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Rattenfängerhaus
Among the finest of the houses built in the ornamental Weser Renaissance style – prevalent throughout theAltstadt – is the Rattenfängerhaus, from 1602, with its typically steep and richly decorated gable.
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Römerbrücke
Spanning the Moselle, Germanys oldest bridge uses 2nd-century stone pilings (AD 144–152), built from black basalt from the Eifel mountains, which have been holding it up since legionnaires crossed on chariots.
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Roman Arch
Vestiges from the ancient settlement include a Roman arch from the former town wall outside the Dom and the Römerturm, a tower standing among buildings at the corner of St-Apern-Strasse and Zeughausstrasse.
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Museum Reich der Kristalle
If diamonds are your best friends, head to the Museum Reich der Kristalle, with its Fort Knox–worthy collection of gemstones and crystals, including a giant Russian emerald and meteorite fragments from Kansas.
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Neues Stadtmuseum
Housed in a former Jesuit school, Landsbergs municipal museum chronicles the areas past from prehistory to the 20th century, and displays numerous works of local art, both religious and secular in nature.
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Deutsches Architekturmuseum
Germanys architecture museum mounts three temporary exhibitions at a time, which often have a focus on a particular architect or firm. Not much relates to Frankfurt, though. Signs are in German and English.
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DenkStätte
This memorial exhibit to the Weisse Rose (White Rose; a nonviolent resistance group led by Munich University students Hans and Sophie Scholl to oppose the Nazis) is within the Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität.
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Cap San Diego
The beautiful 1961 freighter, the 10,000-tonne Cap San Diego, is open to tours that give a good feel for when sea voyages were a relaxing and low-key way to tour the world. There are also special exhibitions.
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U
Hundreds of subs like this one thats literally beached once called Kiel home; Wolfgang Petersen’s seminal film Das Boot (1981) was set on a similar U-boat. You can climb through its claustrophobic interior.
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St Maria im Kapitol
The striking clover-leaf choir is an architectural feature pioneered at this 11th-century Romanesque church, where major treasures include a carved door and a spectacularly ornate Renaissance rood screen.
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Schmela Haus
Designed by noted Dutch architect Aldo van Eyck, the Schmela Haus opened in 1971 as a private gallery. Its now part of the state museum and its angular grey pumice exterior is an architectural landmark.
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Rübeland Caves
Rübeland, a small town just 13km south of Wernigerode, has a couple of interesting caves . Admission gets you a guided tour, in German, of either cave (note that only one is open from November to April).
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Bayerisches Armeemuseum
Exhibits on long-forgotten battles, armaments dating back to the 14th century and legions of tin soldiers pack the rooms. Combined ticket with Reduit Tilly and Bayerisches Polizeimuseum is adult/concession €7/5.
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Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum
A highlight here is the reconstructed Bremer Hansekogge, a merchant boat from 1380, reassembled (in part) from pieces rescued from the deep. Some of the boats bobbing on the harbour have additional entrance fees.
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Schwörhaus
On the third Monday of July, the mayor swears allegiance to the town’s 1397 constitution from the 1st-floor loggia of the early 17th-century baroque Schwörhaus (Oath House), three blocks west of the Rathaus.
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Pfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt
In a side alley a few steps south of Marktstrasse, through Kirchgasse, is the Pfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt , a late-Gothic three-nave hall church enduring some serious renovation at the time of research.
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Historisch
Peenemünde is immodestly billed as ‘the birthplace of space travel’ here. Displays – some in surviving buildings – do a good job of showing how the rockets were developed and the destruction they caused.
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Museum in Der Schlosskirche
The Museum in der Schlosskirche, inside a desanctified late-Gothic church, features religious art from the 13th to 19th centuries. Highlights include the elaborate tombs of three 17th- and 18th-century princes.
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Kurgarten
Between the Hauptbahnhof and the tourist office lies the grassy Kurpark, an azalea- and wisteria-filled public garden where you’ll find the tiny Isenach River , with landscaped banks and a children’s playground .
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KIT – Kunst im Tunnel
Young artists – many from the local art academy – get the nod in this underground exhibition space housed in a spectacularly adapted tunnel below the Rhine promenade. The entrance is via a glass pavilion.
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