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Top Sights in Gunzenhausen & the Altmühlsee, Germany

Posted on February 2, 2010 in Bavaria, Franken / Franconia, Germany
Gunzenhausen-Blasturm The Bavarian Altmühl Lake & Great Fossils and Lithography Museum

Gunzenhausen in Bavaria has an excellent Fossils and Lithography Museum while the nearby Altmühlsee (Lake) is popular with nature and water sports lovers.

The main attraction of Gunzenhausen is its excellent fossils and lithography museum, one of the best of its kind in Germany. [...]

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Top Sights to See in Wolframs-Eschenbach, Germany

Posted on February 2, 2010 in Bavaria, Franken / Franconia, Germany
© Die Burgenstraße Visit a Romantic Small, Wall-Enclosed Town in Bavaria

Bavarian Wolframs-Eschenbach is a romantic small Bavarian town completely encircled by its town wall. Troubadour Wolfram von Eschenbach, writer of Parsifal, lived here.

The Bavarian town Wolframs-Eschenbach is mostly visited to see its old town walls and to visit sights associated with German medieval troubadour Wolfram von [...]

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Top Sights to See in the Altmühltal Valley Germany

Posted on February 2, 2010 in Bavaria, Franken / Franconia, Germany
Altmühltal Fossile Fossils, Romans, Teutonic Order, and Outdoor Adventures

The Bavarian Altmühl Valley is famous for water sports, cycling, hiking, unique fossils, Baroque Eichstätt, roman treasures, and other historic castles and sights.

The southernmost parts of Franken, and some parts of northern Upper Bavaria, have been incorporated in to the Naturpark Altmühltal (Altmühl Valley Nature Park). [...]

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Top Sights in Weißenburg in Bavaria, Germany

Posted on February 2, 2010 in Bavaria, Franken / Franconia, Germany
Weissenburg See a Former Free Imperial City with a Roman Heritage & Treasure

Weißenburg was a Roman garrison town and a free imperial city before becoming part of Bavaria. Major sights to see include the old town and Roman treasure and sites.

In AD 89, the Romans forced the local Celtic population out of the [...]

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Top Sights in Weißenburg & Ellingen, Germany

Posted on February 2, 2010 in Bavaria, Franken / Franconia, Germany
Schloss Residenz Ellingen Roman sites, Charlemagne’s Fossa Carolina Folly, Fortress Wülzburg, and the Teutonic Order

Weißenburg with its Roman sites and Fortress Wülzburg, Ellingen with the Teotonic Order Palace and Baroque old town, and Charlemange’s Main-Danube Canal are interesting sites to see.

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Top Sights in Pappenheim & Solnhofen, Germany

Posted on February 2, 2010 in Bavaria, Franken / Franconia, Germany
Pappenheim Picturesque Towns with Castles and Fossils in the Altmühl Valley, Bavaria

Pappenheim and Solnhofen are small, picturesque towns in a beautiful part of the Altmühl Valley in Bavaria. Pappenheim is famous for its castle while fossils and nature enchant in Solnhofen.

Pappenheim is a small town with a picture-perfect location where the Altmühl makes [...]

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Cheap and Legal Fossil Hunting in the Altmühl Valley

Posted on February 2, 2010 in Bavaria, Franken / Franconia, Germany
Archaeopteryx - Eichstätt Exemplar Buy, Search, and See Fossils in Quarries and Museums

The Altmühl Valley is famous for fossil hunting opportunities in limestone quarries and museums in Gunzhausen, Solnhofen, and Eichstätt. The hunt for the 10th archaeopteryx is on…

Around 150 million years ago, the Altmühl valley in Bavaria had a tropical climate and was at the [...]

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Top Sights to See in Baroque Eichstätt, Germany

Posted on February 2, 2010 in Bavaria, Franken / Franconia, Germany
Eichstaett Baroque Palaces and Churches, Willibaldsburg Castle, and Fossil Museums

Eichstätt has an Italian Baroque style old town, an interesting cathedral, a copy of the Holy Sepulcher, and unique Altmühl Valley fossils in the Jura and Bergér Museums.

The Episcopal town Eichstätt has a history going back to 741 when St Boniface founded a monastery [...]

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Hotels & Restaurants in the Altmühl Valley in Bavaria, Germany

Posted on February 2, 2010 in Bavaria, Franken / Franconia, Germany
Eichstaett Germany

Cheap accommodation and great food are available in small Altmühl Valley towns including Wolframs-Eschenbach, Gunzenhausen, Weißenburg, Pappenheim, and Eichstätt.


The Altmühl Valley towns have pleasant hotels and restaurants at cheap prices. Chain hotels are far and few between in this beautiful part of Bavaria. It is worth using major internet hotel reservations to [...]

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Outdoor Adventures & Activities in the Altmühltal Valley, Germany

Posted on February 2, 2010 in Bavaria, Franken / Franconia, Germany
Altmühl Cycling, Hiking, Rock Climbing, Kayaking

The Altmühl Valley in Bavaria, Germany has beautiful nature and easy access for cyclists, bikers, hikers, rock climbers, and canoeists.

Countryside Hikes in the Altmühltal Valley

The Altmühl Park has around 3,000 km/1,900 miles of marked hiking routes. The most famous is the 200-km/125-mile Altmühltal-Panoramaweg (Altmühl Valley Panorama Route), [...]

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