Magdeburg Christmas Market

Christmas balls. Author and copyright M. R.

Magdeburg is a historic German city, located along the Elbe River southwest of Berlin, the capital of Saxony Anhalt. Ancient city of the Hanseatic League, which later became the largest fortified center of Prussia, Magdeburg was largely destroyed during the bombings of the Second World War. The most important historical building is the huge Protestant cathedral, a Gothic building dating ...

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Wurzburg Christmas Market

Christmas balls. Author and copyright M. R.

Würzburg is an interesting German city in northern Bavaria, located between Nuremberg and Frankfurt, full of many tourist attractions, the city is the terminal point of the Romantische Strasse one of the most beautiful tourist roads in Germany, which crosses a large part of Bavaria. The Würzburg Christmas Market is made up of over 100 typical wooden houses. The best-known ...

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Leipzig Christmas Market

Christmas balls. Author and copyright M. R.

Leipzig, the most important city in Saxony together with Dresden, is famous for its musical and literary traditions, linked to the names of great composers, writers and mathematicians such as Bach, Wagner, Nietzsche, Leibniz and Mendelssohn. The city originated in the Middle Ages and was the site of an important market since the 12th century, later it developed its reputation ...

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Annecy Christmas Market

Christmas balls. Author and copyright M. R.

Annecy is a beautiful town in the Upper Savoy, which overlooks the shores of the lake of the same name. Located between Geneva and Chambery, the history of Annecy has been profoundly influenced by the two neighboring cities, until the fifteenth century it was part of the County of Geneva, before moving on to the Duchy of Savoy to which ...

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Osnabrück Christmas Market

Christmas balls. Author and copyright M. R.

Osnabrück is an ancient city in Lower Saxony, located between Dortmund and Bremen, it developed in the Middle Ages (VIII century) as a bishop’s residence and seat of an important market, Charlemagne founded one of the oldest gymnasiums in Europe, the Carolinum, whose foundation dates back to the 9th century. In the 12th century the city became a member of ...

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Stade Christmas Market

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A former port of the Hanseatic League, the city of Stade is located along the Elbe River west of Hamburg. Stade’s heyday was the 13th to 17th centuries, during which time the town was Hamburg’s main rival as the region’s most important port. The city today is full of historic buildings, the old port is very beautiful with the old ...

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Lüneburg Christmas Market

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Historic town of Lower Saxony, located less than 50 km south-east of Hamburg, Luneburg (Lüneburg) is one of the best preserved cities of northern Germany, an ancient city of the Hanseatic League, thanks to its salt mines it became an important and rich city from the 13th century. Today the city is one of the best preserved in the country, ...

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Göttingen Christmas Market

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An ancient city of medieval origin in Lower Saxony, Göttingen (Göttingen) was part of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century, becoming an important merchant city along the commercial road that connected Lübeck to Frankfurt am Main. The city is today known for its ancient and renowned university, founded in the 18th century. Saved from the bombings that devastated many ...

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Goslar Christmas Market

Christmas balls. Author and copyright M. R.

Beautiful German town in Lower Saxony, ancient seat of the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, the historic center of Goslar is today, together with the nearby and ancient Rammelsberg mine, a place declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Goslar has an oval-plan historic center full of valuable buildings, the most important of which is the large imperial palace dating ...

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Celle Christmas Market

Christmas balls. Author and copyright M. R.

Celle is a beautiful medieval city in Lower Saxony, located about 40 km north-east of Hanover, founded in the Middle Ages, it was the seat of the Principality of Lüneburg-Celle from the 14th to the 18th century. Celle retains a historic center (Altstadt), which remained practically intact even after the Second World War, with beautiful wooden houses dating back to ...

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