The famous sailing ship was built in Hamburg and launched in July 1905. She was the fifth of ten near sister ships – with a length of 375 Advertisements
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Zeppelinfeld – Swastika emblem is demolished in Nurnberg
On April 22, 1945, a victorious U.S. Army destroyed a giant marble swastika that overlooked the Zeppelintribüne, Adolf Hitler’s most powerful pulpit, at the heart of the
The Karlsschrein – The Shrine of Charlemagne in Aachen
Charlemagne was the King of the Franks from 768, the King of the Lombards from 774
BMW Dixi – The First BMW automobile is being exhibited in Munich
Automobilwerk Eisenach was a small automotive maker from Eisenach, Germany. This company acquired the license to produce a German version
Neuschwanstein Castle – The global symbol of the era of Romanticism in Hohenschwangau
The Castle, is a 19th-century Romanesque Revival palace. The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and in honor of Richard Wagner. Ludwig paid for the palace out of his personal fortune and by means of extensive borrowing, rather than Bavarian public funds. The castle was intended as a home for the king, […]
Kraftwerk – The Kling Klang Studio in Düsseldorf
The private music studio of the band Kraftwerk. The name is taken from the first song on the Kraftwerk 2 album. The studio was originally located at Mintropstraße 16 in Düsseldorf, Germany, adjacent to Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof, but in mid-2009 moved to Meerbusch-Osterath, around 10 kilometers west of Düsseldorf. Kling Klang began as a studio in 1970 the […]
The Fuggerei in Augsburg
The world’s oldest social housing complex still in use. It is a walled enclave within the city of Augsburg, Bavaria. It takes its name from the Fugger family and was founded in 1516 by Jakob Fugger the Younger as a place where the needy citizens of Augsburg could be housed. The Fuggerei was first built between 1514 […]
Type A – The first Audi automobile in Ingolstadt
Before the end of the 19th century, August Horch established a company known as Horch & Cie. Motorwagen Werke in Cologne. In 1902 he moved it to Zwickau in Saxony, and in 1904 it was reorganised into a joint-stock company. In 1909, following a dispute with the members of the executive and supervisory boards, August Horch left […]
