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H I S T O R I CHIGHLIGHTSOF GERMANY

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Historic Highlights of GermanyIt’s not only a logo or a tagline. Our Historic Highlights of Germany tourism brand is the consumer´s perception of Germany’s historic cities as a place to invest their precious time and money while traveling. It´s the sum total of what we promise to the traveler, and what they experience when they choose to spend time in our member cities.

Fourteen cities have teamed up to create the Historic Highlights of Germany. All member cities have been carefully selected and are perfect for travelers who wish to go beyond casual sightseeing and truly experience Germany’s rich culture and history.

Augsburg, Erfurt, Freiburg, Heidelberg, Koblenz, Mainz, Münster, Osnabrück, Potsdam, Regensburg, Rostock, Trier, Wiesbaden and Würzburg are multi-faceted destinations and each of these cities is steeped in history.

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Our passion for the brand “Historic High-lights of Germany” comes from our belief that it in order to stay profitable and marke-table you must stay relevant. Our associati-on is the way B2B is done and how professionals connect, collaborate and create new meaningful professional opportunities in today’s world.

It’s never been easier to plan a fully independent FIT vacation OFF The beaten travel paths with us at your side! We are a full-service bureau for travel trade and have the experience and the relationships to provide your clients exactly what they are looking. We recognize that every GROUP is unique, are happy to cater to each individually, and can help you design a tour that matches the interests, budget, and travel abilities of your clients.

Services at a glance

Information

Ask specific questions, get help planning itineraries or incentives, get insider tips, or order brochures. Call +49 (0) 651 – 979 004 -60info@historicgermany.com

Promotional Material

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Advice and Assistance

We are the ideal partner for supporting and facilitating your plans and we make it easy for you to plan trips to Germany. Visit our website www.historicgermany.com and join us on www.facebook.com/historicgermany for latest news and special promotions.

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Perfect match for Travel Media!

We have compiled a huge variety of interesting and lesser known facts, story ideas and information for editors, writers, freelancers – in whatever way you are related with the Travel Media. From special events to background information, your needs will be taken care of.

Our press and blog trips can be organized on request. Publications and story angles must fit within our target market and promotion strategy. Approval of presstrip assistance is at the discretion of Historic Highlights of Germany headquarters, based on the type of publication, target audience and circulation/ unique visitor/ viewership numbers.

Calendar of annual events

Good reasons to choose our cities!Great composers such as Bach, Mozart and Wagner have left their mark on the historical cities. Their work is celebrated regularly at hugely popular music festivals. No matter what time of year you‘re visiting our cities, there are plenty of events to make your trip unforget-table. Discover community events such as art fairs, festivals and markets in unique venues.

(JULY) AUGUSTErfurt, Cathedral Steps Festival PlaysOnce a year, the cathedral steps between the magnificent twin edifices of St Mary’s Cathedral and the Church of St Severus become one amazing stage. Date: www.erfurt-tourismus.de

Koblenz, Rhine in FlamesEurope’s biggest boat parade with over 80 boats passing castles and palaces illuminated by fireworks.Date: www.rhein-in-flammen.com

Mainz Wine Festival*Once a year people meet up in Mainz municipal park and rose garden. If you prefer browsing for arts and crafts, the art market in the rose garden is for you.*additional event in September!Date: www.mainzer-weinmarkt.de

Potsdam Night of PalacesAn opulent European program of theatre and music, literature, dancing and cabaret on more than ten stages. Date: www.schloessernacht-2010.de

Rostock, Hanse Sail RegattaRostock’s Hanse regatta is one of the largest maritime festivals in the world.Date: www.hansesail.com Wiesbaden, Rheingau Wine FestivalWine enthusiasts gather in Wiesbaden every August at the “longest” wine bar in the world. Date: www.wiesbaden.eu

(AUGUST) SEPTEMBERHeidelberg Autumn Fair, SeptemberAll of Heidelberg’s old town is transformed into one big festive scene. About a dozen stages offer music entertainment, dance and performance art. Date: www.heidelberg-marketing.de

Münster, “Schauraum” FestivalThis inspiring festival of art and culture transforms familiar locations in the city with light installations, open-air events and outdoor eateries. Date: www.tourismus.muenster.de

Regensburg, HerbstdultThe traditional beer fair, Regensburg’s mini-version of the Oktoberfest.Date: www.regensburg.de/tourism

Würzburg, Mozart FestivalHighlights include “night music” performed by famous orchestras and international classical music stars in the beautifully lit garden of the Würzburg Residence and the rococo garden of Veitshöchheim Palace. Date: www.mozartfest-wuerzburg.de

JUNEHeidelberg, Castle Illumination*Picturesque and otherworldly Bengal fires drench the ruined walls in a dazzling red light followed by brilliant fireworks display.* additional events in July & September!Dates: www.heidelberg-marketing.de

Freiburg Wine FestivalMünsterplatz square is full of Baden wines for Freiburg’s six-day wine festival which also attracts gourmets and wine enthusiasts from neighboring Switzerland and France.Date: www.freiburg.de

Potsdam, Sanssouci Music FestivalThe Music Festival is a rare opportunity to hear top artists performing in beautifulrooms and parks of the world-famous palaces and gardens of Berlin-Brandenburg. Date: www.potsdam-tourism.com

JULYTrier, Moselle FestivalTrier’s famous embankment festival with live music and delicacies in the old fishermen’s village of Zurlauben. Date: www.trier-info.de

Regensburg, Thurn and Taxis FestivalThe annual concert and theater festival is a delight for all senses – for the eyes and ears and of course for the palate.Date: www.thurnundtaxis.de

Rostock, Warnemünde WeekMore than 2000 sailors and surfers compete every year before the coast of Warnemünde for world and European titles, world ranking points in all Olympic boat classes and the Laser European Cup. Date: www.warnemuender-woche.com

Würzburg, “Hafensommer”Concerts, Comedy, Art and Theatre can be found on stage on the River Main surrounded by beautiful architecture and cheerful atmosphere. Date: www.wuerzburg.de

JANUARY Trier, Wine Forum MoselleAround about 170 wines from Moselle, Saar and Ruwer are ready to be tasted. Enjoy the finest wines of the region in the relaxing atmosphere of the Forum Baths. Date: www.trier-info.de/english

FEBRUARYFreiburg, Alemannic FasnetOn Shrove Monday, (Rosenmontag) floats and colorful costumes can be seen on the streets. People hidden under wild, almost sinister masks play jokes on others until late at night.Date: www.freiburg.de

Mainz CarnivalKnown as the “fifth season of the year” it is a time when jesters rule the city, whose carnival anthem is “Mainz, oh how we sing and laugh in Mainz!” Date: www.touristik-mainz.de

MARCH / APRILErfurt Bach Festival, AprilWorks by Bach, his family and their contem-poraries are performed in historical venues such as St Giles’ Church. Date: www.erfurt-tourismus.de

MAYAugsburg, Mozart FestivalGermany’s “Mozart city” hosts a diverse musical and literary festival in historical venues. Date: www.mozartstadt.de

Münster, Intern. Hanseatic League DayCity tours focussing on the more than 625-year Hanseatic history and the celebrated Hanseatic table, at which you will be served on the Prinzipalmarkt by the city’s retailers.Date: www.tourismus.muenster.de

Osnabrück, May FestivalTraditional dances are performed around colorful maypoles to welcome the merry month of May. Date: www.osnabrueck.de

Wiesbaden, Intern. May Theatre FestivalOpera, ballet and drama with outstanding performers in the Hessian State Theater. Date: www.staatstheater-wiesbaden.de

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Regensburg

• Thurn and Taxis Royal Palace with cloister and Royal Stables Museum• St Peter’s Cathedral – foremost Gothic church in Bavaria• Old Quarter with Porta Praetoria and Old Stone Bridge (UNESCO World Heri- tage Site)• Regensburger Domspatzen – the famous boys’ choir sings High Mass in the cathedral

Rostock

• Old Town and University, the oldest university in the Baltic region • St Mary’s church with its Astronomical clock• Alter Strom – shopping street with inviting cafés, fishermen’s taverns and boutiques in the seaside district of Warnemünde• Brick Gothic town houses – rust-colored stepped gables and decorative features

Trier

• Porta Nigra and roman monuments (UNESCO World Heritage Site)• Trier Cathedral – oldest episcopal church in Germany and Cathedral Museum• Archaeological Museum (Landesmuseum) – art and artifacts of international standing.• Karl Marx House – the birthplace of Karl Marx serves as a museum today

Wiesbaden

• Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme – unique Art Nouveau thermal baths• Kurhaus with Casino – a parlor here is dedicated to Fyodor Dostoevsky who was a frequent guest.• Neroberg funicular railway and Russian Church

Würzburg

• Würzburg Palace (UNESCO World Heritage Site)• Main-Franconian Museum has the world’s largest Riemenschneider collection• Old Main River Bridge and Marienberg Fortress• Three of Germany’s four largest wine estates: the Bürgerspital, Juliusspital and Staatlicher Hofkeller

• Stolzenfels Castle – crowning glory of Rhine Romanticism with its fabulous architecture and beautifully decorated halls and rooms.• Deutsches Eck (German Corner) land- mark of Koblenz where the Moselle joins the Rhine

Mainz

• St Martin’s Cathedral – 1000 year-old Roman Catholic cathedral• Stained-glass windows by Chagall in St Stephen’s Church• Isis and Mater Magna shrine – sensational view of religious cults in the Roman period• Gutenberg Museum – the highlight is the reconstruction of an old printing work- shop.

Münster

• Prinzipalmarkt Square and Town hall (European Heritage Label site) with Hall of Peace (Friedenssaal)• St Paul’s Cathedral – Astronomical clock, cathedral treasury • The outstanding LWL Museum of Art and Culture: 1,000 years of art and cultural history• The Pablo Picasso Museum displays over 800 of his drawings, prints and lithographic works.

Osnabrück

• Felix Nussbaum House – Museum and first building of Daniel Libeskind in Germany• Old Quarter with Romanesque Cathedral and Steinwerke (vaulted houses)• Town Hall of the Westphalian Peace (European Heritage Label site)• Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche (Art Gallery Dominican Church)

Potsdam

• Large number of palaces and gardens, UNESCO World Heritage Site• Sanssouci Palace – magnificent summer residence of Frederick the Great• New Palace with its majestic interiors featuring the Marble Hall (Marmorsaal), Grotto Hall (Grottensaal), the Concert Room (Konzertzimmer) and an own Palace Theatre• Baroque Old Town and Dutch Quarter

Augsburg

• Renaissance Town Hall with its Golden Hall• Maximilian Museum with its Renaissance bronze statues and grand fountain• The Fuggerei is the oldest public housing project in the world.• Interact with famous Augsburg merchant families of the late 15th and 16th centu- ries in the Fugger and Welser Museum.

Erfurt

• St Severus and St Mary’s Cathedral – Gloriosa, the cathedral bell, is one of the largest in the world.• Old Synagogue – 11th century, the oldest fully intact synagogue in central Europe.• The Merchants’ Bridge (Krämerbrücke), is the longest series of inhabited buildings on any bridge in Europe.• Erfurt Augustinian Monastery – Martin Luther memorial site

Freiburg

• Freiburg Minster (Münster) with its intricate, openwork spire and waterspout sculptures• The Augustinermuseums main attractions are the original stone figures and glass windows of Freiburg Minster.• Picturesque Fischerau Quarter and Wiehre Art Nouveau Quarter with student cafés and restaurants

Heidelberg

• Heidelberg Castle – famous landmark with its Great Vat and the German Apothecary Museum.• Palatinate Museum – art and culture including the Twelve Apostles Altar by Tilman Riemenschneider• Historical student pubs (Zum Roten Ochsen, Schnookeloch, Zum Sepp’l) • Studentenkarzer: misbehaving college students were locked up in the University of Heidelberg’s private prison.

Koblenz

• Spectacular cable car trip across the Rhine river to Ehrenbreitstein fortress • New instructive interactive ROMANTI- CUM featuring the romantic Upper Middle Rhine (UNESCO World Herite site) and the area’s history

History up YOUR life!

Our Highlights:Our tagline “History up Your life!” is a personal invitation to the traveler to explore the diversity and quality of the Historic Highlights of Germany member cities. The time will be too short to get a proper impression of all. Learn more about our must sees:

Itinerary Planning

Journeys through GermanyOur aim is to suggest tours with a rich cultural experience, friendly environment and a relaxing time. With six themed German Heritage Rou-tes and four Christmas Heritage Routes, our member cities offer featured itineraries for individual planning.

Germany by RailGermany by Rail!Experience the culture and history in our enchanting cities. DB Bahn takes you to your Historic Highlight while passing the most beautiful river valleys and fairytale castles. Fly to any major German airport and connect directly to Deutsche Bahns’s rail and service network. Train travel comes at low prices with the German Rail Pass or Sparpreis (Saving Fare). Check www.bahn.com for details!

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Erfurt

Freiburg

Heidelberg

Koblenz

Mainz

Münster

Osnabrück

Potsdam

Regensburg

Rostock

Trier

Wiesbaden

Würzburg

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Roman Heritage Journey

Traces of the great Roman civilization are still very much in evidence in south-west Germany where the oldest cities all have Roman origins and date back more than 2,000 years. The Roman-themed Dream Route takes you from the former capital of the western Empire to the ther-mal baths, military camps and forts. www.historicgermany.travel/romans

Romantic Heritage Journey

Fairytale palaces, enchanting old quarterswith pavement cafés, ancient stonebridges, centuries-old markets and rivers straight from the pages of a storybook with castles perched on vineyard slopes. Germany had – and still has – scenery that poets, composers and painters elegantly captured in print, music and on canvas. www.historicgermany.travel/romanticism

Wine Heritage Journey

Gentle vineyard slopes that have produced fine wines since ancient times, and rivers, shrouded in myth and legend. A tour of discovery through the cities on the Rhine and Moselle rivers enthrals the senses with high-calibre culture and internationally acclaimed wines. www.historicgermany.travel/wine

Hanseatic Heritage Journey

The German Hanseatic League, or Hanse, was only one of many guilds of traders that existed in the Middle Ages, but its important historical role made it one of the best known. Magnificent town houses and other prestigious buildings still bear witness to the power and riches of the medieval merchants. www.historicgermany.travel/hanse

Imperial Heritage Journey

Germany is dotted with impressive buildings left behind by the great rulers and royal dynasties who reigned supreme over its various territories. Discover the Germany of emperors and electors, whose legacy of splendor and extravagance still has the power to take your breath away.www.historicgermany.travel/emperors

Luther Heritage Journey

Martin Luther’s ideas of ecclesiastical reforms (1517) sparked many changes and set the Reformation in motion. Historic places out of the life of Martin Luther and the Reformation can still be experienced as a travel itinerary through historical cities. www.historicgermany.travel/reformation

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