Central Germany

Region

Germany's green heart. Frankfurt is the finance and air hub, Hesse has the Rheingau wine villages and Marburg's old town, Thuringia has Weimar, Erfurt and the Wartburg castle where Luther translated the Bible, and Saxony-Anhalt has the Bauhaus in Dessau and the half-timbered town of Quedlinburg. It is good all year.

Central Germany Naturmuseum SenckenbergBach House (Eisenach)HarzBuchenwald concentration campWaldstadionTaunusCommerzbank TowerLorsch AbbeyBrockenMesseturmThuringian ForestNaumburg CathedralRhön MountainsBergpark WilhelmshöheVogelsbergStädel MuseumMagdeburg CathedralSt. Paul's Church, Frankfurt am MainFrankfurt CathedralHainich National ParkHarz National ParkErfurt CathedralMain TowerMittelbau-Dora concentration campCastle Church, WittenbergQuedlinburg AbbeyFulda monasteryOld Synagogue (Erfurt)KyffhäuserLimburg CathedralWilhelmshöhe PalaceFrankfurtWiesbadenKasselErfurtWeimarDessauQuedlinburgWartburgBernburgBurg bei MagdeburgGenthinHettstedtKlötzeNienburg, Saxony-AnhaltTambach-DietharzMasserbergGroßenehrichWörlitzAltenfeldNeustadt am RennsteigHalle (Saale)

Central Germany essentials

Country: Germany
Driest months: Feb-Apr
Pay in: Euro (€)
Language: German
Emergency: 110

Where to Go in Central Germany

City Frankfurt FrankfurtMajor financial center in Germany City Wiesbaden WiesbadenCity in Hesse known for its spas City Kassel KasselCity in Germany known for its museums City Dessau DessauCity in Germany known for its architecture History Wartburg WartburgMedieval hilltop castle associated with Martin Luther History Buchenwald concentration camp Buchenwald concentration campFormer Nazi concentration camp and memorial near Weimar History Naumburg Cathedral Naumburg CathedralMedieval cathedral famous for unique 13th-century sculptures History Wilhelmshöhe Palace Wilhelmshöhe PalaceNeoclassical palace in Kassel housing an art collection Nature Harz HarzCentral German low mountain range with forests Nature Taunus TaunusGerman low mountain range near Frankfurt, forested hills Nature Brocken BrockenHighest Harz peak, known for fog and folklore Nature Thuringian Forest Thuringian ForestMountain range in central Germany with dense forests
Regions & Cities
Frankfurt Explore Frankfurt Glass towers of the Bankenviertel rise behind the medieval Römer square, giving Frankfurt its split personality. Wiesbaden Explore Wiesbaden Thermal springs and 19th-century villas frame Wiesbaden’s broad promenades; visitors come for spa houses, the Neroberg viewpoint and nearby Rheingau wineries. Kassel Explore Kassel Every five years Documenta fills Kassel; otherwise visitors head to Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe’s engineered water features and the Hercules monument, plus the Grimmwelt museum for fairy-tale history. Erfurt Explore Erfurt Germany’s Erfurt rewards slow exploration: stroll Krämerbrücke’s merchant houses, climb to the Mariendom and Petersberg Citadel, and visit Augustinian monastery where Luther lived; hearty Thuringian sausages and musty cellars accompany city walks. Explore Weimar Weimar’s cafés and museums keep a dense cultural itinerary: Goethe and Schiller houses, Bauhaus sites and compact parks; visitors trace the city’s literary past, attend chamber concerts and explore charming bookshops and modest beer gardens. Dessau Explore Dessau Modernism pilgrims come to Dessau for the Bauhaus building and museum; the city also offers riverside parks, Elbe cycling routes, and the landscaped Wörlitz gardens within easy reach. Explore Quedlinburg Quedlinburg’s medieval core stacks timbered houses along cobbled lanes around a Romanesque collegiate church and hilltop castle; history walkers pore over narrow streets and local museums. Wartburg Explore Wartburg High above Eisenach, Wartburg castle presents medieval halls, Romanesque architecture and a link to Martin Luther, who translated parts of the Bible there.

Central Germany at a Glance

Local Time
12:42 AM
GMT+1
Population
10,464,117

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