Germany: attractions and places of interest

Mainau is an island on Lake Constance, located in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany. The island, owned by the Bernadotte family, is the third largest on the lake and covers an area of 45 hectares. The island is connected to the shore by a bridge. The island has a Baroqu...

Walsrode Bird Park is one of the largest bird parks in the world and the largest in Europe. It is located near the city of Walsrode (Germany, Lower Saxony), between Hanover and Hamburg. The park area is 0.24 km2. There are about 4,500 birds belonging to 675 species from all over the world in the par...

Saxon Switzerland is a national park in Germany, covering an area of 93 km2 in a wonderful mountainous landscape. The base of the national park was laid in 1956. The park received its current status after the unification of Germany. The park is adjacent to Czech Switzerland, located in the Czech Rep...

Kellerwald-Edersee is a national park located in the north of the Kellerwald Mountains in an area of 57.4 km2. In 2011, the beech forest was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List "Beech forests of the Carpathians and ancient beech forests of Germany." The history of Kellerwald-Edersee Park Prev...

The Bavarian Forest is a national park in Germany, founded in 1970 on an area of 243 km2. Nearby is the Czech National Park Šumava, together with which they form one of the largest nature conservation areas in Central Europe. Nature conservation The leadership of the Bavarian Forest adheres to the p...