Germany

Hildesheim Churches: St Mary’s Cathedral and St Michael’s Church at Hildesheim, Germany, became UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Sites in 1985.

Classical Weimar, also called Klassisches Weimar, is an area in and around the city of Weimar that was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998.

Lorsch Abbey, also called Kloster Lorsch or Reichsabtei Lorsch, is a former Imperial abbey in Lorsch, Germany, about 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Worms.

Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe is a long hill that slopes down, and at the top stands a huge statue of Hercules. About 150 years were needed to finish it.

Hanseatic City of Lubeck was the capital of the Hanseatic League, formed in the 12th century, and was the most important trading center in northern Europe.

Bamberg is a town in Upper Franconia, which is in the north of Bavaria in southern Germany, on the river Regnitz, not far from where it meets the river Main.

Wartburg Castle was where St. Elisabeth of Hungary lived and where Martin Luther translated the New Testament of the Bible into German.

Volklingen Ironworks, or Völklinger Hütte, is an old blast furnace building in Saarland, Germany, a unique example of how pig iron was made in Western Europe.

Naumburg Cathedral is one of Europe's most important High Middle Ages historical monuments and the only church in the world with two choir screens.

Pilgrimage Church of Wies is an oval Rococo church that was built in the late 1740s. It is in the German state of Bavaria, in the town of Steingaden

Facts and History: Cologne Cathedral was begun in 1248, but it was not completed until 1880, having been built in stages over the course of seven centuries.

Aachen Cathedral, or Aachener Dom, is a Roman Catholic church in Aachen, Germany. The Palatine Chapel hosted coronations of 31 German kings and 12 queens.