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Koblenz Christmas Market

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City located along the Rhine, in the final stretch of the Middle Rhine Valley area declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, the city is rich in history, here in fact the Romans, in 9 BC. they built a fortified castle there, strategically located at the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle. In the 9th century the city became the ...

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Trier Christmas Market

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Trier (Trier), an important historical city of the country, located near the border with Luxembourg, was the Roman Augusta Treverorum, founded in the first century BC. C. became the capital of Gallia Belgica and then one of the capitals of the Western Roman Empire. In medieval times the city was one of the electric cities of the Holy Roman Empire. ...

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Augsburg Christmas Market

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The city of Augsburg is the ancient Augusta Vindelicorum founded by the Romans in 15 AD. as the arrival point of the Via Claudia, it is today an important city in Bavaria, and after Trier it is the oldest city in Germany. In addition to the Roman era, Augsburg was also important during the Renaissance, so much so that it ...

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Christmas markets

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Christmas markets are a very old tradition that developed in central Europe several centuries ago, during the Middle Ages. Their origins are connected to German culture and traditions, in fact the first written documents attesting the existence of Christmas markets are documents concerning some German cities. The oldest document found so far which speaks of the ancestors of today’s Christmas ...

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Christmas markets in Germany

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The Christmas Markets in Germany are special, because Germany is the true homeland of the Christmas Markets, it is in fact here that the historical documents attest to the birth of the first Christmas Market. In the 15th century, more precisely in 1434, the first documented Christmas market in history took place in the German city of Dresden. The document ...

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Monschau Christmas Market

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Monschau is a beautiful historic town in Germany located southeast of Aachen (Aachen), very close to the border with Belgium and along the narrow valley of the river Rur. The village was not damaged during the Second World War and therefore still shows its ancient appearance with a typical architecture of wooden houses with slate roofs. Founded in the 13th century ...

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Bamberg Christmas Market

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In the heart of Bamberg (Bamberg), whose historic center is protected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, two markets are set up, the classic Bamberg Christmas market and the more contemplative medieval Christmas market, in the enchanting setting of the old court. Bamberg’s famous nativity scene street is one of the main attractions: it crosses the whole city with ...

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Rothenburg ob der Tauber Christmas Market

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Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a small town in Bavaria, located just west of Nuremberg, near the border with Baden-Württemberg. The town, a jewel of medieval Bavarian architecture, still retains its medieval appearance almost intact, surrounded by walls and fortifications. The Rothenburg ob der Tauber Christmas Market is one of the most unique and beautiful in Bavaria. ROTHENBURG OB DER TAUBER ...

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Münster Christmas Markets

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Münster is an important city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Münster rises in the center of a very rich plain from an agricultural point of view, the city is known for its very important university and for its beautiful historic centre. The city was founded in the Middle Ages, soon becoming an important commercial centre, which became part of the Hanseatic League. ...

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Lindau Christmas Market

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Lindau, is the only country of a certain importance belonging to Bavaria, which overlooks Lake Constance, the historic center is located on an island connected to the mainland by an isthmus on which a road runs. The town originated in the Middle Ages and developed thanks to its favorable position on the lake and along the commercial route between Italy ...

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ATTENTION: We recommend that you check the opening of the Christmas markets with the organizers.