Germany

European Mozart Ways

In Europe, Mozart’s journeys span 10 countries and over 200 sites, including Mannheim, where the composer and his family first travelled in 1763, and where he later returned solo in 1778.

European Route of Historic Thermal Towns

Thermalism in Europe dates back to Roman times, but some of the continent’s most famous towns reached their height in the 18^th and 19^th centuries, one of which is Baden-Baden, once known as the “summer capital of Europe.”

The Huguenot and Waldensian trail

The 2,000-km hiking trail follows the path that nearly 200,000 Huguenots took during the 17^th century to Geneva, Switzerland and later Germany.

The Cluniac Sites in Europe

Stemming from the French region where Cluny was seen in medieval times as “the second Rome,” Cluny Abbey’s influence touches over 1,800 monasteries, castles, colleges and villages across Europe, highlighted on a number of Cluny Routes, which pass through Germany.

The European Cemeteries Route

Berlin’s oldest cemetery, Friedhöfe vor dem Halleschen Tor, is a member of the route and features tombstones dating back to 1735.

The European routes of emperor Charles V

By looking at the legacy left by Charles V, it “allows us to better understand present-day Europe,” according to the association’s site. The Emperor’s German Route runs through cities like Münster and Bonn, while the Route of the Habsburgs crosses the Alps and eastern Austria on the journey to imperial capital Vienna, stopping at Munich along the way.

The European Route of Ceramics

The art of ceramics is celebrated through both artefacts as well as modern-day production, with tours in towns like Höhr-Grenzhausen.

Via Habsburg

The House of Habsburg was one of the most powerful royal houses in Europe, with an 800-year-old dynasty dominating large stretches of western and central Europe. The thousand-kilometre route covers 70 of these sites and cities in four countries, including Konstanz in southern Germany.

European Route of Jewish Heritage

Germany boasts western Europe’s third-largest Jewish community—the only on the continent that is growing instead of shrinking.

European Route of Megalithic Culture

The best way to explore Europe’s megalithic heritage is on a cycling or hiking tour to the stone megaliths that were used as monuments and burial places by prehistoric communities. In Germany, the 5,000-year-old “Hünengräber” graves are considered a “new” trademark of the regions Osnabrücker Land, Emsland, and Wildeshausen Geest.

Santiago de Compostela

One of the most important Christian pilgrimages in the Middle Ages, the Way of St. James is still followed by hundreds of travellers each year to northern Spain, where the saint is buried in Santiago de Compostela. Paths cross through the German cities of Rothenburg, Rosenberg and Harburg, located in Bavaria.

The Hansa

The Hanseatic League formed in the mid-thirteenth century as a way for German seafaring merchants to pursue their shared economic interests. Today, the network spans 190 member cities that keep the Hanseatic spirit alive through hundreds of activities, markets and exhibitions.

Impressionnisms Routes

One of the Impressionnisms Routes in Germany, the Bunke and Schwaan Painters Route starts in the former artists’ colony of Schwaan, the birthplace of German painter Franz Bunke.