Rheinland-Pfalz Schloesser und Dome (Palaces and Cathedrals) Dom Worms Kathedrale Trier – die aelteste Kirche Deutschlands aus dem Jahr 300 vom Roemischen Kaiser Konstantin erbaut

Rheinland-Pfalz … weiter gehts Landschaft – Mittelgebirgszone, forest Major Rivers – Rhein und Mosel 2/3 of German Wine is produced in Rheinland-Pfalz Borders Frankreich, Luxemburg und Belgien Confluence of Rhein and Mosel in Koblenz

Rheinland-Pfalz history Towns such as Koblenz and Trier date back to Roman days- Many castles along the Rhein River – Robber Barons (Raubritter) The Loreley hill on the Rhein – deep and narrow place of the River (Sirens) Speyer, Worms und Mainz – famous Romanesque Cathedrals Rhein und Main formed the approximate border between the Roman empire and Germania

Sehenswuerdigkeiten in Rheinland Pfalz Aula Palatina (Konstantin Basilika), Trier (300 A.D.)

Porta Nigra in Trier The oldest defensive structure in Germany, the Porta Nigra was erected in the 2nd century AD when the newly conquered Roman city was surrounded by walls. The Porta Nigra is the only one of four Roman gates that still stands in Trier; the others were gradually pillaged for their stone and iron. The Porta Nigra survived because it was used as the humble residence of a hermit monk named Simeon for seven years. In the 12th century the structure was made into the two-story Church of St. Simeon (lay church on the bottom, monastery church on top). Napoleon destroyed the church in 1803, but the 12th- century Romanesque apse survived.

Trier continued Trier is Germany's oldest city. According to legend, in 2000 BC the Assyrians established a colony here. The Roman colony of Augusta Treverorum (Trier) was founded under Augustus in 16 BC. Trier became a favored residence of several Roman emperors and eventually became known as "the second Rome." Trier was an imperial capital of Constantine the Great, the first Christian Roman Emperor, and the church he built here in the 4th century AD (Trier Cathedral) is Germany's oldest.Trier Cathedral

Rhein Burgen Festung Ehrenbreitenstein

Burg Pfalzgrafenstein

What can you do in a castle today? Enjoy the view, get married, eat, spend the night and pretend to be knight are just a few things

Saarland – an der Kreuzung Europas (at the crossroads of Europe) Landschaft – Mittelgebirgszone Fluss – Saar Hauptstadt – Saarbruecken Grenzen zu (borders) Frankreich und Luxemburg French influence after the 1 st and 2 nd World War

History of Saarland Changing sovereignty French under Louis XIV After Napoleon’s downfall, Saarland came under Prussia and Bayern Major coal production needed to produce iron and steel

Sights in Saarbrücken Alte Brücke built by French King Charles V in 1546

Bürgerpark decorated with relics from the coal and iron industries

Sachsen – alte Kunststaedte Landschaft – Nordeutsches Tiefland und Mittelgebirgszone Hauptstad – Dresden Grenze (borders) Polen und Tschechische Republik Flüsse – Spree und Elbe

Sachsen, weiter gehts Many centers of art – Semper Oper in Dresden Meissen Porcelan Leipzig Baroque music Dresden was considered Germany’s most beautiful city before WWII, but was destroyed in a controversial Allied bombing raid in February 1945

Geschichte - history Saxon dukes ruled from 1089 Sachsen was the richest region of Germany around 1400 because of silver mining Beginning of the peaceful revolution of 1989 was in Sachsen

Rebuilding of the Frauenkirche (Our Lady’s Church) 1000 year history and a place of rememberance and Mecca for the anti-war movement

The Frauenkirche today – rebuilt after the re-unification of Germany

Dresden - Elbepanorama

Elbe – Dresden