In the heart of the European continent, lies the epitome of architectural and cultural grandeur, Austria. A versatile artistic essence is experienced throughout the country owing to its location, which…
Frei Otto was an awarded architect and structural engineer born in Germany in 1925. He is well known for his use of tensile and membranes in the design and construction…
The history of Germany in the 12th and 13th centuries is one of constant expansion. The colonizing movement went across the river borders into the marshlands and forests from Holstein…
Nuremberg was the site of an Imperial fortification between the East Franks and the Bavarian March of the Nordgau when the city was first mentioned in a document in 1050.…
If you ever visit Stuttgart, you cannot miss this unique journey of going through the history of one of the leading companies in the car industry, Mercedes Benz. It is…
The Slavic term lipsk, which means “village where the linden trees (British English: lime trees; U.S. English: basswood trees) stand,” is the source of the name Leipzig. Leipsic is an…
Bielefeld is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the Detmold administrative region and…
Hannover was established in the Middle Ages on the east bank of the River Leine. Though this is debatable, Honovere’s original name may have meant “high (river)bank” (cf. das Hohe…
The city’s name’s initial syllable may have been derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dheus-, which meant “wet area” or “flood plain.” Duisburg may thus be translated as “a fortified location…
The largest city on the Weser, the longest river in Germany, Bremen is encompassed by the state of Lower Saxony. It is located about 60 kilometres (37 miles) upstream from…
Architect Lucien Kroll, a well-renowned architect and urban planner for his participatory and collaborative approach to architecture, passed away at the age of 95 on the 2nd of August in…
Architecture in Essen in Germany describes the architectural styles from across the city’s more than 1000-year history. The women’s monastery in Essen, established in 845 on Burgplatz, has a long…