A Guide to Eastern Germany

by JamesBentley (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1993

  $3.45

  In August 1990 East and West Germany signed a treaty of unification, to be ratified by the four World War II Allies. Already the border crossings had disappeared, and the infamous Berlin Wall had been virtually demolished. Opportunities for visiting East Germany are now unrivalled since the partition of the country. Still more visitors will pour into this part of Germany after custom and frontier controls are abolished. This book describes the landscape from the Baltic Coast, and the history of this part of Germany, looks at those who contributed to the country's tremendous cultural inheritance and the treasures of Saxony.

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  Paperback
  1994

  $84.40

  This guide to Easern Germany reveals a land rich in lakes, forests, mountains and rivers, dotted with moated castles, splendid baroque palaces and soaring Gothic cathedrals. History is tangible in the old Baltic cities and seaside resorts, the charming medieval towns with their cobbled streets and gabled buildings, and the unspoilt rural villages. Each chapter focuses on a major city before taking the reader on tours of the surrounding countryside: Dresden, where Schiller wrote and Richard Strauss composed; Leipzig, birthplace of Wagner, and the city Goethe regarded as a Paris in miniature; and of course Berlin.