Germany

Bundesrepublik Deutschland

States in travel priority order:

1. Bavaria

• • • Bavarian Alps – Neuschwanstein Castle, Zugspitze, and Ramsau with Berchtesgaden National Park (including Königssee)
    • München/Munich (state capital; third largest city and fifth largest metro in nation) – Marienplatz and Neus Rathaus, plus Oktoberfest
    • Rothenburg ob der Tauber
    • Bamberg
    • Nürnberg/Nuremberg (ninth largest metro in nation)

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2. Rhineland-Palatinate

• • • Lorelei at Sankt Goarshausen/Oberwesel on the Rhine River
    • Mainz (state capital)

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3. North Rhine-Westphalia

• • • Aachen – Aachen Cathedral
    • Rhine-Ruhr (largest metro in nation)
      1. Köln/Cologne (fourth largest city in nation) – Cathedral and Historic Old Town
      2. Düsseldorf (state capital; seventh largest city in nation)
      3. Dortmund (eighth largest city in nation)
      4. Essen (ninth largest city in nation)

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4. Berlin

Berlin (national capital; state capital; largest city and second largest metro in nation) – Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag, and Berlin Wall

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5. Saxony-Anhalt

• • • Wittenberg – Lutherhalle/Lutherhaus and All Saints’/Castle Church
    • Magdeburg (state capital)
    • Harz National Park
    • Quedlinburg

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6. Baden-Württemberg

• • • Stuttgart (state capital; fourth largest metro and sixth largest city in nation)
    • Black Forest
    • Heidelberg
    • Lindau and Bodensee/Lake Constance
    • Hohenzollern Castle

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7. Bremen

• • • Bremen (state capital; tenth largest metro and eleventh largest city in nation) – Town Hall and Die Stadtmusikanten/The Town Musicians statue, plus Marktplatz and the Statue of Roland

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8. Hamburg

• • • Hamburg (state capital; national second city and seventh largest metro in nation) – Port of Hamburg, Warehouse District, and Town Hall

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9. Schleswig-Holstein

• • • Lübeck – Lübeck Oldtown, Holstentor, and Marienkirche
    • Kiel (state capital)

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10. Hesse

• • • Frankfurt/Frankfurt am Main (third largest metro and fifth largest city in nation) – Goethe House, Römer, and Römerberg
    • Wiesbaden (state capital)

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11. Lower Saxony

• • • Hannover/Hanover (state capital) – New Town Hall
    • Brunswick (together with Hanover – eighth largest metro in nation)

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12. Brandenburg

• • • Potsdam (state capital) – Sanssouci Palace and Park

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13. Thuringia

• • • Erfurt (state capital) – Merchants Bridge, Domplatz, and Fischmarkt

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14. Saxony

• • • Leipzig (tenth largest city in nation and together with Dresden it’s sixth largest metro in nation)
    • Dresden (state capital; twelfth largest city in nation) – Frauenkirche
    • Saxon Switzerland National Park

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15. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

• • • Schwerin (state capital)
    • Rügen
    • Schwerin Castle

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16. Saarland

• • • Saarbrücken (state capital)
    • Saarschleife

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Alps

Switzerland

Confoederatio Helvetica

• • • Swiss Alps – Matterhorn at Zermatt
    • Jungfrau Region – Oberhofen Castle, Grindelwald, Interlaken, Lauterbrunnen, Mürren, and Piz Gloria
    • Lucerne – Chapel Bridge
    • Berne (national capital)
    • Zürich (largest city in nation)
    • Geneva (national second city) and Lake Geneva (including Chateau de Chillon)
    • Appenzell
    • Swiss National Park and St. Moritz
    • Lake Lugano and Ticino
    • Ruinaulta – “Swiss Grand Canyon”

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Austria

Republik Österreich

• • • Austrian Alps
    • Vienna (national capital)
    • Hallstatt
    • Salzburg (home of Mozart and “The Sound of Music”)
    • Gratz (national second city)

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Liechtenstein

Principality of Liechtenstein

• • • Vaduz (national capital)