Popular Pancakes By Sharon Hudgins Photographs courtesy Sharon Hudgins From north to south, east to west, the Germans, Aust... Read More...
Saxony’s Triple Threat: The Elbe River, Graceful Steamboats and Grand Palaces Onboard the Leipzig on Dresden’s Elbe River. By Don Heimburger • Photographs courtesy Don Heimburger Cal... Read More...
Potsdam Through the Ages From the beauty of Sanssouci to the Cold War history of Glienicke Bridge, Potsdam offers an enticing side-trip option wh... Read More...
Hanomag—The Hanoverian Heavy-Hitter From locomotive and automobiles to armored personnel carriers, Hanomag made a name for itself by producing machinery of ... Read More...
Salt of the Earth—Mining the Salzbergwerk Berchtesgaden A brief look into the life of a salt miner and a lifestyle that dates back half a millennium. Courtesy Bavaria Touris... Read More...
Popular Pancakes By Sharon Hudgins Photographs courtesy Sharon Hudgins From north to south, east to west, the Germans, Aust... Read More...
Plan a Potluck Party with a German Theme By Sharon Hudgins Photographs courtesy Sharon Hudgins When I was growing up in a small Texas town, potluck parties—a... Read More...
A Culinary Tour Through Bavaria’s Sausage Regions Bavarian sausage: From the Nuremberg Rostbratwurst to the Allgäu game sausage—four passionate butchers from four regions... Read More...
Theodor Fontane In 2019, Germany honors its 19th century master of realism. By Jackie Guigui-Stolberg We German-Americans today can so easily forget how different the Germany of our grandparents, great-grandpar... Read More...
Involuntary Soldiers for the War in America: The Rest of the Story After over 200 years, the question still remains…were young German men kidnapped and forced to serve in the military of Great Britain? By Robert A. Selig Did Friedrich Ludwig Reichsgraf zu Löwen... Read More...
The Schneller Compound: A Window to Jerusalem’s Past, Present and Future A Lutheran missionary travels from Basel to Jerusalem and his contributions to the local population are still respected and remembered to this day. By Deborah Rubin Fields Although off-the-radar... Read More...
Mühlhausen From its status as an important port of trade to its connection with Thomas Müntzer and the German Peasants’ War, this city in the heart of Germany is worth a visit. By Phyllis Meras It’s a 1,00... Read More...
Saxony’s Triple Threat: The Elbe River, Graceful Steamboats and Grand Palaces Onboard the Leipzig on Dresden’s Elbe River. By Don Heimburger • Photographs courtesy Don Heimburger Calmly cruising down the Elbe River on the breezy second deck of the 230-foot-long Leipzig st... Read More...
Potsdam Through the Ages From the beauty of Sanssouci to the Cold War history of Glienicke Bridge, Potsdam offers an enticing side-trip option when in Berlin. By Wibke Carter Potsdam, the fabled retreat of the Prussian ... Read More...
Bavarian Oettingen—More than Just Royal and Romantic The universe gave the region its unique topography and two ruling dynasties have given this quaint town two distinctive faces. By Alevtina Altenhof “Seyd gegrüßt ob nah, ob fern!” announced the... Read More...
29 October 1918 – 11 February 1919: Friedrich Ebert and the German November Revolution Four years of suffering after WWI and tensions between the social classes set the scene for the end of Germany’s monarchy and the birth of the Weimar Republic. By Robert A. Selig Unrest of sailors in Wil... Read More...
Transcending Borders: A Little Piece of Paradise on the South Styrian Wine Road “Black Gold,” beautiful vineyards and a wide variety of delicious wines combine with gorgeous landscapes on the Austrian/Slovenian border. By Julian Mattocks “We’re so proud of our region, we don’t need ... Read More...
Half-timbered Houses and More in Hesse’s Homberg Fabulous half-timbered architecture and fantastic fairy tales meet and mingle in this delightful town. By Leah Larkin Photographs Courtesy Leah Larkin. Homberg (Efze), a small walled town in no... Read More...
