Monuments to visit Germany

This imposing Baroque building dates back to 1729 and presents a painting with an eye on its facade. It was converted into a municipal museum (Stadtmuseum). He belonged to the Italian family Cavazzen once. Many works of art relating to the history of the city are exhibited as well as a collection of mechanical musical instruments.

In Bad Honnef, the adjacent small town, you can visit Konrad Adenauer's house (1876-1967), the first Chancellor of Germany (from 1949 to 1963). A great European, initiator with de Gaulle of Franco-German reconciliation, this great man lived in this 1937 house on his death. Nearby, a museum is rich in archives, tracing through a chancellor the history of a country, and a continent.

Further afield in the valley, discover the little town Linz, much more charming than Königswinter, with its «colourful» semi-timbered houses.

Destroyed during the Second World War, the City Hotel was rebuilt a few years later in the neo-Gothic style. It was in his that the signing of the Treaty of Westphalia was announced to the people of the city.

Book lovers should not miss the monumental Mittellandkanal canal bridge in the north of the city. It was built in 1914 to bring a canal to cross another and is 341 m long; it is one of the largest carrefours in the world. It is a very impressive spectacle to see the barges passing over others.

The oldest theater in Freiburg opened in 1910 in the middle of the famous Bertoldstraße. It suffered a lot during the Second World War and was restored and rebuilt in 1984. The building houses 4 stages: das Große Haus, das Kleine Haus, die Kämmerbühne and die Werkraum. A true cultural center, thanks in part to its proximity to the University, it is popular for its children's program. This little architectural gem offers hundreds of rare plays, ballets and operas.

Insolites, the fountains of Neuenburg. Carried out between 1989 and 2004, they are nine in total, scattered across the city. Each year, the Bianca Flier guide offers a thematic tour and commented on these particular objects that lead the visitor on a journey through time.

Rendez-vous is given place of the Town Hall, in front of the one called "Monument". Realized in 1990 by Professor Lutz Brockhaus, she is the chronicle of a city, of his concerns, and above all of his willingness to assert himself. A fountain that gives the top start of an almost an hour walk. Coup de coeur, "Present, past and future", a poetic scene that will leave no one indifferent. Located on the market square, and surrounded by benches, the visitor can dwell on the details of his characters. It is the second largest fountain in the city. An original way to discover the history of this popular city of Mulhousians.