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Denkmal für die im Nationalsozialismus ermordeten Sinti und Roma Europas
Inaugurated in 2012, this memorial commemorates the Sinti and Roma victims of the Holocaust and consists of a fountain with a submersed stone decorated daily with a fresh flower. It was designed by Israeli sculptor Dani Karavan.
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Deutsches Bernstein
Baltic coastlines are the source of almost all the worlds amber. As well as the jewellery on sale throughout Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, youll find the Deutsches Bernstein- museum in the amber town of Ribnitz-Damgarten .
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Bischöfliches Dom
Triers cathedral was built on the site of the palace of Helena (the mother of Emperor Constantine). The prized exhibit here is a 4th-century Roman ceiling from the palace, in vivid colours, that was pieced together from countless fragments.
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Pommersches Landesmuseum
This outstanding museum links three Franciscan monastery buildings via a 73m-long, glassed-in hall. There’s a major gallery of paintings, including half a dozen by Caspar David Friedrich, as well as history and natural history exhibits.
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Kniebis
Serene and family-friendly, Kniebis backs onto a terrific landscape for all manner of outdoor activities – from hiking and biking to cross-country skiing and sledding. To cool off in summer, head over to the forest-rimmed Waldschwimmbad.
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Feldbergbahn
This cable car whisks you to the 1450m summit of Feldberg in minutes. The panorama unfolding at the top reaches across the patchwork meadows and woods of the Black Forest all the way to the Vosges, Swiss and French Alps on clear days.
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Historisches Museum Bremerhaven
Exhibits on the history and development of the region, as well as temporary exhibitions. An online emigration database (www.dad-recherche.de) based on passenger lists can be used for searching for ancestors. Located just south of the bridge.
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Kunstmuseum Picasso
One of the 20th centurys most famous artists gets the spotlight in this 18th-century noblemans house. Changing exhibits are drawn from the collection of some 800 graphic works, including a near complete series of Picassos lithographs.
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St Jacobikirche
Among Göttingens six Gothic churches, the most interesting is the St Jacobikirche from 1361, off Weender Strasse. With eye-catching red, white and grey angular striped columns, it also features some contemporary stained-glass windows.
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Mainfränkisches Museum
Mainfränkisches Museum in the baroque Zeughaus (armoury) contains a famous collection of works by local 15th-century master sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider. An exhibit on winemaking can be found in the Kelterhalle, where grapes once fermented.
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Passat
The town takes great pride in its historic four-masted sailing ship-turned-museum, Passat, which used to do the run around South Americas Cape Horn in the early to mid-20th century. A regular passenger ferry (€1) crosses the river to the ship.
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Sonnenrad
One of the most unusual experiences you can have is a ride aboard the Ferris-wheel-like Sonnenrad through the smelters of the coking plant. From mid-December to mid-January, theres an outdoor ice skating rink , also at the coking plant.
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Severikirche
The Severikirche, together with Erfurt’s Dom forming the ensemble on Domplatz, is a five-aisled hall church (1280) with prized treasures that include a stone Madonna (1345), a 15m-high baptismal font (1467) and the sarcophagus of St Severus.
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Hamburg Dungeon
This camped-up chamber of horrors is brought to life by actors, incorporating various thrill rides, and is housed in an old warehouse. Its pricey and not recommended for kids under 10, which limits its appeal to a rather narrow range.
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Davidwache
South of the Reeperbahn stands the star of many a German crime film and TV show, the Davidwache. This brick police station, festooned with ornate ceramic tiles, is the base for 150 officers, who keep the lurid surrounds reasonably tame.
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Diözesan Museum
On the south side of the Dom, in a separate building off the cloisters, is the Diözesan Museum . Top ranking among its ecclesiastical treasures goes to Heinrich IIs Blue Coat of Stars, kept not far from the pontifical knee-socks of Clemens II.
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Wittumspalais
This is the palace in which the duchess Anna Amalia lived from 1774, after the residiential palace (today the Schlossmuseum) burned. Rooms contain period furniture and paintings, culminating in the Green Salon, the living room of the duchess.
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Spitalgarten
Tucked behind the Franziskaner is the Spitalgarten, a park flanked by the original city walls. Here your gaze will be drawn to Romäusturm, a lofty 13th-century thieves’ tower named after fabled local leviathan Remigius Mans (Romäus for short).
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Ursulinenkirche
The interior of the Ursulinenkirche was designed by the Asam brothers in their final collaboration. Its ceiling fresco depicts the martyrdom of St Ursula surrounded by allegorical representations of the four continents known at the time.
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Römisches Haus
Perched on top of an artificial bluff in Park an der Ilm, Weimar’s first neoclassical house was built under Goethe’s supervision as the duke Carl August’s summer retreat. Today it contains restored period rooms and an exhibit on the park.
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