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COO – Plopsa Coo
In the heart of the Ardennes, discover a mix of Plopsa approved nature, adventure and pleasure. Plopsa Coo is a grand attraction park for kids but fun for the adventuresome adults as well. Located at the Coo Waterfalls, there are over twenty a [...]

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BAD HOMBURG – Antoninus Pius
Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus, generally known in English as Antoninus Pius was Roman emperor from 138 to 161. He was the fourth of the Five Good Emperors and a member of the Aurelii. Almost certainly, he earned the name 'Piu [...]

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BAD HOMBURG – Römerkastell Saalburg
The Saalburg is a beautifully reconstructed Roman fort located on the Taunus ridge northwest of Bad Homburg. It is a Cohort Fort belonging to the Limes Germanicus (Latin for Germanic frontier), a remarkable line of frontier forts that divided [...]

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ROSENHEIM – EXHIBITION CENTER – Dinosaurs – Giants of Argentina
They are creatures of superlatives: the longest one measured nearly 40 meters, the oldest one lived 235 million years ago. The Lokschuppen exhibition center in Rosenheim presents world-wide for the first time spectacular finds in its new exhib [...]

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COCHEM – Cochemer Sesselbahn
The Cochem chair lift offers you a charming ride that will take you up to the 'Pinner Kreuz'. A footpath at the top will take you to one of the most panoramic viewpoints over the town which is dominated by the impressive castle. The region is [...]

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BERLIN – Checkpoint Charlie – Map
Checkpoint Charlie was the name given by the Western Allies to a crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War, located at the junction of Friedrichstraße with Zimmerstraße and Mauerstraße.It was designated as the sing [...]

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BERLIN – Fernsehturm
The Fernsehturm is a television tower in the city centre of Berlin. Together with Brandenburger Tor and other sightseeings it’s a well-known Berlin landmark. It was constructed between 1965 and 1969 by the former German Democratic Republic. Th [...]

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BONN – Altes Rathaus
Bonn's city hall, originally constructed in Roccoco style in 1737, brilliantly dominates the three-cornered market place.The building was reconstructed after World War II. The building played a significant political role while Bonn was the cou [...]

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BONN – Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) was a German composer and pianist, acknowledged as one of the giants of classical music. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music, an [...]

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NEUSTADT AN DER WEINSTRAßE – Hambacher Schloss
Hambach Castle is located on the mountain Schlossberg in Neustadt an der Weinstraße . There is little known about its early history; the big estate was said to be one of the most important facilities of the Bishopric of Speyer in the late Midd [...]

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NEUSTADT AN DER WEINSTRAßE – Stiftskirche
The city of Neustadt an der Weinstraße in Rhineland-Palatinate has a beautiful old town centre with a market square surrounded by many half-timbered houses. Neustadt's most famous landmark is the imposing twin-towered Stiftskirche that towers [...]

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HOCKENHEIM – Hockenheim Circuit
In the early 2000s, F1 officials demanded the 6.823 km (4.240 mi) track be shortened and threatened to discontinue racing there, due to competition from other tracks such as the EuroSpeedway Lausitz and sites in Asia. The state government of B [...]

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HOCKENHEIM – Race Car
Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg is a motor racing circuit situated in the Rhine valley near the town of Hockenheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located on Bertha Benz Memorial Route. Amongst other motor racing events, it biennially hosts th [...]

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BAD DÜRKHEIM – Riesenfass
Bad Dürkheim is in the record books for the 'Dürkheimer Fass' - the largest wine barrel in the world which could hold up to 1.700.000 litres. It was built in 1934 by Fritz Keller, a winemaker and cooper. Two hundred 40 metres tall pines - abou [...]

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BERCHTESGADEN – Königssee
The Königssee is a lake located in the extreme southeast of the German State of Bavaria, near the German-Austrian Border, and is the deepest lake in Germany. The lake was formed by glaciers during the last ice age. It is 7.7 kilometers long an [...]

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BERCHTESGADEN – Köningliches Schloss
The Augustine Abbey of Canons founded in 1102 eventually became an independent church state within the German Empire and became a prince-provostry in 1559. Until it was secularized in 1803 the monastery remained the residence of the ruling lor [...]

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BERNKASTEL-KUES – Burgruine Landshut
Bernkastel-Kues is a town over 700 years old, located on the Middle Moselle river in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Towering above the city of Bernkastel on a hill is the 'Burgruine Landshut' (ruin of th [...]

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ANNWEILER – Burg Trifels
Burg Trifels (Trifels Castle) is a medieval castle at an elevation 500m near the small town of Annweiler, in the Palatinate, Germany. It is located on one peak of a three-way split red sandstone rock (the name Trifels means threefold rock), an [...]

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MAYEN – Genovevaburg
The 700-year-old Genoveva castle sits dominantly above the city centre of Mayen, the largest city in the Eifel.The castle has known a very turbulent history. It was as good as completely burned down during the occupation of the French troops i [...]