Bøger af Steffi Böttger

Not many German cities are as well-known world-wide as Weimar, the small city on the banks of the River Ilm in Thuringia. The centre of German Classicism, the birthplace of the internationally influential Bauhaus school, the city that lent its name to Germany's first republic, but also a centre of National Socialist dictatorship - Weimar offers the visitor an overwhelming abundance of sites that have played an important role in German history. In hardly any other town in Germany can traces of the best and the worst of the human spirit be so authentically experienced as here, in the former residential town of the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and the later capital of the state of Thuringia. This richly illustrated city guide takes the visitor not only through the town centre, from Goethe's house to the Herder church, the City Palace and the Bauhaus Museum, but also to the enchanting palaces and parks of Belvedere and Tiefurt, as well as to the Buchenwald Memorial site.

Rostock, the old Hanseatic university city at the mouth of the Warnow on the Baltic Sea, attracts more than one million visitors every year. The medieval city gates, monasteries and outstanding brick Gothic gabled houses in the Old and former Middle Towns give a hint of the Hansa era's heyday. The market squares and the three huge brick Gothic churches in the city are always worth a visit. A harbour sightseeing cruise takes the visitor past the city harbour and Rostock's port up to Warnemünde, whose white sandy beach and picturesque Alter Strom area make it one of the Baltic's most beautiful seaside resorts. 'Hanse Sail', one of the largest annual festivals of traditional sailing vessels in the Baltic region, draws visitors from all over the world to the green city by the sea.This self-guided walking tour takes the visitor to the most important sights in Rostock and Warnemünde. In a single day you can experience the city's almost 800-year-old history in an entertaining and informative way - naturally with the obligatory stops to enjoy Mecklenburg's hospitality.