Geography of Germany

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Frankfurt am Main

A banking city with an American-style skyline.

Stuttgart

A city home to Mercedes-Benz and Porsche.

München

A city known for Oktoberfest, Weißwurst and its Glockenspiel.

Hamburg

A city known for its courthouse (Rathaus), red-light district and large port.

Dresden

A city largely destroyed during WW2. The Frauenkirche church was rebuilt using old and new bricks.

Köln

A city with a huge Gothic cathedral that took 600 years to build.

der Schwarzwald

A forest named for the densely packed trees and famous for Kukuksuhren.

der Thüringerwald

A forest that marks the boundary between northern and southern Germany and has a trail called the Rennsteig.

der Bodensee

A huge lake bordering three countries in southern Germany.

die Elbe

A river that flows from the Czech Republic to Germany and had a big flood in 2002.

der Main

A tributary of the Rhein and Frankfurt is located on this river.

der Rhein

A very curvy and dangerous river that has been an important waterway since Roman times.

die Ostsee

Baltic Sea in English, where Rügen, the largest island in Germany is located.

das Harz Gebirge

Home to the Brocken; the mountain where witches supposedly live.

Berlin

Not a typical capitol and has the Brandenburger Tor.

Berlin

The Hauptstadt of Germany.

Lingen

The city where the partner school of EHS is located.

die Nordsee

The only German outlet to the ocean, famous for the Frisian Islands.

der Zugspitze

The tallest mountain in Germany.

die Alpen

The tallest mountain range in Germany.

Bremen

This city is known for the fairy tale the Bremerstadtmusikanten.

die Weser

This river flows through Bremen and to the sea.

die Donau

This river has a famous waltz written about it and flows through or between ten countries.


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