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I visited towns in the US that feel like Europe: Frankenmuth, Michigan; Helen, Georgia; and Leavenworth, Washington. One transported me to Germany.
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Berchtesgaden (German pronunciation: [ˈbɛʁçtəsˌɡaːdn̩]) is a municipality in the district Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, in southeastern Germany, near the border with Austria, 30 km (19 mi) south of Salzburg and 180 km (110 mi) southeast of Munich. It lies in the Berchtesgaden Alps.
Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn is a combination of two villages that were once independent, as can be seen on old maps. (see: BayernAtlas) Höhenkirchen and Siegertsbrunn were first mentioned in 1020 and 1048 respectively. Höhenkirchen was known as Marchwartsbrunn until around the 12th century, named after its founders Marchwart and Sigoho.
Garching was small Bavarian village, until the Free State of Bavaria decided to implement a technology and urban planning policy whereby science should be clustered north of Munich. This urban planning policy was in line with the principles advanced by the International Congress of Modernist Architects (CIAM) in the 1933 Athens Charter ...
Lüftlmalerei is common in Upper Bavaria and its name may be derived from an Oberammergau house called Zum Lüftl, which was the home of facade painter Franz Seraph Zwinck (1748–1792). The village is also known for its religious art. A wooden statue of Our Lady of Good Voyage from Oberammergau stands in the Seaport Shrine in Boston ...
Dachau (German pronunciation:) is a town in the Upper Bavaria district of Bavaria, a state in the southern part of Germany. It is a major district town—a Große Kreisstadt—of the administrative region of Upper Bavaria, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) north-west of Munich. It is now a popular residential area for people working in Munich ...